Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16178, Thomas Barber, R.I.
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SERVICE R.I.
Barber, Thomas
Elizabeth
NUMBER: W.16178
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N. York 6896. 
Elizabeth Barber, decd
Thomas Barber dec'
a pensioner under the Act of 1832
died on the 23 Nov. 1857
County R.I. in the State of N. York
as a Private [crossed out:N] in the Company
anded by Captain Hoxie of the 
gt commanded by Col Noyes in
R.I. line for 16 months
scribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 33 dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of
Dec. 1842 and sent to D.
Tillinghast Buffalo, NY

Arrears to the 4th of March 1841
[crossed out: annual allowance ending]

[ Act
[illegible]
Vol. 2

did, [illegible]
printed notice [illegible]
[illegible] Wilson Barber. Betsy
hardson, Thomas Barber and
aria McManner, only sum
children:

[illegible] to pay 18 Feb 1843
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14398
20.319 New York
Thomas Barber
of Erie Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the Compiy commanded
by Captain Hoxie of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Noyes - in the R. Island
line for 16 months
-
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York
at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of May
1833 and sent to Fillum & Huer

Arrears to the 4th of Ma 33 $106.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 04 Feb! 1833 26.66
---
$13332

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by G. C. Steles Cler
Book E Vol. 4 Page 45

[written vertically]
transferred to the Buffalo Agency 26 June 1833
and name reported accordingly in letter to Wm
B. Nochester, Buffalo, same date
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Erie County ss Peter Brown of Amherst in said County hvg
duly sworn says he has known Mr Thomas Barber intimately
for the last nineteen years and about 18 or 19 years ago boarded
with him about a year. That he has heard the annexed
deposition of the said Thomas Barber head and that he has frequently 
during the time he livd in [crossed out:than bru] the house with him
and since heard him state his services as a soldier of the Revolution
and that according to his recollection he has always give a uniform
history of those services agreeing with the one in the annexed
declaration and this Deponent verily believe it to be true tenur
And this Deponent further says that in 1824 at the request
of Mr. Barber he called on Pely Hoxie of Brookfield Madison County
New York the Capt. Mentioned in said Deposition of said Thomas
Barber and received from said Hoxsie a verbal account of the
services of the said Thomas Barber & he then said Hoxie said he
recollected the said Thomas Barber well & that he served
under him for nine months and was a good & faithful
soldier. And this deponent further says that he has understood
from the friends & relatives of said Hoxie that he died two or
three years ago & this deponent further says that he
fully believes that the said Thomas Barber served
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as he states. And further saith not
from Hutsuchd in
Open Court of Common
pleas before me
December 5th 1832
Peter Brown

[Declaration of a Revolutionary Soldier who served in the MILITIA, to obtain a Pension under the Act of Congress,
passed June 7, 1832.]
State of New York, Erie County, ss. 

On this 5th day of December 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before 
the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at Buffalo, in said County, Thomas
Barber a resident of Amherst in the County of Erie
and State of New York, aforesaid, aged 70 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
7, 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as
herein stated. That he was born in the Town of Exeter late of Rhode Island
the 28th April 1762. Has no record of his age and knows of none.
Was living in the Town of Hopkinton Washington County Rhode
Island when he entered the service. Lived in that County until about
the years 1795-96 when he moved into Greenfield Saratoga County in
this state and remained there three or four years from there into
the Town of Sempronius County of Cayuga in this State from there
to where he now resides being now the Town of Amherst in the County
of Erie. Entered the service as a volunteer & substitute as hereafter
stated. At Charleston Rhode Island in June 1778 he volunteered into
a Company commanded by Capt Peleg Hoxsie in a Regt. then commanded by
Col. Stantn or Col Noys and was soon put under the command of Col. Topping.
Dont recollect other Regimental Officers, Lieut Wm Garbirn Ensign
John Welch were officers under Capt Hoxsie. We marched from Charleston
to Warwick neck, then to Tiverton Rhode Island where he staid until
his term of service expired when he was verbally dismissed by his Captain
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having served for the full period of nine months as a private soldier.

That in the said three months he was in Spencers Expedition
That the same or the next season a year he again entered the service as a substitute 
for his father Thomas Barber Senr. in a company commanded by Capt
Alexander Thomas Lieut Helms & Ensign he thinks, Daniel Davall. His Col was
Col. Topping cant recollect other Officers. Entered the service at Tiverton when
his father there was & unwell and staid there guarding the shores at Tiverton
aforesaid until the six months expired having served for the full time of six
months as a private soldier. He was verbally dismissed as before

That in 1778 or 1779 He cannot state distinctly the period but he thinks
between the terms of service before stated he entered the service as a substitute
for his Brother Peleg Barber under Henry Wells & Col Noyes or Stanton
and served for the full period of one month as a private soldier at Lieut Judah Washington Co
Rhode Island in guarding the shores & it was while the Enemy was in Rhode 
Island. That during the first engagement he staid at Charleston one month
and was then called to Warwick neck to Join the Regt & thereafter staying
two or three weeks and to Tiverton as aforesaid that [crossed out:during] in the first nine
months he was once one of the Advanced Guard under Lieut Gardent
Gardern on Prudence Island with him this Deponent & 22 or 23 men
took 27 British. That during his six months service he was in Sullivan's
Expedition. Knew some he supposed Continental Genls Officers viz Genl	
Sullivan & Genl Glon, Therily Spencer was a militia man, was on Newport
Island during the whole siege in Sullivans Expedition and retreated from the
Island at the time the main body left. Recollects Capt Traffin whose company
was on their left in the same Regt with Deponent. Capt Dyre belonged to said 
Regt. In Sullivans Expedition I am the Regt of Blacks under Col. Gunn
and the Continental Regt. under Oney or Glenn he thinks recollectively that
some of the Continental troops wore hairy caps. They retreated from Newport
Island under Sullivan without the loss of a single man that he knows of
men received any written discharge from the prince,

That there is no clergyman whose [crossed out: certificate] attendance he can procure
to make the certificate required by the War Department.

And he further states that Jacob Hersby the Supervisor of the said
Town of Amherst & Peter Brown of the same town reside in his present 
neighborhood than for a long time & know him well and with
others can testify to his character for truth & veracity & their belief
of his servcis as a soldier of the Revolution. Has no documentary
or other Evidence to prove his present services & knows of no person who can
certify to their [illegible].

He hereby relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declare
that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State,

Sworn and subscribed this 5th
day of December 1832
Noah P. Sprager Clerk 
of our Common Pleas
Thomas Barber
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We, Jacob Hershey Supervisor of and 
residing in the town of Amherst and County
of Erie and Peter Brown residing in the same place, hereby certify,
that we are well acquainted with Thomas Barber who has subscribed
and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is 
reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that
we concur in that opinion.
Jacob Hershey
Peter Brown

Subscribed and Sworn this 5th
day of December 1832
Noah P. Sprague Clerk
of Erie Common Pleas

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting
the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Jacob 
Hershey who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the 
town of Amherst and county of Erie and that Peter Brown who
has signed the same, is a resident of the town of Amherst and county of Erie
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, Noah P. Sprague, Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify,
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter
of the application of Thomas Barber for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this
5th day of December 1832
Noah P. Sprague Clerk
of Erie Common Pleas
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20319
Thomas Barber
Erie County
New York

aomd
16 mo pri
$53.33

Fillmore & Hall
Buffalo
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Thomas Barber Erie Cty N. York


[headers]
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. [/headers]

Vol. June 1778 | | 9 | | pr. | Capt Moxie | Col. Noyes | Spencers Expedition |  | 70 Hopkintown Rhode Island | |
Vol. June 1778 | | 6 | | pr. | Capt Thomas | Col Topping | |R2 NY | | practitionary |
1779 | | 1 | | pr. | Cap Wells | Col. Noyes | | | | Living Witness |

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 of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, 
make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of
County of [blank] } 88.

On this day of 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 provion 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 enered 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 day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary 
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. [blank]
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.

1. [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 applicacation 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 he 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
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.


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[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 mast make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not 
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the 
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length the service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --- For ----- year ----- months, and -----
days, I served as a -----. For ----- months and ----- days, I served as a -----; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, is the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [italics: about three or four months]
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; 
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; 
that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers. 

Mode of authenticating papers. 

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

Proof of Service. 

[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses,
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses,
and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[pointing finger icon]The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops . The proof required by rule in
note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k] This 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. 


R. Newman
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At a Court of Common Pleas held
in + for Erie County in the State of
New York, at the Court House in
said County November 19 1838
Present James Shythie first judge thereof
Joseph Freeman }
Jonathan Hoyt }
Isaac Humphrey } Judges thereof
State of New York }
Erie County ss: }
on this 19th November 1838, personally
appeared in open Court Elizabeth Barber
a resident of the town of Amherst in said
county, aged seventy six years in August now
last past, who being first duly sworn says
according to law doth on her oath declare
in order obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of congress passed July 7
1838, entitled "an act granting half pay
+ pension to certain widows" That she is
the widow of Thomas Barber who was a
private soldier & who was a pensioner 
under the act of June 7, 1832, at the time
of his death - that deponent as such widow
[illegible] the arrearages of such pension which
was his due at the time of his death that
said Thomas employed General David
Burt of Buffalo to make out his semi annual
papers for his pension & deponent employed
said Burt to procure said arrearages due
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her as such widow: that her late husband’s
pension certificate is not now in her possession
but she understood it was given to General
Burt to enable him to procure said pension.
She further declares that she was married
To said Thomas Barber on or about the
Tenth day of June one thousand seven
hundred & Eighty seven; that her husband
the said Thomas Barber died at Amherst
on or about the twenty fifth day of November 
last; that she was not married to him prior
to his leaving the service, but said marriage
took place previous to the first of January
seventeen hundred & ninety four to wit at the
the above stated.
That her late husband had in his family
a family bible in which was entered the
time of their marriage: that said bible was
lost during the last war with Great Britain
that when Buffalo was burned in December
1813, the inhabitants of the neighboring country
left their homes & deponents family left with
others - that the family then resided about
eleven miles from Buffalo - that deponent
has never seen said bible since or heard
of the same.
Elizabeth Barber
State of New York }
Erie County }
Clerks office ss:
I certify that the foregoing affidavit or
declaration on oath was made in open Court
this 19 November 1838. Witness my
hand & seal of office on the day &
year last aforesaid.
[seal]
Cyrus K. Anderson Clerk
K. W Padelford
Dep Clerk
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State of Rhode Island }
County of Newport SS }
I John Remington do certify that the
following is a true copy of our original records
now in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of
Jamestown in said County and State, with
the exception of the date which is Expressed in
the record in fair legible figures
This may Certify that Thomas Barber of
Hopkintown and Betsey Greenold of Jamestown
were joined together in Lawful Matrimony
June 17th - 1787
I also certify that the date of said Record
Is as follows, letter for letter and figure for figure
Registered July 8th, 1787.
[illegible] Tiddeman Hull Town Clerk
John Remington Town Clerk
I John Remington above named do depose and say
that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Jamestown
County and State aforesaid and that the above is a
true extract from the records of said town
with the exception above named as certified by me
John Remington Town Clerk
Sworn before me
August 18th 1842
Arnold Hazard Warden of the Peace
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State of Rhode Island
Town of Jamestown
County of Newport } Ss.
I certify that Arnold Hazard whose name
is signed to the annexed deposition as the person before whom it was
Sworn to, was on the day of taking the same a Warden of the Peace residing in the said town of Jamestown in said County of Newport in said
State and authorized by the law of this State to administer
Oaths, and that the signature, Arnold Hazard, upon said annexed
Deposition is the proper handwriting of said Warden. I further
certify that by the laws of this State wardens of the Peace for the said
town of Jamestown are elected by the freemen of said town, and that
I am the proper officer to certify the fact that said Hazard was at
said time a Warden.
Witness my hand & seal of office this sixth day
of October A.D. 1842.
John Remington Town Clerk-
The Town of Jamestown has no seal, I have affixed
my seal to the above, which is all the seal that
I use in my office. J. R. T Clk
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Elizabeth Barber
dec'd.
N. Y.
act 7 July 38
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At a Court of Oyer & Terminer
General Goal delivery held at the
Court House in & for the County
in the State of New York the same
being a Court of record in
+ by the laws of said State, on
this 26 day of November 1842
at which were present
The Hon Nathan Dayton Judge
of the eighth circuit of the
State of New York
The Hon. Nathan K. Hall
First Judge of said County Courts
The Hon. Frederick P. Stevens
page of said County Courts
Albert McManus of the town of Hanover 
in the County of Chautauqua in said
State, appeared in open court & did
depose upon his solemn oath
administered to him in open Court, that
his is now in the twenty fifth year of his age: 
that he is the grand son of Elizabeth Barber
late of the town of Amherst in Erie County:
that deponents mother was the daughter
of said Elizabeth Barber: that deponents
mother is now living as is also his father
whose name is William McManus: -
that deponents father resides in said
town of Hanover: that deponents said
grandmother Elizabeth Barber was
the wife of deponents grand father Thomas
Barber who died in Amherst five
years ago this present month of November: 
That deponents said grandmother
Elizabeth Barber died at the house
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of deponents father in Hanover aforesaid
on the ninth day of August last: she
was at deponents fathers house on a visit
+ had been there about ten days when
she died: she was brought there by
deponents uncle Thomas Barber who
lives in Amherst aforesaid.
Deponent further says that when his said
grandmother died she left surviving her
the following named children & no others 
To wit: Wilson Barber who resides in the
County of Lapeer in the State of Michigan: 
Betsey Richardson the wife of Amos
Richardson who resides in Huron County
State of Ohio: Thomas Barber who resides
at Williamsville in the town of Amherst
Erie County State of New York: and Marie 
McManus the mother of deponent: that said
children are all still living according to
the best knowledge + information of deponent. 
Deponent always understood that
his said grand father Thomas
Barber was a revolutionary pensioner
that the names of his uncles 
Aunt & mother are stated in the order
of their respective ages herein: the said
Wilson Barber being the oldest.
Albert McManus
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also appeared in open court on the
day & at the place aforesaid Nathan
Lasure a resident of the town of Amherst
Erie County State of New York now in his
sixty sixth year: who being duly sworn doth
depose & say that he knew Thomas Barber
late of Amherst aforesaid who died about
five years ago; he also knew his wife
Elizabeth Barber: that deponent knew
them from about forty years ago to the time
of their respective deaths as stated herein
that he lived near them in Cayuga County
for several years before they or deponent
came to the County to reside: that the farms 
of deponent & said Thomas in Cayuga
joined each other: that during the
residence of said Thomas in Erie County
he & deponent resided within three miles
of each other: that since the death of said
Thomas, the said Elizabeth has resided
a part of the time with her son Thomas
Barber & part of the time with her
daughter the wife of Amos Richardson
both of whom have resided in Amherst
aforesaid; said Thomas now resides there 
& said Richardson’s family moved to Ohio this
present fall; that deponents family & the
family of said Thomas Barber deceased
have always been on intimate terms of
friendship & intercourse:
That deponent understood from the
family that the said Elizabeth Barber
the wife of said Thomas Barber deceased
died at the residence of her daughter
Mrs. McManus in Chautauqua County in
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this state some time last summer: & it is generally understood in the neighborhood of deponent in Amherst, that she died last summer:-
That deponent knew the family well from the oldest to the youngest in former days:
That said Elizabeth left surviving her at the time of her death the following named children. Nelson Barber a son who deponent understood abides in the state of Michigan: Betsy Richardson a daughter who is the wife of Amos Richardson now of Huron County, Ohio: Thomas Barber a son, who resides in this town of Amherst aforesaid at Williamsville in said County of Erie aforesaid; and Maria McManus wife of William McManus who resides in Hanover Chautauqua County; deponent believes that she left no other children than those above at the time of her death & the children above named are still living as deponent verily believes.
Seponent understood that said Thomas Barber deceased was a revolutionary pensioner at the time of his death.
Deponent also says that he personally knows all of the said surviving children of said Elizatbeth Barber deceased above named: and that they are each & every of them now over twentyone years of age.
Nathan LeSuer
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State of New York
Erie County Ss: I Noah P. Sprague Clerk of the County of Erie & Clerk of the Court of Oyer & Terminus & General Goolldelivery do certify that the foregoing deposition of Albert McManus & Nathan LeSure were respectively subscribed by them in open Court in the said Court of Oyer & Terminer & General doal delivery on the day named in the caption of these expositions & were each sworn at the same time in open court to the truth of the contents of said expositions by them respectively subscribed: and the said court doth hereby declare itself satisfied that the said Elizabeth Barber widow of said Thomas Barber deceased died i the town of Hanover in the County of Chautauqua in the State of New York the ninth day of August last past: and that she left surviving her & now living the following named children to wit: Nelson Barber, Betsey Richarson, Thomas Barber & Maria McManus, named in said depositions: and that she left no other children at the time of her death: and that they are each now over twenty one years of age: and I the said Clerk do certify that said Court is a court of records duly constituted & organized according to the laws of this State Which my hand & the seal of said Court this 26 Nov. 1842. Noah P. Sprague Clerk
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sion on file in this Bureau. Thomas Barber Feb 16 '78

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
(illegible)
1779
1779

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
(illegible)
1 mo.
6 mo.

RANK.
Prvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Peleg Harris
(illegible)
Alexander(illegible)
COLONEL.
Aparton or (illegible)
Noyes or (illegible)
Topham

STATE.
R.I.

Battles engaged in, Rhode Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hopkinton Washington Co. R.I.
Date of application for pension, (illegible)
 Residence at date of application, (illegible) Erie Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, Born at Exeter R.I. Sept 18 17(illegible) decd at 
Amherst Erie Co. 1837
Remarks: son of Thomas Barber soldier (illegible) June 17, 178(?) Elizabeth (illegible) she was born in Aug. 1762 & was at pension on an App. 24 Nov. 1818 (illegible) of Amherst Erie Co. N.Y. She died Aug 9 1842 at (illegible) N.Y. Children son Nelson, Betwey wife of Amos Richardson, Thomas, Maria wife of William McManus. Abert McManus was a grand son
Very respectfully,
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Payment to be made
at
by
Agent for paying pensioners 
in the Agency of

Payable on the 4th March 
and 4th September in each 
year.

Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book  Vol
Page   by

Clerk
Page 24

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five Years' Pension.

I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Elizabeth Barton, of N. York, deceased widow of Thomas Barber deceased who was a Private in the Revolution and died on the 25th day of  Nov. 1837 is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of fifty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March 1836 and terminate on the 4 March 1841 the amount is due & payable to Nelson Barber, Betsey Richardson, Thomas Barber, and Maria McManus only surviving children of Elizabeth Barber decd.
Given at the War Office of the United States,
this day of one thousand eight hunred and

Secretary of War.

Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 25

State of New York
Onondaga County Ss.
Sarah barber of the town of Fabius in said County being duly sworn says that she was acquainted with Thomas Barber and Elizabeth Barber now the widow of said Thomas Barber and that this deponent was present at the New Port in the State of Rhode Island and saw the said Thomas Barber and Elizabeth Barber married together by a magistrate by the name of Edlridge in the month of June in the year of our Lord 1787.
And this deponent further says that she saw Barber had at the time of said marriage left the service of the United States and went no more into the army
her
Sarah X Barber
mark

Sworn & subscribed this 2d day of October 1838
before me
Saml. S. Stockham J. Peace

State of New York
Onondaga County Ss:} I do certify that I am personally acquainted with Sarah Barber who made the foregoing affidavit: that she is a person of credibility & respectability
Saml. S. Stockham Justice of Peace

State of New York
Onondaga County
Clerks Office
I Elijah Rhoades Clerks of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County aforesaid and Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Samuel S. Stockham, before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been taken is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly certified and commissioned and was so at the time of taking said affidavit and that his signature above written I believe to be genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 4th day of October 1838
E. Rhoades Clerk
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R.I.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16178
Elizabeth Barber
Widow
Thomas Barber
Pri Rev War
Act July 4th 38
Index: Vol. A, Page 36
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Aug. 31, 1897 - His
Mr. B.J. Peckho
Westerfly - R - 
Mar. 2 '98
Mrs. W. R. Ball
Syracuse
Barber Geo. Akron, Ohio
June 16 1903 His. 
Mrss. Frances W. Wallace
Buffalo NY
1907 Nov. 7 Hist to Esther M. J. 
Orienta N.Y. V.
1910 Feb. 7 Histo. to Mrs. Cornelia Bar
Silver Creek N.Y.
1916 Dec. 1 Hist. to Anna L. Barber.
Page 27

Albany New York
Thomas Barber on roll act of June 7th 1832 to what time paid?
John Hany Esq. Died 25th Nov. 1837 
/2% that /owe
2H
Page 28

V 3337
Application of 
Elizabeth Barber
widow of Thomas
Barber for pension
under act of July 7 1838

Married 10 June 1787
Husband died 25 Nov. 1837

Comd
16 mo. pri
53.33
to Nelson Barber. Betsy Richardson. Thomas Barber. Maria McManus only surviving children of Elizabeth Barber 
decd
without deduction

D.e Tillinghast
Buffalo 
N.Y.
Page 29

State of New York
Erie County Ss}
David Burel of the City of Buffalo New York, being duly sworn says that he knew Thomas Barber in his life time the person mentioned in the annexed declaration of Elizabeth barber his widow, with whom deponent is also acquainted & knows her to be the widow of Thomas Barber.
That deponent attended to getting said Barbers pension moneys for him in his life time. That he also attended to getting for said widow the acreage due said Thomas at the time of his death: that deponent received the pension certificate granted to said Thomas Barber & deposited the same in the pension agency at Albany when said pension was paid where it now is as deponent believes.
David Burel

State of New York
Erie County Clerks Office Ss
I certify that on this 19 November 1838, David Burel who signed the foregoing affidavit appeared in open court in the said Court of Common Pleas made oath to said affidavit and the said David Burel is to me known h& is a person of crediblity & respectability witness my hand & the seal of said Court this 19 November 1838. Cyrus K. Anderson Clerk
By R. W. Padelford Dep. Clk
Page 30

Oct 17 . 42
NY
(illegible)
Eliz Barber
Official.

Free
J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 31

Buffalo Erie Co. N.Y.
Oct. 12 - 1842
Hon. Comr. of Pensions,
Sir Enclosed is a certificate from the town Clerk of the town of Jamestown R.I. in the case of Elizabeth Barber, widow of Thomas Barber a revolutionary pensioner 
It is now a long time since I first brought this cae to the notice of the pension department.
She was first an applicant as a resident of Amherst Erie County, N. York.
It has thus long been delayed and she died a few weeks ago.
Enclosed you wills ee that the fact of Mr. Hazard is certified by the only proper officer in existence.
I enclose also Mr. Tillinghasts letter a member of the H.R. from R. Island.
I suppose Mrs. Barbers children are entitled to the pension due her. Will you furnish me with the forms requisite to establish the fact of her death leaving children.
Truly yours
D. Tillinghast
Page 32

Dec. 18 1842
NY
Eliz. Baber

f
J.L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 33

Buffalo Nov. 26 1842
Sir
Enclosed is the evidence of the death of Elizabeth Barber widow of Thomas Barber decd a pensioner of the revolution.
The application of Mrs. Barber for a widows pension is already on file in the dept.
The enclosed shiws the time & place of her death & the names of her surviving children for whom the pension due her is now asked.
a reply is solicitted
Respet your
D. Tillinghast

J.L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Page 34

3337
Ny Nov 26
4 July 1838

free
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.
Page 35

Buffalo Nov. 19 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comr. of Pensions
Sir,
Enclosed is an application in favor of Elizabeth Barber for the benefit of the act of July last as the widow of Thomas Barber late of Amherst in this County.
If the pension certificate is necassary to be provided may I ask the favor of you to direct the pension agent at Albany to return it to your office.
I am Sir
Your Obt. Servt
D. Tillinghast
Page 36

Albany Pension Agency
February 2d 1843
James L. Edwards Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
The children of Elizabeth Barber did apply for payment of the pension due them, upon the enclosed vouchers. They appear to be substantially sufficient but differ so much from the common forms, that I have to request you instruction whether it is proper to pay the attorney upon them. Mr. Tillinghast of Buffalo states that it will be difficult on account of the residence of the children being in different parts of the country, to obtain new vouchers, and he expresses the hope that the enclosed will be deemed sufficient.
I am Sir,
with great respect
Your obt. Servt.
Thos. M. Olcott Prest
& Pension Agent for 
L. Jenkins.
Page 37

Mch 30
Act 6 Nov '38 Amos - Seamans addl proof - Nov 23}
3337 Nov 26 Eliz Barber.

J.L. Edwards, Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 38

Buffalo March 22 1839
Sir
I sent several months since the papers for the Widow Seamsn & the widow Barber of Amherst Erie Co. for pensions.
I do not wish to be insubortinate, but these widows are getting impatient of the delay

Yours truly
D. Tillinghast

J. L. Edwards Esq
Page 39

N. York
Elizabeth Barber
Let. to D. Tillinghast 4 April 1839
" " do. Aug. 31 1839
Let: 18 Oct: 42 to same

Widow of Thomas 
Act July 1838
Page 40

for Pension 
office
NY June 7
Addl proof
Eliz Barber

free
Hon J. R. Poinsett
Secry of War dept.
Washington 
D.C.
Page 41

Buffalo June 1, 1839
Hon: J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions

Sir,
I have at length ascertained from Rhode Island the fact of the time of the marriage of Thomas & Elizabeth Barber from the Clerks office of the town. I enclose you the certificate. I hope the evidence is now satisfactory for the old lady is much in need of thie bounty of the people.
Please inform me of the result as soon as the numerous duties of your office will permit
I am sir
your obt. Servt
D. Tillinghast
Page 42

Providence R.I. Oct. 7 1842
Dr Sir,
As Wardens of the Peace for the town of Jamestown are by the law of the State elected by the freement of the town, no return being made to any other office but that of the Town Clerk of the town, who keeps the records of the appointmens (or electsion) and is the only office that has the means of authority to certify them. I accordingly, after committing the Secy of State who could give no certificate, sent the depositio recd from you to John Remington Esq. who is, and at the time Mr. Hazard took the deposition was, the Town Clerk of the Town of Jamestown in Newport County, where it was taken, and requested him to sign & seal with his official seal the Certificate I had attached to the Deposition if he found it correct. or such a one as would embrace the facts which he could officially certify. He has just now returned it to me with the certificate signed & sealed as you will find it enclosed herein & attached to the Deposition also enclosed, which I trust will be satisfactory, as I presume it must be, to all functionaries who may be called to act upon it, and amd sir vry respectfully your abt servt.
Joesph L. Tillinghast.
D. Tillinghast Esq.
Burralo
Page 43

S-BP
Westerly R.I.
Aug. 7/'97
Bureau of Pensions:
Sir:
I would like to receive the war record of Benjamin Peckham born 1757 married Lucy Wilcox. Dies Jan 5 1833. I think he must have enlisted in R.I. or Conn. if on the rolls. Said to have to have come from South Kingston but records of Thomas Barber mentioned in the work entitled "Revolutionary defences of R.I." by Edward Field he served a private in Capt Peleg Hoxsey's Co stationed on the Charlestown R.I. shore. Give date of enlistment & age 
Yours,
B. J. Peckham
Page 44

B
Mrs. Emily Barber. Bell
115 Noxon st.
Syracuse
N.Y.

Jan 31st 1898
To secretary of War
Wishing to join the Daughter of American Revolution I am searching for my ancestors who participated in the War.
1st
Thomas Barber (who served) I have his family History. I fing him on the WAr of Rev on list of officers and then Guarding the Charleston Shore in Defences of R.I. page 117. d. 118
Capt. Peleg Hoxey Co State Archives on the Charleston Shore Aug. 10th 1777
Thomas Barber private.
I cannot find him on any list of pensioners. Will you please look him up and give me his accepted record in detail
(If this is not your work will you give it the right dept.)
Reference, see Revolutionary Rolls State Archives
Page 45

Mrs. Emily Barber Bell
116 Noxon St.
Syracuse 
N.Y.
Jan 31st 1898.
To
Pension Bureau.
Wishinng to join the Daughters of the American Revolution I am searching for my Ancestor who participated in the War.
1st.
I find taht my Great Grandfathe Peleg Barber (served) and that he has already been found at Bureau of Pension. He was born at North Kingston R.I. His wife Isabel Sherman.
Will you please gie me his war record in detail (What is accepted I mean)
(illegible)
Mrs. N.R. Bell
#116 Noxon St.
Syracuse N.Y.
Page 46

2d
Ichabod Badcock or Babcock senior
Will you also give me the accpeted authority on the war service of Ichabod Badcock or (Babcock) You will see by refering to "Genealogy of the Puritans of Connecticut" that the family in Essex England were Badcock wer called by both or either name for the first 25 generations. Both names being found in the same family of brothers. In the 3d generation the Badcock was entirely lost signt of in the Babcoks in America
Ichabod & on.
Born 1713 Married (Cousin) Jermaina Babcock 1730. Was 62 years of age when the War of Rev. began. I find him in "Records of Connecticut (illegible) War of Rev. Census of Pensioners of 1840. Page 66. at 82 years of age having enlisted from Ledyard Conn.
Page 47

3d
Ichabod Babcock Junior
Son
Ichabod Babcock Jr., is son of Ichabod sen. (There family history intact written years ago by one of the family)
Was born at Westerly R.I. Dec 12 1731
Married Esther Stanton of Charlestown R.I. Mar 17, 1786 (by Joseph Crandall Justice)
He held a commission a Connt in a troop of Horse 1st Battalion of Malitia in No. Kings R.I. Col. George Thurston
Records of R.I.
1884 page 142

Some one looked this up and gave (illegible)
& first while pensioned in 1832. and his name on the list in records of Commd men in War of Rev.
These 2nd Ichabod Babcocks are father and son. Will you please give an accepted account of both their service in the Rev. to be used for Daughter of rev. (illegible) C.
Mrs. W. N. Bell
#116 Noxon St.
Syracuse N.Y.
Page 48

New York
Silver Creek, N.Y.
Jan 19, - 10

The Hon. Com of Pensions
Wash. D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you please send me the records of the services of Thomas Barber, Private, Rhode I. Troops who served in Rev. War under Catp Hooxie and Col. Noyes. and also give me what information you can of another Thomas Barber and on Caleb Barber. I am also curious to obtain information of another ancestor, name of Nye, who served in the Rev. War. I wish to join a chapter of the D.A.R. Please send the above records and greatly oblige.
Mrs. Cornelia Barber Bebee
Page 49

DAUGHTER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
BUFFALO CHAPTER
Commissioner of Pensions
Washiangton D.C.
Dear Sir,
The enclosed slips contain the names of the Revolutionary pensioners whose graves have neeb reported to us, and which we desire to mark with the bronze markers of the S.A.R. as you see the data is meagre. in fact we hope to gain from your records the fats we need to make our blanks more complete. Thanks for your kind promise to attend to this as occasion may permit. Will you please give the three Lancaster men, marked 1.2.&3 The first chance?
Very truly 
(Mrs.) 
Frances ware Wallace
Buffalo Chapter S.A.R.
374 w. Ferry St.
Buffalo N.Y.
June 8. 1903.
Page 50

Thomas Barber
Pension rolls 1833-35 give him as a pensioner residing in Erie County N.Y. - Rhode Island Militia.
Died at Williamsville. Erie County
Date of death not furnished.
U.S.
Pension OFfice
C
Jun
11
1903
Page 51

14398
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
May 23 53
Dear Sir,
Have you the Rev. record of Thomas Barber who died in 1837. He is buried at Buffalo  also of William Willoughby who died at Norway N.Y. 1817. also of David Franklin died in Connecticut soon after 1780. Thanking you for your kindness.
I am respectfully yours.
Esther M. Parkhurst
Oneonta N.Y.
Oct. 29. 07
Page 52

Akron Ohio April 1st 1899
126 North Walnut St.
Hon H. Clay Evans
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
I have the honor to request a history of the Service in the revolutionary war of my Grand Father Thomas Barber who was born at Exeter Rhode Island April 18th 1762 lived at Hoskinton Rhode Island when he enlisted. He first applied for a Pensions in 1832 Dec. 5. He died 1885 and was buried in the cemetery at Williamsville town of Amherst Erie County New York. My Grand Mother Elisabeth Barber Wife of Thomas Barber soldier above named drew Pension to the time of her Death her residence was Town of Amherst Erie County. New York. I myself was born in Williamsville Amherst Erie Co. N.Y. May 21st 1834. Further I have reason to believ that my Great Grand Father Thomas Baraber Sr. and Father of the above named Soldier served in the revolutionary war. Also Peleg Barber. I request this information to Establish my Eligibility to join the organization know as Sons of the Revolution and that my family history may be legally established my record in pension department is as follows Capt. Co. G. 112th New York Dept.} Certificat 299.543
George W. Barber Sr.
Notary Public
Page 53

This Bureau can funish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
O.W.&.N. Div.
REVOLUTIONARY

L. W. B.
W. 16178,
W. 21931.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D.C.,

August 31st, 1897.

Replying to your request for information concerning Thomas Barber and Benjamin Peckham, soldiers of the Revolutionary war, you are advised as follows:
Thomas Barber made an application for pension on December 5th, 1832, at which time he was 70 years of age and residing at Amherst, N.Y., and his pension was allowed for 16 month' actual service as a private in the Rhode Island troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the hime he served under Capt. Hoxie and Col. Noyes. He enlisted at Hopkintown, R.I. His widow, Elizabeth, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Benjamin Peckham made an application for pension on October 20th, 1832, at which time he was 77 years of age and residing at Groton, Conn., and his pension was allowed for 20 months' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Palmer and Col. Wolcott. He enlisted at Stonington, Conn. His widow, Lucy, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. B. J. Peckham,
Westerly, R.I.
Page 54

This Bureau can furnish the military
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the
War of 1812 as are now in the possession
of
the
Government are on file in the
Record and Pension Office, War Department
. Original rolls and other records
pertaining to service in the Revolutionary
War may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
Madam: --
REVOLUTIONARY.
.
W. B.
W. 16178.
1, 17262.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
March 2, 1898.
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that
Thomas Barber made an application for pension on December 5, 1832, at
which time he was 70 years of age and residing at Amherst, N. Y., and
his pension was allowed for sixteen months'
actual service as a private
in the R. I. troops, Revolution
nary war; a part of the time he
served under Capt. Hoxie and Col. Noyes. He enlisted at Hopkintown,
R. I. His widow, Elizabeth, made application and received a pension
for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Ichabod Babcock make an application for pension on May 9, 1834,
at each time he was 76 years of age and residing at Groton, Conn.
and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a private
in the R.H. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served
under Capt. Gavitt and Col. Noyes. He enlisted at Westerly, R.I.
Mrs. N. R. Bell,
Very respectfully,
116 Miron St., Syracuse, N. Y.
Commissioner,
Download
of 56
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2
3
4
Page 55

L. W. B.
W. 16178.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary war and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C.

O. W. 7 N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

May 10th, 1809.

Sir: - 
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Thomas Barber made an application for pension on december 5th, 1832, at which time he was 70 years of age and residing at Amherst, New York,
and his pension was allowed for sixteen months' actual service as a private in the Rhode Island troops, Revolutionary war. He enlisted at Hopkintown, Rhode Island, and served under Capt. Hoxie and Col. Noyes. His widow, Elizabeth, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
A very careful search has been made and there is no Peleg Barber or no other Thomas Barber found upon the Revolutionary war pension or bounty land records on file in this Bureau.
Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Mr. George W. Barber,
128 North Walnut Street,
Akron, Ohio.
Page 56

FORM NO.
THE ORGANNATURAL CASE COMPANY
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. E.
Dear Sirs:-
Norwalk,
Ohio, Nov. 11 th,
116.
Will you please furnish me with the Revolutionary War Record
of the following men who's names are numbered and undercored
( 1 ) Thomas Darber born June 5th, 1731, married to Mary Barney
at Newport, Oct. 22d, 1754. He enlisted with the Rhode Island State Troops
March 16th, 1778 and was stationed at Tiverton. He served as a private
in Capt. Alexander Thomas' Company, Colonel Topham's Regiment.
Their son ( 2 ) Thomas Barber born at Exeter, R.Y. April 28th, 1762
married to Elizabeth Dana. He made application for pension Dec. 5th, 1832
for months actual service as private with Rhode Island Troops. He
enlisted at Hopkintown, R.I. and served under Capt. Hovie & Colonel Noyes.
Their son, George W. Barber, born May 21st, 1834, married to Annie Cooper.
Their son Horatio T. Barber born May 3d, 1856, married to Ella Pickett,
June 25th, 1884. I am their daughter,
( 3 ) General Dana of Bunker Hill Fan who's daughter was
Elizabeth Hana married to Thomas Barber,
Thanking you for your kind attention to this matter.
Yours very truly,
Anna L. Barber
15 State St.
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Pensioner: Elizabeth Barber