Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 21899, Barnard Warden, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
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*Warden, Barnard
or Worden

NUMBER
R. 21899

CONTENTS
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(3 -- 223.)
M
Rev'y
No. 21.899
_______Ex'r.

OLD WAR INVALID.
Barnard Worden of Ind.
P.O. Pri. Col Weisenfelt NY Troops
Service:__________________
Enlisted:___________,18
Discharged:_______________, 18
Application filed:______________, 18
Alleges:_________________
Re-enlisted:_______________
Attorney:______________
P.O.____________________
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Barnan Worden
private
Flying Camp
1781 - 9 months
to William C Keen, Vevay, Ind.

Not continental
Rejected.
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The State of Indiana Switzerland County } ss:
Be it remembered that on the twenty fifth day of November A.D. 1818, personally appeared before me William Cotton, one of the Associate judges in and for the County of Switzerland aforesaid, Barnard Worden, of the County and State aforesaid, aged about 54 years who after being duly sworn doth
and did depose, declare and say that he entered into the army raised to obtain and defend American Liberty and Independence in the month of April A.D. 1780, by entering a company of Militia commanded by Captain Froman at Johnstown N.Y. of Col Weisenfelt's regiment and served in said Company about three months, when he enlisted under Captain Norton of the 11th N.Y. regiment, and served about six months in Captain Smith's company. Again he enlisted, in the spring of 1781, in Duchess County New York under Captain Williams of the Flying Camp for nine months, & was marched to the Northern lines, where his company done duty with a company commanded by Captain Sackett, and a squadron of horses, commanded by Colonel Shelden.  About one month before his time of enlistment expired he was furloughed by captain Sackett, his own Captain (Williams) being under arrest, in consequence of indisposition & returned home; before he recovered his company was disbanded. He was in the battle at Valentine's hill, in New York.  That he has never had a pension allow

[note: this is the 1st page of Barnard Warden's declaration; the 2nd page precedes this one in the file; they are out of order.]
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ed him by Congress, to his knowledge; but if any should exist he hereby relinquishes the same to the United States for the benefit of the law passed at the session of 1817-1818, providing for the relief of persons who served in the revolutionary - and finally, from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support & further saith not. Sergeant Hill, deserted from Capt Smith's company while he was in the service - John Stanford, James Handly, William Murphy, John Perry, Rice Cook, Azariah Trim and Joseph Hazzard belonged to the same company.
[signed] Barnard Warden

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day
year first above written William Cotton, Seal

Judge SCC Indiana

The State of Indiana
Switzerland County } ss:

I do hereby certify that Bernard Warden has
proved to my satisfaction that he served nine
months and upwards in the Revolutionary service and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support.
Given under my hand and seal this 25th
day of November A.D. 1818.
William Cotton, Seal

Judge S.C.C.C. Indiana

[note: this is the 2nd page of Barnard Warden's declaration; they are out of order; 1st page follows.]
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State of Indiana 
Switzerland County } ss:
I John Francis Dufour Clerk of the Switzerland Circuit Court hereby certify that William Callow Esquire before whom the foregoing or within Statement appears to have been sworn to and subscribed and whose certificate appears within was at the time of administering said oath and granting said certificate and Will is one of the associate Judges of said court duly commissioned and sworn that the signatures are genuine and that due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set in hand and affixed the seal of
and court at Vevay this 28th day
of November A.D. 1818.
Frances Dufour Clk