Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,561, Nathan Barlow, N.H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.H
Barlow, Nathan
Matty

NUMBER
W.18.561

CONTENTS
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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss} I S. D. Kimball of Barton in the County of Orleans aforesaid of lawful age depose and say That on the 2d day of May 1846, I received of Legrand Barlow of Shipton in the Province of Canada East sone of Nathan & Matty Barlow an Old Bible with the record of the marriage and a record of ['some' crossed out] the births of the Children of Nathan Barlow and Matty Curtis - on the blank leaf between the old and new testament in said Bible - That I have this day delivered the same Bible to the Hon. George Nye - Judge of Probate for the County & District of Orleans - 
/s/S. D. Kimball 
Orleans County SS} At Irasburgh in Said County of Orleans on this 13th day of May 1846. Personally appeared S. D. Kimball Signer of the above affidavit and made oath to the truth of the same before me - And I further certify that I am acquainted with deponent and that he is a credable witness and Person of truth - 
/s/Geo. Nye Judge of Probate
['Justice of the Peace' crossed out]
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State of Vermont
Orleans District ss} Probate Office Irasburgh 13 May 1846 - 
I Geo. Nye Judge of Probate for the District of Orleans Hereby Certify: that at a Probate Court holden at Irasburgh in and for the District of Orleans on the 13th day of May 1846 in Open Court Sylvester D. Kimball presented a Bible bearing the marks of age & long use a leaf from which said Bible (containing a manuscript writting) I have severed from said Bible and attach the same to this Certificate under my official seal in form as found in said Bible
[court seal affixed] In faith whereof I hereunto affix my official signature together with the seal of the Probate Court on the day & year first above written
/s/Geo. Nye Judge
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Nathan Barlow and Matty Curtiss was Married June ye 5th 1783
1st Polly Easther our first Child was borne April 28th 1790 - 
2d Curtiss Borne march 1st 1794
3d Betty Borne January 27th 1796
4th Legrand Borne April 15 (1798)
5th Joel was borne April 14th 1800
My third Child Betty Departed this Life April the Eighth one thousand Eight Hundred and Eleven about two of the Clock in the begining of the Day now She is Jesus' Trust and believe with her Land in glory we Morne her absence hear on Earth god's will must be Done - Amen
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[verso]
Vermont 30,376
Nathan Barlow of Shipton in the ['State' crossed out] Province of Lower Canada who was a Pr. & Ensign in the company commanded by Captain Ames of the Regt. commanded by Col. Johnson in the N. Hampshire line for 6 month Private $20.00
6  "  Ensign 60.00
80.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Feb. 1836 and sent to Hon. H. Hubbard Senate U.S.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '35 360.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4. March '36 40.00
$400.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, 
Book E2 Vol. 3. Page 56

[recto]
Let Hon. H. Hubbard March 21 1838
  "  "  "  "  Apl. 18, 1838
  "  R. Stephenson Sept 28, 1838
  "  Hon. H. Hubbard Jany 11, '39
  "  John Kimball 15 Mar. 1841. 
  "  John Kimball May 10, 1842
  "  Nathan Barlow April 15, 1843
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4188.
Vermont Montpelier
Matty Barlow widow of Nathan Barlow NH who served in the Revolutionary war, as a pri & Ensign
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Mch 1849 and sent to Levi Spalding 
Derby Line Vt. 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 40 Vol. 3.
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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss} Be it remembered that before Peleg Redfield a justice of peace within and for the county of Orleans aforesaid on this 26th day of September A. D. 1833 at Derby in said Orleans County personally appeared Nathan Barlow the maker of a declaration before the Probate Court within and for the district of Orleans under date of 15th of August A.D. 1832 numbered at the war office 22488 and made and subscribed the following supplementary declaration in explanation of the former one. After performing his said term of six months service being in the spring and his father residing on the frontiers the neighbours believed their situation to be such that they were entirely missed and Esquire Jeremiah Eames of Northumberland aforesaid went to Exeter in the state of New Hampshire and applied to Meshech Weare then Resident of said New Hampshire for troops to protect the lives and property of the inhabitants. Said Eames returned with orders to raise a volunteer Company for that purpose, which he immediately proceeded to do. I Enlisted in the Company which was commanded by the said Jeremiah Eames and was not connected with any Battalion, regiment, or line, but was kept on constant duty during every summer season till the war closed "in scouting and guarding the frontier." They built one fort at Northumberland; had their regular guard posts and at [illegible] regularly mounted and relieved guard. 
In the winter seasons, they rendezvoused in garrison at my father's house being the extreme frontier dwelling for four months at the fartherest. The pay which this company received was from the taxes due the state in those townships from nonresidents. He first on entering this company which was in the Spring of the year 1777 had the office of Sergeant; but received the inclosed commission of Ensign in the month of March 1780. He is confident he was in actual service as Seargeant not less than six months and that he served as aforesaid as an ensign not less
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than three years; he has no other documentary evidence except the inclosed commission and he knows of no witness whose testimony he could procure to the aforesaid service except the inclosed affidavits of Spaulding, Caswell and Blake. he resides more than sixty miles from the Line of Vermont, the [illegible] of the United States to s'd residence could not procure the testimony of a clergyman as required by the rules of the war department without great expense. 
Subscribed and Sworn before me the day and year first above written.
/s/Nathan Barlow
I William Randle of Shipton aforesaid certify that I have been acquainted with Nathan Barlow who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that he is generally reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he has resided to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I concur in that opinion, and that I believe him to be the age of seventy seven years as stated in his said declaration first made.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 26th day of September 1830. 
/s/Wm Randle
Done before me at Derby in said Orleans County this 26th day of September A.D. 1830
/s/Peleg Redfield Justice of peace. 
As there is a certificate of the Clerk of our County that my father Peleg Redfield (who took the foregoing affidavit) is a magistrate which will be found in the Case of Josiah Burroughs' supplementary declaration, I have been informed by a letter which I saw from the Pension department, that it will not be required to procure a renewal of that certificate in each case of affidavits taken before the same magistrate.
/s/J. F. Redfield States Atty. &c.
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12,829
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State of Vermont
Orleans District s.s.} At a Probate Court holden at Irasburgh in in said District of Orleans before me Hon. George Nye Judge of said Court comes Sylvester D. Kimball of Barton in said District Guardian of Matty Barlow - and after being duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following decleration in order to obtain and draw a Pension for his said ward under the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to Certain Widow." also under the act of March 3d 1843 and other subsequent acts additional thereto. That the said Matty Barlow is the Widow of Nathan Barlow who served in the War of the Revolution as a Private from the State of Newhampshire and was Pensioner of the United States under the act of 1832 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum and died at Shipton in the district of St. Francis and Province of Canada East (where he had resided for many years past) on the 27th day of April 1844.
That the said Matty Barlow was married to the said Nathan Barlow on the 5th day of June 1783 at Stratford in the State of Connecticut and that she ever since lived with the said Nathan as his lawful Wife -
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to the time of his decease and that she is the lawful Widow and is 84 years old and her maiden name was Matty Curtiss. 
That she was not married to him the said Nathan Barlow previous to his said service but was married prior to 1794 at the time and place above stated. 
And She now resides in Shipton in the Province of Canada aforesaid and from mental and bodily infirmity is totally incapable of making application for her Pension. 
/s/Sylvester D. Kimball Guardian
State of Vermont
Orleans District ss} At a Probate Court holden at the Probate office at Irasburgh in and for the District of Orleans on this 13th day of May AD 1846, Sylvester D. Kimball personally appeared and in open Court as the Guardian of Matty Barlow aforesaid on his Oath makes the foregoing Declaration. And said Court hereby Certify their opinion: that the foregoing Declaration is true. And that the applicant is personally known to the Court and that his declarations are entitled to full faith & credit
Witness my official signature at the date hereof, /s/Geo. Nye Judge.
State of Vermont
Orleans District ss} I Henry M. Bates Register of the Probate Court for the District of Orleans aforesaid Hereby Certify: that the foregoing is the original proceedings held in Probate Court in the matter of the application of Matty Barlow by her Guardian ['for a pension' crossed out] Sylvester D. Kimball for a Pension 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Probate Court at the Probate Office at Irasburgh in said District this 13th day of May AD 1846
/s/Henry M. Bates Register
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State of Vermont
Orleans District ss} Probate Office Irasburgh 13 May 1846
I Geo. Nye Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Orleans aforesaid Hereby Certify: that at a Probate Court holden at Irasburgh aforesaid on the 13 day of May 1846, on satisfactory evidence adduced to prove that Matty Barlow of ['Melbourne' crossed out] Shipton Canada East, is by reason of mental & bodily infirmity incapable of taking care of herself & having rights and interest in the State of Vermont, Sylvester D. Kimball of Barton in said District of Orleans was duly appointed the Guardian of the said Matty Barlow, and has accepted said trust and given bonds with securities in the sum one thousand Dollars as the law directs 
[court seal affixed] In witness whereof I have caused the seal of the Probate Court to be hereunto affixed with my Official signature on the day and year last above written
/s/Geo. Nye Judge
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Power of Attorney of Legrand & Joel Barlow 
children of Nathan Barlow of Vermont 
Act of June 7th 1832.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
['STATE' crossed out] Province OF Canada
COUNTY OF SHERBROOKE}ss: Be it known that before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared *Legrand Barlow & Joel Barlow residents of the Township of Shipton in the county of Sherbrooke in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to  law, state that they are +two of three Heirs of the late Nathan Barlow of the county of Sherbrooke and State of Canada aforesaid who was a revolutionary ↕officer and that they are directly interested as claimants in the pension for which application was heretofore made by said late Nathan Barlow and constitute and appoint ISAAC N. COFFIN, of Washington, D.C., their true and lawful attorney, with irrevocable power to examine into, investigate, and establish the claim for said pension, and do all acts necessary thereto.
In witness whereof, they the said Legrand Barlow & Joel Barlow for the said Three heirs have on this Second day of November 1852 hereunto signed their names and affixed their seals. 
/s/Legrand Barlow [seal affixed]
/s/Joel Barlow
Witnesses
/s/E. A. Thomas
/s/Daniel Thomas Public Notary & J.P. 
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me, on this 2d day of November 1852. & I further Certify that I was not only personally acquainted for nearly forty years with the said late Nathan Barlow but have known the above constituents for nearly the same period & that they with their elder Brother Curtiss, for whom they act, are the only heirs of the said late Nathan Barlow
/s/D. Thomas J.P. & Com'r for taking affidavits
['STATE' crossed out] Province of Canada
District of St. Francis
COUNTY OF Sherbrooke} to wit: 
I, Frederick Charles Cleeve clerk of the Richmond Circuit court, of the county and ['State' crossed out] Province aforesaid, do hereby certify, That Daniel Thomas before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged and affidavit made, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Richmond this Second day of November 1852. I further certify that the above certificate of Daniel Thomas in regard to the Barlow family is correct, having been personally acquainted with the said family for seventeen years 
/s/F. C. Cleeve Clerk, of the Richmond Circuit Court. 

*Here, if the soldier or officer is living, insert his name; if he is dead, and the widow is living, insert her name; if both dead, one of the living children's names; if the children are all dead, and either of them survived the former unsuccessful applicant, the name of the administrator of that former applicant.
+Here, if the soldier or officer is living, insert his name again; if the widow is living, insert the words, “widow of," and the name of her husband; if both dead, insert the words, “son or daughter of,” and the name of the former LAST unsuccessful applicant.
↕Here insert the word "soldier," or "officer," whichever he was.
NOTE. -- When a female is the person who executes this paper, please put the letter s before the word he in every place where it occurs.
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22480
Nathan Barlow
Lower Canada
J. F. Redfield Agent
N.H. rolls
suspend
Hon B. F. Deming H of R
J. F. Redfield
Derby Ver't
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WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 
['July 26' crossed out] 1833 Nov'r 25th 1833

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 show 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 Nathaniel Barlow, V.t or L.C. 
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered|Duration of the claimant's service.(Years.|Months.|Days.)|Rank of the claimant.|Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.|Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers|Battles in which the applicant was engaged.|Country through which he marched.|Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.|Evidence by which the declaration is supported.|]
N.H. Militia May 1776 enlis'd|([blank]|6|[blank])|private|Cp. Ames|Col. Johnson.|[blank]|blank]|76 entered atNorthumberland|now Lives at Shipton L. Canada|
after 6m cap'd employed to|(guard|fron|tiers)|was|not in any|regular|Company|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|
untill 1779|(recei|ved|an)|Ensign|Com'n|and|conti'd|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|
to guard|(the|fron|tier)|untill|the close|of the|war|[blank]|[blank]|Three surviving witnesses prove service generally though the war but do not specify any particular service - the witnesses are not Certified credible - no Document|
[end of columns]
⇒See page 3d
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 et 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} County of} ss. 
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] 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 [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] 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 [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary 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 [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&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
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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 traditionary 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 enquiry 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 most 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 loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au 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 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 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 place 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 or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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 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 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 [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary 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.
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State of Vermont
Orleans County s.s.} I Polly Easther Wales of Shipton in the Dist. of St. Francis in the Province of Canada last aged fifty six years depose and Say that I am daughter of Nathan and Matty Barber - that from my earliest recollection up to the present time there has been an old Bible in the possession of my parents & My Brother Legrand, with the record of the marriage of My Parents in the hand writing of my late Father (deceased) and since the first second there has been an additional record of the Births of their Children. I distinctly recollect of Seeing the above named record of my Parents Marriage for upwards of forty years past - 
And I further ['Certif' crossed out] testify that the above described Bible with the record is the same Bible that my Mother & Legrand has this day ['to' crossed out] delivered to S. D. Kimball of Barton in said Orleans County to be sent by him to the Pension office in Washington - 
/s/Polly E. Wales
Orleans County s.s.} At Derby in said Orleans County on this 2d day of May A.D. 1846. Personally appeared Polly E. Wales Signer of the above affidavit and made oath to the truth of the same before me, and I further Certify that deponant is reputed to be a person of truth. 
/s/S. D. Kimball Justice Peace
[receipt stamp: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
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State of Vermont
Orleans County S.S.} I Legrand Barlow of Shipton in the Dist. of St. Francis in Canada East aged forty eight years depose and say - That I am Son of Nathan and Matty Barlow that I have had in my possession for the last 25 years and old Bible containing the ['the' crossed out] a record of the marriage of My Parents and the record of the births of their Children and the record of the death of My Sister Betty - all of said record is the hand writing of my late Father Nathan Barlow (deceased) 
The record of the Marriage of My Parents has been in the Bible since my earliest recollection which has been some forty years & for many years since my recollection it was the only Bible My Parents had in their house - and I would further certify that I have this day delivered to S. D. Kimball of Barton in Orleans County [illegible] out the aforesaid Bible to be forwarded by him to the Pension office at Washington as testimony to substantiate the marriage of My Parents - The aforesaid Bible is an old Bible with some of the first leaves gone - the record is on the Blank leaf between the old and New testament, 
/s/Legrand Barlow
Orleans County s.s.} Personally appeared at Derby in said County of Orleans on this 2d day of May 1846, Legrand Barlow Signer of the above affidavit and made oath to the truth of the same before me And I further certify that deponant is reputed to be credable witness an a Person of truth
Attest /s/S. D. Kimball Justice Peace
[receipt stamp: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss I Henry M. Bates Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that S. D. Kimball of Barton is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Orleans - duly qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be  his is true and genuine 
BARLOW, NATHAN [court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Said Court this 13th day of  May A.D. 1846
/s/Henry M. Bates Clerk 
BARLOW, NATHAN
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[verso]
Rep'd

[recto]
Vermont. 268. 
Matty Barlow widow of Nathan Barlow who was a Pri & Ensign in the N.H. Line - 
Husb'd dec'd 27th April 1844
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the ['4th day of March' crossed out] 27th April. 1844. 
Certificate of Pension issued the Eighth day of Octo. 1846. and sent to S. D. Kimball
Barton, Vermont. 
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded by Book A. 
Vol. 2. Page 60.
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V12.829
Matty Barlow Vt.
Let. to S. D. Kimball, July 25, 46.
Act 7 July '38
[verso]
511
Vermont
Nathan Barlow
Suspended
see letter to Hon. Mr. Deming Mar. 4. 1834
Letter J. F. Redfield 17 July 1834
Let Hon H. Hubbard 30 Dec 1835
See Memorandum on the back of this paper

[recto]
Jany 2, 1836. papers delivered to Hon H. Hubbard as pr. receipt
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No. 12829} 352.
Matty Barlow
widow of Nathan Vt
act 7 July 1838
Rejected, husband decd 27" April 1844
adm'd ['act 3 March 1843' crossed out]
['adm'd' crossed out] 17 June 1844 only - 
$80.00 per ann from 27" April 
S. D. Kimball Vt.
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Nathan Barlow was pri in Cap Jere'h Eames Co from 14th Oct. 76  1 day 
at Upper [illegible] 1 mo 17 ds
was chosen Lieut July 79 of the vol. at Lancaster Vt.
was com'd Ens. in 1779 by Gen. Weare - 
Ens. from June 29 to Nov 22 1780 in Capt ['Runnels' crossed out] Reynolds Co. Co. stationed NW for 4 mo. 23 days
Dan'l Holbrook Lt to Capt Price Co from June 18 to No 15, 1780
Nathan Barlow of Lancaster
ret dat July 77 Capt. Whitcomb's Co 
12 -
12- 
1838-71=1767
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[handwritten letter]
Derby Line Jany 14th 1849. 

Dear Sir Yours of the 6th is received with Mrs. Bishop's Certificate. The only case I now have in the office is the Application of Matty Barlow widow of the late Nathan Barlow of Shipton Her application was made before me on or about the 4th Sept last - it was enclosed in a  package which had been returned to me for correction and was sent on with the several other applications
I know of no reason why her certificate would not have been sent on with the others Except possible some  objection to the name of "Matty" her name is realy Martha, but she and her son, both thought she was recognized in her former certificate as "Matty" as she has for a great many years been so called at home. I shall have occasion to send to you agreeable to your suggestion. If the fault be what I have named you may make use of the following if it will do any good ['good' crossed out] - if not a new application must be made. You will inform me early as convenient 
Yours /s/Levi Spalding
Hon. L. B. Peck
Washington DC}
P.S. perhaps, the certificate enclosed will do no good if so - please destroy it 
L. S.
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Mar 12/49
Martha Barlow
Ames
Mr. Peck. H.R. Vermont.
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State of Vermont
Orleans County SS} I Levi Spalding a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified to act as such do hereby certify that Martha Barlow who appeared before me on or about the 4th day of September 1848, And whose name is signed "Matty Barlow" in a declaration made at that time - caused her name to be signed Matty for the reason that she supposes that is the way her name is returned in her former pension certificate - at all events her mark of signature was made in my presence, at that time
/s/Levi Spalding Jus't Peace 
Dated Derby Line 
Jan'y 14. 1849}
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76 - 6 mos. private - N.H. militia - Capt. Ames, Col. Johnson scout from 1776 to 1779.
79 Commissioned as Ensign - cont'd till close of the war in Capt. John Holbrook's company & in Capt. Paine's.
commission furnished - Date obliterated. 
Nathan Barlow Vt. act 7 June 1832 $80.00 per ann
to what time was he last paid?
G. C. A. 
Pension Office
Oct 1st 1846
Died 27" April 1844 p'd to day of his death
/s/W. Tyson.
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[handwritten letter]
Derby Line V.T. Septr 7th/1848

Sir I enclose to you the application of Mrs. Matty Barlow, for a pension Certificate 
I have not yet had any return ['from you' crossed out] on the application of David Richardson for a transfer neither have I received any returns on the application previously sent. I hope this with my other communication will receive early attention. ?is there not some delay which may be remedied respecting my three previous letters - as the persons most concerned wish to know ?why I don't have have returns. I can give them no satisfactory answer.
Respectfully
/s/Levi Spalding
J. L. Edwards Esq
Com'r Pensions}
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Com'r of Pensions
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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss} I  Levi Spalding a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified to act as such do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory "duly proven evidence" that Matty Barlow who appeared before me on the 4th day of September AD 1848, is the same individual as represented by her in the application made by her before me on said 4th day  September 1848, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d day of February 1848. 
dated at Derby this 13th day of September 1848
/s/Levi Spalding Justice of the Peace}
P.S. If the above certificate be sufficient it will be unnecessary to return Mrs Barlow's application for any other. But if you have already returned returned it I will attach the proper certificate. Mr. David Richardson is anxious to hear respecting his application for a Transfer - 
[margin note: I hope for an early return of certificates] 
Yours /s/Levi Spalding
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[handwritten letter]
Barton Orleans County V.T. Sept 12th 1846}

Sir,
Enclosed is the Certificate of the Sec.'y of the State of Newhampshire Relative to the Service of Nathan Barlow for the benefit of Wid. Matty Barlow - agreeable to a letter rec'd from you dated in the month of July 1846 - 
['if' crossed out] I ['mistake' crossed out] am not mistaken I have recd the letter before me - 
Respectfully your obt. Serv't
/s/S. D. Kimball
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.}
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State of New Hampshire
Office of Secretary of State
[state seal affixed] I, Samuel F. Wetmore, Deputy Secretary of State do hereby certify, that from an examination of the books and documents relative to Military services in the war of the Revolution, which remain in this office, it appears that the name of Nathan Barlow is born on "A Return of Men inlisted from the twelfth Regiment of Militia (two excepted, who inlisted in Capt. Jno. House's Company & recv'd y'e States Bounty) whereof Israel Morey, Esqr is Colonel, in the Continental service July 1777." It appears that he  was in Capt. Stone's company as a private. 
I also certify that the name of Nathan Barlow is borne on a "Muster Roll of Captain Samuel Runnels' Company of Foot from the State of New Hampshire, now in the service of the United States of America, Stationed on the Western Frontiers under the command of Major Whitcomb," as an Ensign commissioned June 29. It appears from this Roll, that the term of service was six months for Capt. Runnels Company, and the above service was during the year 1780.
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I also certify that the following is a true extract from the Proceedings of a meeting of inhabitants of Lancaster, Northumberland, & Stratford viz.
"Northumberland. July 19, 1779}
At a meeting of the inhabitants of Lancaster Northumberland and Stratford, to hear the report [of] Joseph Prouty, Esqr. and also to agree upon some proper plan for the Scouting party to be Stationed, viz."
1 "Chose Maj Jonas Wilder Moderator"
5 "Chose Nathan Caswell Captain over these three towns for the present"
6 "Chose Nathan Barlow Lieutenant."
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State this twelfth day of September, A.D. 1846. 
/s/Samuel F. Wetmore
Deputy Secy of State.
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12.829
Matty Barlow
Vt 
Act 7 July '38. 
m. 83. - d. '44
Rejected, husband died 27 April 1844
S. D. Kimball 
Barton, Orleans Co. Vt.
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[handwritten letter]
Barton, Orleans County V.T. 
May 27, 1846

Sir,
Enclosed is the application of Widow Matty Barlow for a Pension for services rendered by her late Husband Nathan Barlow (deceased) 
Respectfully your Obt. Servant - 
/s/Sylvester D. Kimball
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.}
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State of Vermont
Orleans District ss} Probate Office 
Irasburgh 27 May 1846
I Geo. Nye Judge of Probate for the District of Orleans aforesaid: Herby Certify: that at Probate Court holden at Irasburgh within and for said District on the 27th day of May AD 1846 Satisfactory evidence was adduced that Nathan Barlow who was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, died at Shipton Canada East on the 27 day of April 1844. and that he left a Widow by the name of Matty Barlow. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the Probate Court together with my Official signature to be hereto affixed on the day and year first above written
/s/Geo Nye Judge
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[addressed envelope]
Stratford
Con May 15} 5
Mr. S. D. Kimball
Barton 
Orleans County Vermont
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[handwritten letter]
Stratford May 15 1846

Mr. S. D. Kimball
Sir, I have before me your letter of 5th May 1846 wishing for information relative to the marriage of Col. Nathan Barlow late of Shipton in Canada (deceased) to Matty Curtis(s) and referring to the letter of Mr. Spalding written last year. I find such a letter from Mr. Spalding among my files addressed to the Town Clerk. and on the back of it I find endorsed "answered 14th April 1845". which letter I presume could not have been received by him - I have examined the records of the Town in reference to the same, and cannot find such marriage recorded in any of the books of this Town - I also wrote at that time to the Town Clerks of Monroe & Huntington which at the period spoken of (say 1782) composed a part of this Town but could not find a record of their marriage there - at that early period as I have reason to know from personal research it was not infrequently the case that they were omitted to be recorded - although it was generally the case that they were so - and I would hereby certify that there does not appear to be any record of their marriage as the Records of the Town of Stratford of which I have the custody
Very Respectfully Your Obt Serv't
/s/Lewis H. Russell
Town Clerk of Stratford
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Ex'r INVALID. 
No. 511 REJECTED
['Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1878.' crossed out]
Nathan Barlow
P.O. [blank]
Service. [blank]
Enlisted: [blank]
Discharged: [blank]

Revy WIDOW, &c. [initials: own]
File No. 18561
Matty Barlow widow of Nathan Barlow
Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index: - Vol. A, Page 37
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848.
State of Vermont
Orleans County ss} On this 4th day of September A.D. 1848 personally appeared before me Levi Spalding a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Orleans Matty Barlow a resident of Shipton in Sherbrooke County and Province of Canada East Aged 88 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the war of the Revolution. That she is the widow of  Nathan Barlow, who was a private in the Revolutionary War. That she has been pensioned under the Acts of Congress passed on the 7th July 1838. 3d March 1843 and 17th June 1844. which she received at the pension Agency at Montpelier Vermont at the rate of Eight dollars per year She further declares that she is still a widow. 
/s/X her mark Matty Barlow
In presence of 
/s/Joel Barlow
/s/Jno M. Toms
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me /s/Levi Spalding Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss} I Harry M. Bates Clerk of the County and Supreme Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Levi Spalding is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and his commission was dated on the twentieth day of November 1847 and will expire on the 31st day of December 1848, and That his signature within written is genuine 
[county seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of said County this Sixth day of September 1848
/s/H. M. Bates Clerk
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[verso]
Nathan Caswell
1787 Apl 7 mo 18 ds
[illegible name]

[recto]
R. Holbrook Dep'n for N. Barlow 
W. Sgt. 
Sam Pain Capt Jun 1780 6 mo 
cert'd
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I Richard Holbrook of Stratford in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire in Consequence of of Examining a record that has been lately found of a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Lancaster, Northumberland & Stratford which bears date of Northumberland July 10, 1779 - it brings to my mind the following facts to which I do testify and Say - that on the 23d or 24th of June 1779 a party of Indians Came in to the Town of Stratford took Several persons Prisoners and plundered Several House and Carried Some of the Prisoners to Canada. and no consequence of which the above mentioned meeting was Called & at the above Mentioned Meeting Nathan Barlow was Chosen a Lieutenant - the Said Nathan Barlow then went on and took Charge of the building of the Fort and took Charge of the men as an officer. & which ['was' crossed out] commenc'd in the fore part of July 1779 - he remained at the Fort and out on Scouting parties and had the Command of the Men Station'd there until the Middle of January 1780 which was Six month of the above time - in the fore part of the year 1780 Nathan Barlow Rec'd an Ensign Commission under the authority of the State or province of New Hampshire & he served after he rec'd his Commission. ['he went' crossed out] in ['to' crossed out] a Company Commanded by Capt Samuel Paine which was Station'd at Stratford in which Company he Served as an Ensign under Said Paine Six months - in the Winter of 1779 and 80 - he served as an Ensign at the Fort under Capt John Holbrook two Months - & in the winter of 1780 & 81 he the Said Barlow serv'd as an Ensign und Capt John Holbrook who was my Father two months or perhaps some more - 
in the Summer of 1781 he the Said Nathan Barlow Serv'd as an Ensign under My Father Capt John Holbrook and had the Charge of building a new block house which was built in Stratford that Summer, I Should think that he Served that Season Six Months or more - 
in the Summer of 1779 - there was a Fort built in the Town of Stratford and that not being sufficient
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an additional Block House was built in the Summer of 1781 in the Said Town of Stratford for the defence and protection of the Inhabitants where the Said Barlow was not Engaged in the different Periods of Service as stated in the foregoing, Ensign Barlow was Considered and reputed to be in Readiness altho not engaged in Actual service but was always prepared for Service and ready to go at a Minute's warning whenever there should be any allarm from the Indians. - which was by the directions of the Superior Officers - 
Feb. 9th 1837 /s/Richard Holbrook
State of New Hampshire
Coos ss Feb. 9th 1838
The above and foregoing depposition Subscribed and Sworn to Before me
/s/Reuben Stephenson Jus Peace
I also Certify that Richard Holbrook is a Person of Truth and a creditable Witness 
/s/Reuben Stephenson Jus Peace
Coos ss State of New Hampshire
I James M. Nix Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Coos do hereby Certify that Reuben Stephenson is a Magistrate as above and that the Signature purporting to be his is his True and genuine Signature - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court this ninth day of February A.D. 1838 
/s/James M. Nix Clerk.
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: Mar 13 1843 Vt Nathan Barlow]
[postmark: DERBY LINE VT. MAR 8] ['25' crossed out]
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comisioner of Pensions
Washington City
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[handwritten letter]
Derby State Vermont
March 8th 1843

My dear Sir/
As I have made re-iterated applications for an increase in my pension without any success I have been at great expence in collection evidence and which I would wish to do, to give Satisfaction, I have hitherto employed Judge Kimball, and furnished him with Voluminous evidence, but Still it appears more is required he has taken great pains & I am sure has done every thing in his power to forward my heirs, I can get credible evidence from persons who know well the Services I have performed which although I Say it myself where not merely common ones but were more of extreme danger, and as I spent many years and pulled through many hardships I think it but just that my country should help me the few remaining years that I have to pass in this world, with what is only my due, The persons I have ['allowded' crossed out] alluded to have been credible informed by those who knew well what I have stated and if necessary into testify the same, and as I understood sent evidence in Law Stands good, and as I am very needy will be of great service to me, if it is ever so small a sum, in which your Wisdom may think proper to allow one If you should think it advisable, to consider my evidence and lay it before Congress if you think there would be any claim of Success I would do it, but I shall in a great measure be governed by your answer. If after the perusal of my documents and epistolatory correspondence you think it probable to forward my Views. I should hope you would likewise take into consideration the lapse of years that renders it difficulty for me to collect evidence as many are dead who know well my just claim, If you will be kind enough to give me advice how to act, I shall feel truly grateful.; hoping soon to have the pleasure of hearing from you. 
I am Dear Sir Your very obt Serv't
/s/Nathan Barlow
Turn over
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[handwritten letter continued]
P.S. If my Certificate if Required as to my character I can get one from every inhabitant where I have resided for the last 30 or 40 years - 
Please address to this Post office Derby State of Vermont
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May 4, 1842.
Vt Nathan Barlow
James L. Edwards Esqr
Pension Office
Washington
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[handwritten letter]
Washington City 3d May 1842

James L. Edwards Esqr
Sir enclosed is some further papers shewing that Nathan Barlow was in Capt Eames' Co. in Oct 1776 as will apper by the copy of an Order given said Eames to receive their wages - also it will appear by the enclosed copy of Capt. John House's Roll that was made up from the 12th Regiment that Nathan Barlow Joined from Capt. Whitcomb's Co in 1777 - 
It appears that Barlow was in Eames Co in 1776 and in Whitcomb & House Companies in 1777 but I know nothing by which the length of Service can be shown in either unless there is evidence in his case formerly forwarded to the department by which it can be fairly inferred.
The Hon. Joshua Marshall of Coos County N.H. once said to me that William Curtis from said County (now deceased) stated in his declaration that he served in Eames Co in 1776 possibly there may be some evidence in Curtis's case shewing the length of that service as I see his name and Barlow's are both among those who gave Eames an Order for Wages - 
Should you be satisfied that Barlow is entitled to an increase of pension I have no doubt but you will allow it - 
Respectfully Yours /s/John Kimball 
now in Washington
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From John Durkee
Page 53

[handwritten letter]
Dear Sir, I received a line from you by the hand of Mr. Pierce in which you suggested that I might have been mistaken as to the years in which I served under Capt Samuel Pain (Paine) I am not mistaken. Ensign Nathan Barlow was at Stratford when I got there and did the duty of Ensign through the whole season and when the company was ordered down to Haverhill to be discharged we left s'd Barlow at Stratford and this I know to be in 1780 and all the pensions that were obtained for six months service at Stratford under Capt S. Pain (Paine) still in 1780 and the s'd Barlow has been uniformly stated to be Capt Pain's (Paine) Ensign for that campaign and did act as such untill after there had been several snows in the Fall of 1780 I conceive by your letter there is an  error some where but it is not in my deposition. 
/s/John Durkee
Hanover Jun 6th 1841
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P.S. Sir the mens names you mentioned in your letter I never knew one with the exception of Dunn and Barlow 
Yrs resp'fully
/s/John Trumbull Esq
Barton Vt
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Commission from the state of New Hampshire to Nathan Barlow Ensign in a company of soldiers raised ['for the defence of' crossed out] by the state of New Hampshire in pursuance of a resolve of Congress for the defence of the frontiers of the state, of which company Samuel Reynolds is Captain. 
dated 29 June. 17--
(Signed) M. Weare
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James L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of pensions
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[handwritten letter]
Barton Orleans County Vermont Feb. 23d 1841

James L. Edwards Esqr
Sir - enclosed is the affidavits of John Durkee - Sherman Cooper & Robert Hayse (or Hase) all shewing six months service of Nathan Barlow as Ensign in 1780 under Capt. Payne (Paine) except the testimony of Hayes who believes the service to have been in 1781 - The testimony of Capt. Runnels also goes to shew that Barlow served as Ensign under him the same year in a six month service which was not ended when the company were discharged as may be shewn by the Rolls of Capt Runnels' Company at the War department - 
Barlow believes (or appears to believe) that he served two six months campains under Cap't Runnels & Capt Payne (Paine) as Ensign - 
I did believe that Barlow must have served two six months service as Ensign and that the service shewn by Durkee and Cooper must have been in 1781 not in 1780 as stated, but by pursuing the enquiry and by the answer of Durkee to my letter (to him) (which answer is enclosed) and also by the second affidavit of Cooper (the business is explained) it appears the service under Payne (Paine) & Runnels was all the same year - 
Barlow has been a long time wishing my assistance to get his pension increased as he says he received a certificate for only a Sergeant. - You will please reexamine his case and write to me what sum his pension may be increased (if any) by his Certificate being forwarded to you for that purpose - I feel it my duty to present the case in as clear a manner as possible - and should I withold Cooper's second affidavit I should not feel Justified, and you might have some little difficulty in coming to a conclusion whether Barlow served one or two ['six' crossed out] campains as
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[handwritten letter continued]
as Ensign - as by leaving out Cooper's second affidavit you must come to the conclusion that the evidence was not correct or that Barlow served two different years - By Cooper's Statement it appears that Barlow belonged to Runnels's company but served in Paynes (Paine) company - and no doubt he served six months in Payne's (Paine) Company as Stated by Durkee - Cooper & Hayes 
I have no doubt but Barlow served served much in the War, and that he and his father's family had their buildings burned and were robbed of their property by the Enemy (Tories & Indians) - but as yet I cannot say that I consider the evidence to prove more than six months as an Ensign - 
I hope Sir as soon as may be convenient you will let me have a return
Respectfully yours - /s/John Kimball
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Robert Hase
Page 60

I Robert Hase of Strafford in the County of Orange & State of Vermont aged seventy eight years a soldier of the Revolution & a Pensioner testify & say That in the month of May 1781 according to the best of my recollection I joined a company of soldiers in the Revolutionary War commanded by Capt. Samuel Paine. I had previously enlisted into said Company, when I joined said company Nathan Barlow was Ensign in said company & so continued until the last of the fall or forepart of the winter following the snow had fallen sometime before I left the company & the streams had frozen over the time I served in said Company as a soldier & during all of which time Nathan Barlow was Ensign of the company was at least six months 
I was well acquainted with said Barlow, he and a part of the company myself included were stationed at Stratford in the State of New Hampshire
/s/Robert Hase
Sworn to & subscribed this fourth day of February AD, 1841, Before me - 
/s/Daniel Cobb Justice Peace
State of Vermont
Orange County ss} I, Robin Dinsmore, Clerk of Orange County Court hereby certify that Daniel Cobb is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Orange duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths, &c., that his commission bears date the twenty ninth day of October AD 1840 and will expire on the thirtieth day of November AD 1841, and that the above signatures purporting to be his, are genuine
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this eighth day of February in the year of our Lord 1841 
/s/Robin Dinsmore
Clerk of Or Co Ct.
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Sam'l Runnels Deposition
Page 62

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
[state seal affixed]
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John Hanson is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Strafford duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the eighth day of January 1838 and will expire on the eighth day of January 1843 and that his signature  to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 28th day of November 1840 
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr Secretary of State.
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I Samuel Runnels of Rochester in the County of Strafford & State of Newhampshire depose and say that in the summer of 1780 I had the command of Captain of a company of soldiers in the service of the United States for the term of Six Months under Maj. Whitcomb Head Quarters at Haverhill, some part of the time at Newburg - the company were much on scouting parties and some part of the Company were often at Corinth & Peacham and often Scouting parties went to the Lake or mostly in the Country between Connecticut River and Lake Champlain - and I know that Nathan Barlow served in my Company as Ensign during the whole of said service which terminated some time in the month of November, so that there was not six months service performed - I have no document to shew when the service ended - but by the papers in my possession it commenced on the 29th day of June and probably the service must have been between four and five months.
/s/Samuel Runnels
State of Newhampshire
['Roch' crossed out] Strafford County ss} November 26th 1840 
Then Samuel Runnels who subscribed the above affidavit and who is well known to me as a respectable man and credible witness personally appeared and made oath that the same is true.
Before /s/John Hanson Justice of Peace
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Sherman Cooper deposition
Page 65

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
[state seal affixed]
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel Morse is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Sullivan duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the fourth day of September 1837 and will expire on the fourth day of September 1842 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 21st day of November 1840
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr Secretary of State.
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I Sherman Cooper of Croydon in the county of Sullivan & State of New Hampshire being seventy nine years of age do testify and say that in the year 1780 I served as a soldier in the revolutionary war in the company of Capt. Samuel Paine and was stationed at Stratford in Newhampshire now in the county of Coos. I served a six month tour and received apay for six months service. I knew Nathan Barlow well he was ensign in my company. said Barlow's home was in Stratford I was frequently at his father's house in Stratford. said Barlow served as ensign all the time during my service, and he gave me my discharge when I left the service, the Captain being absent 
/s/Sherman Cooper
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan ss. Nov. 17. 1840 Then the said Sherman Cooper personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true 
Before me /s/Samuel Morse Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with the said Sherman Cooper for twenty four years last past that his character for truth & veracity is good, that he sustained a good moral character generally, that he is intelligent, and that he is and has been for many years a member of the Christian Church in said Croydon of good standing. 
/s/Samuel Morse, Just. Peace
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I Sherman Cooper of Croydon in the county of Sullivan & State of N.H. in explanation of the foregoing Deposition do further depose and say, that Nathan Barlow served as Ensign in Capt. Samuel Paine's Company in the year 1780, but I was told and I understood at that time, that said Barlow belonged to another company, I think it was the company of Capt. Runnels, and that Capt Paine's ensign served in said Runnels company the same time, that the exchange was made because Barlow was better acquainted with the country about Stratford where we were stationed, and his home was there at Stratford, our business was to defend against the Indians 
/s/Sherman Cooper 
State of New Hampshire 
Sullivan ss. January 20, 1841 Then the above named Sherman Cooper personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing deposition last above by him subscribed is true. Before me
/s/Samuel Morse justice of the peace
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
[state seal affixed]
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Agrippa Dow is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Grafton duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 29th day of June 1838 and will expire on the 29th day of June 1843 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 28th day of October 1840 
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr Secretary of State.
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John Durkee Deposition
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I John Durkee of Hanover in the County of Grafton and State of Newhampshire aged seventy nine years and Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, depose and say that previous to the War of the Revolution he Removed from the State of Connecticut to Hanover with his Father's family - that he served several campains in the War of the Revolution - that in the spring of the year of 1780 there was a number of men raised to go from Hanover and other Towns up by the Connecticut River to what was called the upper Coos as scouters or Rangers that he with several others joined Capt. John Ardeway (or Ardway) company - that Capt. Ardeway (Ordway) being considerably advanced in years (or from some other cause) did not wish to take a campain so far was was then necessary, and he with several others from Hanover were transfered by Capt. Ardeway (Ordway) to Capt. Samuel Paine's company to serve six months - that at the time the others who went from Hanover started he was unable to travel by reason of a lame foot, but followed in a few days, that when he had arived to Northumberland he found about thirty of Paines' company there stationed under command of Lieut --- Blake - he was directed to Stratford the next Town above Northumberland where he joined the other part of said Paine's Company being about the same number as was at Northumberland - which part of said company at Stratford were under the sole command of Nathan Barlow who was Ensign of said Company (except when the Captain was present) - that he cannot state the exact time when he joined the said company or the exact time he was discharged but he states that two snow's had fallen previous to their leaving Stratford and that they travelled on snow all the way home and that when they crossed Ammonsuck (Ammonoosuc) River they crossed on the Ice and he is certain that he must have served in said Company (much of the time out with scouting parties) ['and' crossed out] at least ['over' crossed out] (as he believes) over six months and that said Barlow acted as and did Ensign's duty during the whole time, and that he was an active and faithful officer - and that when they were ordered to Haverhill, said Barlow with a few men under his command was
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was left with the command of the Fort - that when he with others had arived at Haverhill where they were ordered to be discharged they waited several days for ['Col' crossed out] Maj. Benjamin Whitcomb by whom they were discharged at Haverhill - 
he further states that Capt. Paine belonged to Col. Jonathan Chase's Regiment of the line of the Newhampshire Militia - 
P.S. the above underlining made before signing
/s/John Durkee
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss} Hanover Oct. 27, 1840
Then personally appeared John Durkee above named and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed according to the best of his knowledge and belief is true - 
before me /s/Agrippa Dow Jus. Peace
I Certify that the above named John Durkee is a man of truth and veracity
/s/Agrippa Dow J. Peace
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: 4 N.H. Aug 22 add'l proof Nathan Barlow]
[postmark: LANCASTER NH. AUG 18] Free
Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C. 
Pension Office
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[handwritten letter]
Lancaster Aug't 17 1838

Hon James L. Edwards
Sir I am requested by Nathan Barlow to forward to you the Two enclosed deppositions it seems that Mr Barlow sent his papers to Hon. Henry Hubbard of the Senate, and he not being there I was requested to forward to you the papers - I also enclose you Letter to Mr. Hubbard of Apl. 18 in which you require further proof of the Service of Barlow - the entered deppositions I think will be sufficient to satisfy you of his Service and that you will grant him a Pension as an officer. I hope you will be satisfied that he did serve ['and' crossed out] and both the additional entered proof I think you wont hesitate to send him a Pension Certificate as an officer - 
Will you be so good as  to examine the papers immediately and give me a return as soon as you can
and you will much oblige your humble servant
/s/Reuben Stephenson
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Nathan Barlow
Canada 
H. Hubbard
Reuben Stephenson Esq
Lancaster N.H.
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[handwritten letter]
War Department
Pension Office
April 18, 1838

Sir, 
I have examined the affidavit of Richard Holbrook in support of the claim of Nathan Barlow to an increase of pension, and have filed it with his original papers. Mr. Holbrook it appears was born in the year 1768, and was at the period of the events of which he testifies from to be 13 years old, and his whole testimony both as to the grade, and length of Mr. Barlow's service, is the result of recollection alone. 
The Department will require further proof before any additional allowance can be made to Mr. Barlow. 
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully yr. mo. ob't St.
/s/J. L. Edwards
[margin note: 1838-72=1766+14=1780]
Hon. H. Hubbard
Senate U. States}
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State of Vermont Caledonia County ss
I [blank] Clerk of the [blank] in and for the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont do hereby Certify that William Gray is a Magistrate as within and that the Signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court this [blank] day of August AD 1838

Sylvanus Learned
Depposition in the Case of Nathan Barlow
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I Sylvanus Learned of Ryegate in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont now in the seventy sixth year of My age do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Nathan Barlow formerly of Stratford in the State of New Hampshire for some time before and during the Revolutionary War - that in the Summer of 1779 Said Nathan Barlow was Chosen as Lieutenant under Capt Nathan Caswell in a Company that was raised in Stratford - as I was absent a part of the time I Could not State the exact length of time he served, but I Should think that he served under Capt Caswell as a Lieutenant from July to December 1779 - I was there frequently during the time - in the Spring of 1780 Captain Samuel Paine of Hanover was Sent to Stratford with a part of a Company, Nathan Barlow joined h is Company and Served ['in Said' crossed out] with said Paine as an Ensign that Season until in the fall. I should think he served under Paine Six  Months or more. - 
Nathan Barlow held a Commission of Ensign during the War and had the Command a great part of the time at the Fort & Block house - in the Summer of 1781 Nathan Barlow served as an Ensign under Capt. John Holbrook from some time in the month of April to Sometime in Dec'r the same year. I was at Stratford the most of that summer
Ryegate August 4, 1838 /s/Sylvanus Learned
State of Vermont Caledonia ss Ryegate 
Augt 4th 1838 
The Above affidavit Subscribed and Sworn to before me /s/William Gray Just Peace ['Justice Peace' crossed out]
I further Certify that the above named Sylvanus Learned is a Person of Truth and a Creditable Witness
/s/William Gray Justice Peace
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State of Vermont Caledonia County ss
I [blank] Clerk of the [blank] in and for the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont do hereby Certify that William Gray is a Magistrate as within and that the Signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court this [blank] day of August AD 1838

Sylvanus Learned
Depposition in the Case of Nathan Barlow

State of Vermont Caledonia County ss
Danville August 7th 1838 I Samuel B. Mattocks clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that William Gray Esq is a Justice of the Peace in & for Said County duly commissioned & qualified that his commission was dated on the 1st day of November 1837 and will expire on the last day of November 1838 and that his Signatures within written are genuine 
[county seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of Said County at Danville the day & year above written
/s/Sam'l B. Mattocks Clerk
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I David Holbrook of Prospect in the County of Waldo and State of Maine now in the Seventy third year of my age do testify & say that in the Month of June 1779 I lived with my Parents in the Town of Stratford then in the County of Grafton (now County of Coos) in the State of New Hampshire and at that time a part of Indians Came into said Town of Stratford (it being then a Frontier Town and much exposed to the Indians) and took several prisoners two of which (viz) Jonah Blodgett & Newcomb Blodgett 
Said Indians carried to Connecticut at the Same time they plundered several Houses - By reason of Which circumstance the Inhabitants of the Towns of Lancaster Northumberland & Stratford Called a Meeting at Said Northumberland on the tenth of July 1779 - for the purpose of Making arrangements and choosing officers for the protection of the inhabitants and for building a Fort or Block House, at which time To wit on the tenth day of July 1779 - ['At Which Meeting' crossed out] Nathan Barlow was Chosen a Lieutenant Since Barlow Served as a Lieutenant from July 10th 1779 to about the Middle of January 1780 had the Command of a small Company of men and also had the Charge of the building of the Fort and was frequently out on Scouting parties. - Some time in the month of January 1780 Nathan Barlow received an Ensign's Commission under the authority of the State or province of New Hampshire. My Father rec'd a Comm'sion of Captain the same time, he Served under My Father from Jan to the time he rec'd his Commission to the latter part of Feb7. 1780 he then Serv'd as Ensign from ['from' crossed out] the first of April to the Month of October 1780 Six Months in a Company Commanded by Capt. Samuel Paine from Hanover New Hampshire which Company was then Stationed at Said Stratford. and I Served as a private in Said Company the whole of the time under Said Paine & Barlow - Since Barlow Served as an Ensign under My Father Capt. John Holbrook from Some time in the ['fall' crossed out] Month of November 1780 to March 1781 about four Months which was in the winter of 1780 & 81 -
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In the Summer of 1781 Said Barlow Served under My Father Capt John Holbrook as Ensign from the opening of the Spring to the latter part of November the same year - which was about Seven Months, he had the Charge of the building of a New Blockhouse which was built which was built in Said Stratford that Season the old one being insufficient for the accommodation and protection of the Inhabitants, for in Case of allarms the inhabitants retreated to the Fort for Safety - when Said Barlow was not out on Scouting parties he was engaged at the Fort in Forting and guarding as it was then called. - he was an active officer and the inhabitants depended much on him in protecting them from the encroachments of the Hostile Indians - when there was allowed he was always ready to turn out & face the enemy - Some time in the winter of 1781 & 1782 Ensign Barlow went to Connecticut and did not return for some time
Prospect June 18th 1838 /s/David Holbrook
Waldo ss. Subscribed & sworn to the day & year above said 
Before me /s/Manasseh Sleeper Jus. of the peace 
State of Maine
Waldo ss. } I hereby certify that the above named David Holbrook is reputed to be a man of truth & veracity, and a credible witness in any Court of Law
/s/Manasseh Sleeper Jus. of the Peace
I Bailey Pierce Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Waldo Certify that Manasseh Sleeper is a Magistrate now in Commission for said County of Waldo & that the above Signature purporting to be his is Genuine 
Attest /s/B. Pierce Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Waldo -
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I Bailey Pierce Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Waldo Certify that Manasseh Sleeper is a Magistrate now in Commission in said County of Waldo & that the within Signature purporting to be his is Genuine - 
[court seal affixed] In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my Signature & Seal of this Court of said County This Eighteenth day of June A.D. 1838.
attest /s/B. Pierce Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County of Waldo
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I Richard Holbrook of Stratford in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire do testify in addition to what I have heretofore testified to in the Case of Nathan Barlow - That I am in the 71st day of My Age, that I have not in my possession any record dates except the record of a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Towns of Lancaster Northumberland & Stratford that was held July 10th 1779 which Record I have seen and which Meeting I very well recollect the record of the Meeting I Saw when I gave my first depposition and I understand it has since been Sent to Washington. the dates perfectly agreed with my recollection of it.
I am not in possession of any record evidence of the terms of Service of Barlow under My Father - I very well and distinctly recollect the Services of Barlow at the different times and the different years My Father lived in Stratford and not more than 8 rods from the Fort in s'd Stratford, and at the time Barlow serv'd under my Father, I was about 13 years of age and lived with him the whole time during the war, and frequently Stand Sentry in the Fort, Barlow was Stationed at the Fort and I saw him often when he was not out on Scouting parties he was engaged principally as they then Called it in Forting Scouting & Guarding, I was ['a Considerable' crossed out] much of the time at the Fort and knew of all that was going on, and one reason of My Father appointing Barlow to this servis was because the inhabitants placed More Confidence and felt Safer when Barlow was in command than any other person the Servis of Barlow under My Father at the different times and transactions that took place from 1779 to the Close of War is now perfectly in my recollection
Lancaster April 9th 1838 /s/Rich'd Holbrook
Coos ss State New Hampshire 
April 9th 1838 The Above Sworn to before me 
/s/Reuben Stephenson Justice Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Coos ss. Lancaster Apl. 9th 1838 
I Certify that I am personally acquainted with Rich'd Holbrook that he is a Creditable Witness that he is a man of strong mind and Sound Sense and of good information and has been well educated and retains his faculties remarkably well he well relate the incidents and particulars of the Revolution War and transactions that took place in the Section with most minuteness of any person I have seen and is now able to perform daily Labor and will walk Several Miles on foot 
/s/Reuben Stephenson Justice of Peace
Depposition of Rich'd Holbrook
Coos ss State of New Hampshire
I James M Rix Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Coos do hereby Certify that Reuben Stephenson is a Magistrate as within and that the Signature purporting to be his is genuine.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court this tenth day of April AD 1838 - 
/s/James M. Rix Clerk
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[handwritten letter]
War Department
Pension Office
January 27, 1835.

Sir,
I have given to the case of Nathan Barlow a very minute examination and after mature consideration I do not think the Department would be justified in allowing a Pension for more than six months service as a private and six months as an Ensign. 
If you will accept a certificate for such an allowance, it will be issued on you signifying your acceptance of the same: otherwise further proof should be produced, to show that he was in service for a longer period.
Pay for the time mentioned in the above grades will be $80 per annum. 
I have the honor to be very respectfully, Your Obt. Serv't
/s/J. L. Edwards
Hon. H. Hubbard
Senate U. States
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[handwritten letter]
Senate Hall Jan'y 27. 1836

To Mr. Edwards
I am anxious to obtain a certificate for such a sum as you can allow - a Mr. Barlow ['he' crossed out] is a very old man - but nothin I assent to must be considered as prejudicing any claim he may hereupon make for an additional sum 
/s/H. Hubbard
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William Curtis' Affidavit for Nathan Barlow's Pension claim -
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I William Curtiss of Stratford in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire aged 75 years do testify and say that I am acquainted with Nathan Barlow formerly of Stratford N.H. now of Shipton Lower Canada and know he resided in Stratford N.H. during the Revolutionary War. and I have no doubt from the information I then received from other persons knowing the facts that the said Barlow was in the service of the United States during said War, That he served in the Militia and State Troops of the State of New Hampshire chiefly in Stratford N.H. & in what we then called Scouting on the frontiers on Connecticut River to Spy out the Enemy, & guarding the fort - 
I was in Stratford N.H. the fore part of the Revolutionary War and again before the close of that War and I think said Barlow was then an Ensign under one Capt. Pain. (Paine) he was called Ensign Barlow and I understood then he had a Commission but I am not knowing or doubt of the truth of them - 
He was then called a very active man and very good Woodsman, that he was out once with My Brother on a Scout while I was in Stratford; that I recollect, and I believe he was out more than any other man with Scouting parties; having a better knowledge of the woods than any other man. That was constantly stationed at the fort in Stratford N.H. 
/s/William Curtiss
State of New Hampshire
Coos County ss.} April 29th 1834. Then the above named William Curtis(s) subscribed and Sworn to the truth of the above affidavit. Before me the subscriber. 
And I further certify that the above named  William Curtiss is a credible witness - 
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Coos County ss. 
I William Farrar Town Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Coos, being a Court of Record for the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify, That Joshua Marshall Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was taken, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Coos, and that I believe his name within subscribed to be his true and proper signature
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Lancaster in said County on this thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred thirty four - 
/s/Wm Farrar Clerk
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Nathan Barlow Vermont - 
Nathan Barlow's Pension claim May 5th 1834
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Dr Sir Some time since I received a communication from yr. office through Mr. Deming in relation to the claim of Nathan Barlow of Shipton L.C. Since that time I have taken measures to have the New Hampshire records examined. The officer who has the Custody of the records says nothing can be found in relation to the services of Barlow or any other of that day. You request to know the name of Mr. Barlow's father, it was "Joseph Barlow." I have not taken testimony to that fact; but if required, it can be furnished almost any day. 
I herewith send you the depositions of three witnesses of the services of Col. Barlow, which I have no doubt you will deem satisfactory. They show I think fully six months service as Sergeant & two or three years as Ensign. 
You will notice from Col. Barlow's Suf. Dec(?) Dec. that the mode of payment adopted by the N.H. Legislature at that time in relation to the payt. of their services is a sufficient reason why the names of the Persons Serving are not found on the rolls. The old man although not absolutely destitute would find great satisfaction in obtaining such remuneration for his services as the justness of his claim seems to him to call for. I trust the testimony will be deemed sufficient for a favourable action on his claim. Derby Vt. Aug't 1834
Truly yours
/s/J. Fletcher Redfield
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Com. Pension
Washington City.
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Richard Holbrook & Elijah Blodget Dep. for Nathan Barlow
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I Richard Holbrook of Stratford in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire, aged Sixty Six years, testify and say that in the year 1777. I  moved with my Father into Stratford N.H. that Col. Nathan Barlow late of Stratford N.H. now of Shipton Lower Canada was then residing in said Stratford N.H. that previous to my coming in to Stratford there had been a fort build & a block house in Northumberland, the adjoining town to Stratford and a fort partly built in Stratford N.H. when my Father with his family moved into it. that I understood at that time the said Col. Barlow had served as a Soldier in the Militia under Jeremiah Eames and had help build those fortifications above mentioned but I am not personally knowing to his service at that time, but I have no doubt that he did six months service under said Eames from the information I have received from persons that were knowing to the facts - 
In the year 1779, I well recollect that the Indians came to Stratford N.H. and the said Col. Nathan Barlow was the first that discovered them. I think it was on the 23d or 24 of June; that the said Barlow gave the allarm and the fort in Stratford was repaired and  furnished. one Capt. Gilbert one of Col. Hazen's Captains came with a company of Soldiers to help guard the frontiers; Stratford then being the Frontier town, that said Barlow then received order Capt. Caswell, I think as a Sergeant and orderly Sergeant I believe, that he helped repair the fort. - that my Fathers house stood within
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about eight Rods of the fort; - That I know that the said Nathan Barlow was one of the chief woodsman, and was sent out on scout to spy out the Indians and watch the enemy, as much or more than any other man, In the fall of 1779 I think he received an ensign's Commission and he  afterwards served as ensign in Capt John Holbrook's Company and I think he served in the same office under Capt Paine, I am positive that in year 1780 he served as an Ensign in Capt. Pains (Paine) Company at said fort & his service continued from June 1779 to late in the fall of 1780, that he was a very active man in the service and as much or more confidence was placed in him at the time than in any other man then in this Country - 
That after the year 1780 there was a Garrison kept at the said Barlow's house about a mile and a half above the mid fort up the River by a Militia officer by the name of Gilman an Ensign I believe, but, whether said Barlow served under him I cannot say or with him I cannot say - but the said Barlow was there in 1781, I think - 
/s/Richard Holbrook
State of New Hampshire Coos ss. 
April 15th 1834 Then the above named Richard  Holbrook subscribed and made solemn oath to the foregoing Affidavit. 
Before me /s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
I further certify that said Richard Holbrook is a Credible witness. 
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
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I Elijah Blodget of Bloomfield in the County of Essex & State of Vermont aged  76 years do testify and say I am well acquainted with Col. Nathan Barlow, late of Stratford N.H. now of Shipton Lower Canada, and know that he was in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War. His services were chiefly in the Militia and in Companies raised by the State of New Hampshire and sent to guard the frontiers on Connecticut River. The said Barlow's Father's house was the Northernmost on the River and the most exposed to the Indians and once plundered by them of every thing they could carry away, the said Nathan having discovered them soon enough to make his escape. - I think that in the year 1778 or 1779 the said Nathan Barlow was in the service at the fort in Stratford and in Scouting in the woods on the frontiers during the whole summer and fall and from that time untill the close of the War said Barlow did more than any other man; being a good woodsman he was constantly called on and was out on guard more than any other - he was called Sergeant Barlow and served as a Serjeant, and afterwards he received an Ensign's Commission and served as an ensign in some one of the Companies but which I cannot say but I think it was Gilman's or Pain's (Paine) Company but I am positive he served as an Ensign in one or the other or some one of the Companies stationed in Stratford, N.H. 
I was frequently out with him on Scout and was well acquainted with his services; and know that he served a long time but in what particular companies I cannot say but I have no doubt that in the whole he served more than two years - 
/s/Elijah Blodgett
State of New Hampshire
County of Coos ss} April 26, 1834 Then the above named Elijah Blodgett subscribed and made solemn oath to the above Affidavit. 
Before me, the subscriber, and I further certify that the above named Elijah Blodgett is a credible witness
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Coos - ss - }
I William Farrar Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, being a Court of Record in and for the State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify: That Joshua Marshall Esquire before whom the foregoing Affidavits were taken is a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Coos and duly qualified to take depositions and that I believe his name within subscribed to be his true and proper signature.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Lancaster in said County this thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred & thirty four - 
/s/Wm Farrar Clerk
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Benjamin's Spalding's Affidavit
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State of Vermont
Orleans District ss} At a Probate Court holden at Derby within and the County of Orleans on this 5th day of August A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open Court Benjamin Spaulding of Craftsbury in said district aged Seventy one years who has subscribed and made oath to the following certificate (viz) that I the said Benjamin Spaulding do certify that I was drafted ['to serv' crossed out] at Cornish in the State of Newhampshire to serve in the Militia of said state to go to Stratford up the Connecticut river for the term of six month's that I immediately joined my company at Stratford as soon as we could travel to that place where I Joined a company commanded by Capt Samuel Payne (Paine) ['in' crossed out] Col. Hazen's ['Reg' crossed out] being Superior Officer - and Nathan Barlow then residing in said Stratford now residing in Shipton Lower Canada served as Ensign in said Payne's (Paine) Company during my whole Six months service - 
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid 
/s/Benj Spaulding
State of Vermont
Orleans District ss} And the Said Court hereby certifies that it appears to them that Benjamin Spaulding who has subscribed and sworn in the above certificate Resides in Craftsburg aforesaid and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 5th day of August 1833
/s/John H. Kimball Register
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John Blake's affidavit
Page 99

State of Vermont
Orleans County ss
Be It Known that before me Tim'o Hinman a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Orleans Personally Appearing before me John Blake and made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted With Nathan Barlow who was in the Continental Army During the Revolutionary War and was an Ensign and that said Nathan Barlow was in service untill the close of the War. and while the Said Barlow was in the United States Service the British and Indians went to said Barlow's house in Stratford and plundered his house of every article that they coult\d carry away - 
/s/John Blake
Sworn and Subscribed this 22nd day of Feb'y 1830}
Before me /s/Tim'o Hinman Just of Peace
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Nathan Caswell Affadavit.
Page 101

Be It known that before me Tim'o Hinman one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Orleans in the State of Vermont, Duly authorised to administer oaths personally came before me Nathan Caswell and after being sworn according to law Doth on his oath Declare that that he was well well acquainted with Nathan Barlow in the time of the Revolutionary war and that he knew that Said Nathan Barlow was in the Servis was an Ensign I was with him some times. two Campaigns know that s'd Barlow was out. knows that Barlow was plundered by the Indians while said Barlow belong to the United States Servis, it was Said at that time that Barlow was plundered of one hundred pound. and at any rate the enemy took all they could, and every thing that they could carry off. at that time s'd Barlow had good for sale some and they all them 
/s/Nathan Caswell
State of Vermont
Orleans County} the foregoing Affadavit of Nathan Caswell Was Sworn to and Subscribed on this 20th day of April 1832 Before me /s/Tim'o Hinman Jus't of Peace
State of Vermont
Orleans County ss} I Ira H. Allen Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that Tim'o Hinman before whom the above affidavit was sworn was on the day of the date of his certificate a Justice of peace within & for the County of Orleans and the signature thereto subscribed I believe to be genuine.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court this 25 day of July 1832 - 
/s/Ira H. Allen Clerk
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No. 22480
Secy letter & Commission
6 mo Ensign
6 mo Private
$80 per ann.
Hon. H. Hubbard
Senate U. S. 
see letter Jan. 27, 1836 to 
Hon. H. Hubbard
Senate U.S. 
Jan. 8.
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Revolutionary Claims. 
Under the Act, entitled, "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved, 15th May, 1828. 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
20 April 1829 

SIR, 
The records at Washington furnish no evidence of your service, and it would appear from your commission that you belonged to the State and not the continental line. 
It will therefor be necessary before your claim under the above mentioned act can be admitted for you first to establish by some record proof that the corps to which you belonged was on the continental line and secondly that you served until the end of the war. 
I am, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant. 
/s/D. Ingham
Nathan Barlow Esq'r
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1186.
J. F. Redfield for Nathan Barlow Rec'd 16 January 1829. 
Derby Vt.
Jan. 13"} fr
Hon. Richard Rush, Sec. Tr.
Washington City.
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[handwritten letter]
Hon. Rich'd Rush ['Esquire' crossed out] Sir Mr. Nathan Barlow sometime since enclosed to your such testimony as was in his power for the purpose of obtaining a Pension under the Act of Congress of may last "for the relief of the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War entitled to commutation certificates &c."
He is old and pennyless. Suspense is painful to him. He is anxious to be informed of the fate of his Papers: that  if he is entitled to a pension under the act, he may be assured of it; but if in addition to the loss (in a [illegible] point of View) of seven of the Greatest years of life, he must still, unrecompended and slow, breast the storm of those complicated evils, [obscured] age and penury entail on us all, ever [obscured] most daring and Cynical; he may [obscured] self to the Encounter. He feels no very fla[obscured] expectations of his success; still he is not without hope. Please give him the earliest information which is in your Power. 
I am most respectfully yours
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
8 Nov 1828:
Nathan Barlow of Shipton in the County of Buckingham in ['the State of' crossed out] Lower Canada has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May 1828. He states that he was an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war, at which period he was an Ensign in Capt. Reynolds company, ['regiment' crossed out] of the N. Hampshire line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing. ['dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of [blank]' crossed out.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office. 
By Order of the Secretary /s/F. A. Dickens.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 11th November 1828 
['It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to [blank] in the [blank] line, amounting to [blank] dollars.' crossed out]
It further appears that Nathan Barlow is not now on the  pension list of ['the' crossed out] any agency, and has not been since the 3d March 1826 ['at the rate of [blank] per month.' crossed out]
The Revolutionary records in this Office furnish no information whatever in relation to the services of Ensign Nathan Barlow of the New Hampshire line - 
/s/Peter Hagner Aud
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OWRej
#511
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Nathan Barlow - Ensign
N. Hamp. line - 
Lower Canada
Rej File no 511
O.K. S
Not allowed act 1828
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State of Newhampshire.
Coos ss: June 27th A.D. 1808 - 
Then Nathan Barlow Esqr. within named took & subscribed the oath of office as a justice of the Peace according to the within Commission. - 
/s/Rich'd C. Everett 
/s/Jonas Baker (Justices of the Peace & of the Quorum
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THE STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 
To Our trusty and well beloved Nathan Barlow Esquire Greeting. 
KNOW you, that We, reposing especial trust and confidence in your fidelity and ability, have constituted and appointed you a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE for the County of Coos Hereby giving and granting unto the said, Nathan Barlow all the power and authority given and granted by the Constitution and Laws of Our State to a Justice of the Peace for the County of Coos - 
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Office, with all the powers, privileges, and immunities to the same belonging for and during the term of five years from the date hereof, provided you are of good behaviour during said term. - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have cause Our Seal to be hereunto affixed.
Witness, John Taylor Gilman Governor of Our State, at Exeter this Thirtieth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five and of American Independence the Twenty ninth
/s/J. T. Gilman
By his Excellency's command, and advice of Council. 
/s/Joseph Pearson Secretary.
Printed by GEO. HOUGH, Concord.
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State of New Hamp're
County of Rockingham} concord Dec'r 29th 1803 then Nathan Barlow Esq'r within named took and Subscribed the Oath of Office as a Justice of the Peace for the County of Grafton - 
Before /s/John Calfe
/s/Dan'l Blasdel} Justice of the Peace of y'e Quorum Counsellor
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THE STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
To our trusty and well beloved Nathan Barlow Esquire GREETING.
KNOW you, that we, reposing especial trust and confidence in your fidelity and ability, have constituted and appointed you a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE for the County of Grafton Hereby giving and granting unto the said Nathan Barlow all the power and authority given and granted by the Constitution and Laws of Our State to a Justice of the Peace for the County of Grafton -
To have and to hold the said Office, with all the powers, privileges, and immunities to the same belonging, for and during the term of five years from the date hereof, provided you are of good behaviour during said term. - In testimony whereof, we have cause our Seal to be hereunto affixed.
Witness, John Taylor Gilman Governor of Our State, at Concord this Twenty Eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three and of American Independence the Twenty Eighth - 
/s/J. T. Gilman
By his Excellency's command, with advice of Council. 
/s/Joseph Pearson Secretary.
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 
The Government of People of said State.
TO Nathan Barlow Gentleman GREETING.
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, Do, by these Presents, constitute, and appoint you the said Nathan Barlow Ensign of a Company of soldiers raised by the State of New Hampshire in pursuance of Resolution of Congress for the defence of the Frontiers of this State. of which Company Samuel Reynolds is Captain - Regiment of Militia in the said State of New Hampshire. You are therefor carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Ensign in leading, ordering, and exercising the Company in Arms, being inferior Officers and Soldiers, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline; hereby commanding them to observe as their Ensign and yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Congress and House of Representatives of said State for the Time being, and in the Recess from their Committee of Safety, or any your Superior Officers for the Service of said State, according to Military Rules and Discipline, pursuant to the Trust reposed in you. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of said State to be hereunto affixed: Witness Meshech Weare Esq; President of our said Council at EXETER, the 29th Day of June Anno Domini /s/M. Weare
/s/E. Thompson Sec'y
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Nathan Barlow Declaration
J. F. Redfield Derby Vt. 
Agent & Attorney. 
22480
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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss} At a Probate Court holden at Derby within and for the County of Orleans on this 15th day of August 1832 personally appeared in Open Court Nathan Barlow a resident of Shipton in the County of St. Francis in the district of three Rivers in the Province of Lower Canada aged seventy six 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 (He states) That about the last of April or fore part of may in the year 1776 I enlisted into the service of the United States in the Newhampshire Militia at Northumberland in Capt Jeremiah Ames'es (Eames) Company in col. Charles Johnson's Rigement for the term of six Months, after my six months had expired I was employed by the State of N.H. to guard the frontiers but not in any regular Company but the party consisting of about fifteen were under my command and continued as a scouting party and to guard the Frontiers until I received a Commission as an Ensign which I believe was in June 1779 but the dates on my Commission are so obliterated as not to shew the time - from the time I received my Commission I had the command of the Scouting party and continued to Guard the frontiers until the close of the War continuing in actual service from the time of my first enlistment in 1776 until the close of the War - I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State - 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
/s/Nathan Barlow
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I, Ozias Caswell of Shipton in the Province of Lower Canada formerly of Northumberland in the State of Newhampshire do certify that I have been acquainted with Nathan Barlow the within named applicant from my youth to the present time that I was knowing to his being engaged from nearly the first of the revolutionary War until the close of the ['W' crossed out] same as guarding the frontiers and scouting about that part of the Country which was formerly called Upper Coos, being the Northern parts of Newhampshire and Vermont was knowing to his having the command of the scouting or Ranging party and was frequently out under him I am now [blank] years and was but a youth when I served - 
Sworn and subscribed too in open Court this 15th day of August 1832
And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the within pension applicant was a [illegible] revolutionary soldier and served as he states
I [illegible] H. Kimball Register of the said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Nathan Barlow for a pension - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office this 15th day of August A.D. 1832 
/s/[illegible] H. Kimball Register
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Nathan Barlow's Declaration
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Before me Timothy Hinman a Justice of the Peace duly empowered to administer oaths in the County of Orleans, and State of Vermont Personally appeared this 25th day of September A.D. 1828 John Weare of Stanstead in the province of Lower Canada and Asahel Hyde of Derby in the County of Orleans and state of Vermont who did severally make oath that Nathan Barlow by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been an Officer of the army of the revolution in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand this 25th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
/s/Tim'o Hinman Jus't of Peace
I Ira H. Allen clerk of the Court in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont do hereby certify that Timothy Hinman before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Orleans aforesaid and duly empowered to administer oaths
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this third day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight - 
/s/Ira H. Allen Clerk
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Derby Vt. 
Oct. 10.} Free
"Revolutionary Claims"
Hon. Richard Rush Sec. of the Treasury
Washington City District of Columbia
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Hon. Richard Rush Sec of the Treasury
Herewith is transmitted a declaration by me subscribed & corroborated by the oath of two Witnesses and authenticated under the hand of the clerk of the Court for this County 
Should the testimony prove unsatisfactory as to my claim for a pension it would be desirable (if consistent with the regulations of the department over which you preside) that the defects should be succinctly stated
All communications to me will received by me at the Post office in this town
yours respectfully
/s/Nathan Barlow, by J. F. Redfield his Atty
Derby Orleans County 
State of Vermont
Oct. 11th AD 1828}
I also forward my commission which will be returned to me of course at this place
/s/N. Barlow by J. F. Redfield Atty.
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for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an Act, "entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" Approved on the 15th of May 1828 
I Nathan Barlow now of Shipton in the County of Rockinghamshire and Province of Lower Canada do hereby declare that I was an Officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution and served as such to the end of the war; that I was entitled to half pay under the Resolve of Congress of October 21st 1780 At which period I was an Ensign in a Company raised by the State of New Hampshire in pursuance of a Resolution of Congress for the defence of the Frontiers of said State. which said Company was in pursuance  of the said Resolution of Congress stated and on the Frontiers of said State near the limits of Lower Canada in which company I continued to the close of the war. And I also declare that I was informed and verily believed that I was entitled to a certificate (commonly called a commutation Certificate) for a Sum equal to five years full pay which sum was offered by a resolve of Congress of the 22d of March 1783 instead of the half pay for life which I was entitled to under the Resolve of the 21. of October 1780. And I also declare that I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the 3d day of March 1826 no money 
/s/Nathan Barlow