Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B L Wt 2102-100, Caesar Barnes, N. H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE|[blank]|NUMBER
N.H.|Barnes, Caesar|B.L.Wt. 2102-100
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Heirs of Caesar Barnes
R'd. Feb'y 16. 1835
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
State of Newhampshire
Rockingham County.}ss. I, John Barnes a son and once heir at law to Caesar Barnes deceased, do upon oath testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, Caesar Barnes aforesaid, about, or in the year 1777 entered, or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of "During the War:" and that he continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the same, when he received an honorable discharge at the termination thereof, from the [blank] Regiment of the Newhampshire line commanded by Colonel George Reed (Reid) and when he was a Private 
I further testify and declare that Caesar Barnes my late Father departed this life in the town of Washington then in the County of Cheshire now in Sullivan & State of New Hampshire on the fourth day of July A.Domini 1804 and did not draw a pension from the United States prior to his death
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to Caesar Barnes aforesaid, on the part of the United States, nor do I believe he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever:
Therefore, KNOW All Men By these Presents, that I John Barnes aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Baldwin of Freehold in the State of New York my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Bounty Land due me and the other heir at law of Caesar Barnes aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this second day of January in the year 1835.
/s/X his mark John Barnes
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered, in presence of 
/s/John George 
/s/Chas. F. Gove
Hillsborough County ss. 
Be it known that on this second day of January in the year 1835 Before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared John Barnes the subscriber to the above declaration, who made solemn oath to the truth of the same: and likewise acknowledged the power of attorney thereunto subjoined to be his free act and deed; dated at Goffstown in said County the day and year above mentioned. 
/s/Chas. F. Gove Justice of the Peace.
State of New Hampshire 
Hillsborough County.}ss. I, Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Courts of said County, do hereby certify, that Charles F. Gove before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn, and the subjoined power of attorney purports to have been acknowledged, is and was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the County of Hillsborough duly commissioned sworn and qualified by law to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
[county seal affixed] In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County and subscribed my name at Amherst this 5th day of January in the year 1835. 
/s/A. Wallace Clerk
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Affidavit of Fanny Peters, widow of the late Caesar Barnes Dec'd
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I Fanny Peters depose and say that I was the Wife & afterwards the widow of Caesar Barnes late of Washington, now in the county of ['Hillsborough' crossed out] Sullivan & State of New Hampshire Deceased - That said Caesar Barnes at the time of his Death left but two children to wit John Barnes a son, and Pamela Barnes a Daughter who are both now living in Goffstown in the County of Hillsborough & State aforesaid. I further testify that I always understood that Caesar Barnes was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution enlisted for "during the War". That he was a good soldier as I have always understood and served out his term & was honorably discharged. 
/s/X her mark Fanny Peters
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss. 
Be it known that on this second day of January A.D. 1835 the above Fanny Peters made oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed is true in her belief 
Before me /s/Chas. F. Gove Justice of the Peace
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2102
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Boston Mass'tts March 31st 1835
Received this day by due course of Mail; from the United States War Dept. Bounty Land Warrant No. 2102 for 100 acres of Bounty Land. Issued to John Barnes & Pamela Barnes, Children, and only heirs at Law to Caesar Barnes, who was a private in the Newhampshire line of the Revolutionary Army
/s/Reuben Baldwin
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[typewritten letter]
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section. [initials: AW own]
November 17, 1926.

Miss G. Y. Gilman,
R.F.D. 1, 
Hopkins, Minn. 

Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the records of this Bureau it appears that Caesar Barnes enlisted in 1777, served as a private until the close of the war, when he was discharged, date not stated, from Colonel George Reed's (Reid) New
Hampshire Regiment. He died July 4, 1804, at Washington, New Hampshire, leaving a widow, Fanny, who married Pomp Peters, and two children, John and Pamela Barnes, who were living at Goffstown, New Hampshire, with their mother Fanny Peters in 1835. 
The children were allowed bounty land on account of their father's services, on Warrant 2102.
The above noted is the only Caesar Barnes, under any spelling of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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Caesar Barnes 
No. 2102.
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Rockingham ss State of New Hampshire
Court of Common Pleas Jany. 2. 1835 
I hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been adduced to this Court to prove that John Barnes a son, and Pamela Barnes a Daughter who are both now living in Goffstown in the County of Hillsborough & State aforesaid, are the only heirs at Law to Caesar Barnes late of Washington now in the County of Sullivan & State aforesaid and that the said Caesar Barnes was a Soldier in the army of the Revolution Enlisted for "during the War" served out his term of service, and was honorably discharged.  
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 9th day of February AD 1835
/s/J. B. Hoitt Clerk
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[handwritten letter]
Goffstown Dec'r 20, 1834

Dear Sir - 
Yours of the 12th Inst. did not reach me till this morning as I was absent from home - The Widow of Pomp Peters was also the widow of Cesar (Caesar) Barnes Deceased - Cesar (Caesar) Barnes left only two children who both reside here one boy and one girl 
The name of the son is John Barnes 
The Daughter Pamela Barnes 
Yours respectfully &c &c
/s/Chas. F. Gove
Reuben Baldwin Esq
Portsmouth N.H.}
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[handwritten letter]
Hopkins, Minnesota, R.F.D. #1.
Sept. 16, 1926. 

Bureau of Pensions,
Dept. of the Interior,
Washington D.C. 

Gentlemen: - 
Can you furnish me with any information concerning Caesar Barnes who served in the Revolution from Merrimack, New Hampshire?
Respectfully yours, 
/s/Glenna L. Gilman
Address Miss G. L. Gilman
Hopkins, Minnesota, 
R.F.D.#1.
[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE O SEP 21 1926]