Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32106, Ebenezer Barnes, Mass Vt.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Mass
Vt. 

Barnes,Ebenezer

NUMBER
S.32106

CONTENTS
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Illinois
Ebenezer Barney
of May in the State of
who was a Sgt in the Company commanded
by Captain Altick of the Reg commanded
by Col Reed in the Maples
troops- 11 No " 13 " $55, at 13.33 $93.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois
at the rate of 98, Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Feby
Cecil Blanton
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. 24.82
Semi-an. allowance ending 3416
296.98 Recorded by Book to Vol. 8
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
in Clerk, Page 54
Paid at the Treasury under the
act of the 6th of April
1838 from 4 March to 17
May 1836. Agt Notified
17. AD 1844
McLean Co.
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State of Illinois
County of McLean
On this fifth day of June in the year of Our Lord
Thousand Eight hundred and thirty three person appeared in open Court before the Judges of the County Commissioner, Court now sitting Ebenezer Barnes a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged Seven four the third day of last February who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th A.D. 1832
I was born in Boston State of Massachusetts on the third day of February 1759 and moved when a boy to Worcester County Same State when I resided when first called into service about the last of the year 1776. I moved to Vermont where I resided untill the close of
the war. In 1785 I moved to Montreal where I resided three years I then returned to the United States and resided In Albany New York from Albany I moved to Philidelphia when I made my home for the next fifteen years during part of which time I went to sea. from
there I moved to Vermont where I lived four years In 1804. I moved to Ohio where I resided five years I then moved to Kentucky where I resided [illegible] years thence to Illinois where I lived one year In 1815. I moved to Indiana and in 1818 to what is now called Sangamo County Illinois. In 1829 I moved to what
is now McLean County when I have since resided.  In the Summer of 1775 at Worcester Mass. I volunteered In a company of Militia commanded by Capt. Batchild &
Lieut Robt Laft in the regiment commanded by Col.
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Reed from Worster we were marched to Roxbury Mass
I served six months as a corporal during the whole
of which time we were stationed at Roxbury. there were
Several other Regiment, stationed at and near Roxbury
the name of whose officer I do not remember
then were at that time no regular officers-- Genl Washington
was with as during the latter part of our term of service
I rcd a discharge from my captain which I have
lost a few weeks after I returned from Rentary
voluntard at Worcester Mass in Captain Aldrich
Company of Militia Lieut. Thomas Barnes on
were marched to Dorchester
at Dorchester Height
I served two months as a Sergiant I cannot
reccollect the names of the officer that Genl Washington
directly we took possession of Dorchester Height, the
British evacuated Boston and we were discharged
my discharge I have lost.
In the spring of 1776, I enlisted at Ancester Mass
as a Sergeant in a
for nine month, and served
Company commanded by Captain Foster Land Warren
Ensign Robert Loft. We were marched to New Haven
at same place in our rate the name of which I cannot
now recollect we were attached to a Regt commanded
by Col Smith from N. Haven we went by water to New York City
we were marched to Burwich a few miles
of
above the city when we remained until in trust
took possession of New York at the time of the difed
of the Americans on Long Island we were orderd to work
in expectation of going on to Long Island but did not cross
over we then marched to White plains we were in the
Brigade commanded by Genl Fellows at White Plains
I was attached to the advance guard we were engaged
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with the British and obliged to return we retreated to Highland at a place called {Constant} Bridge  on Croton River. We remained until the expiration of nine months our term of enlistment - The Officers whole names I cannot remember, [?]   Gen'l Washington, Lt Gen Bertram, Gen'l McDougal, Col Holman and Col. Glover
My discharge I have l
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for ten months and served through the term of enlistment
as Lieutenant in his company from Townsend we
were marched to Castleton Fort when we were stationed
for our whole term of service and from which place we
made frequent excursion into the country for the protection
of the frontier and to watch the motion of the Enemy
I have a slight impression on my mind that Colonel
Fay commanded the Regiment to which we were
attached I do not remember the names of any other Officer -
The Commission given to me as Lieutenant
both in this and the campaign under Col Ruth a lost
and I cannot State by whom they were signed"
I left all my discharges with the commission with
my brother at the time I went to Canada and have
not son there since. In addition to the term of
Service
I was more or less during the whole war signed
in military service the details of which are not now
retained by my memory which is impaired by sickness and
age I have no documentary testimony of my services
as detailed above but will depend upon the roll of the war
department and this statement & I know of no person I can
near to testify to my service- Mr. Peyton Mitchell
Clergyman & William Orendorff can testify to my character
for truth & veracity and their belief of my services as a
Soldier of the Revolution
I do 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 to and subscribed
Evenezer Barres
the day & year aforesaid before me In testimony whereof
here set my hand and private seal there being no
official seal yet provided
Seal
Isaac Baker Clerk of County Co Court
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The Court propound the following interrogatories
Where and in what year were you born
I was born at
in Connacher on the 3 day of Feb. 1759 -
Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
I have seen it only in possession of my father
but cannot tell what has become of it now
where were you living when called into service
Ans. the same as stated in the declaration
How were you called into service
As some as stated in the declaration
State the names of some of the regular officers 
And same as in the declaration
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service
and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it.
And I have received three as stated in the declaration
from my Captains but have lost them
Did you ever receive a Commission and by whom was
signed and what has become of it?
I received a commission as Lieutenant
signed by the Executive of Vermont
state the
left at my brothers and there probably lost
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 service as a revolutionary soldier
I would refer you to Payton Michell a Clergyman
and William Orendorff
Peyton Michel residing in the County of Mclean Illinois
and William Orendorff residing in the same hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Barns who has subscribed
 and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be
seventy-four 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 he served as he states
Sworn and subscribed the day and year
above written before me
In testimony whereof I here set my
Peyton Mitchel
hand and private seal there being no William Radoff official
and yet provided
seal  Isaac Baker Clk. of County Cork Court
no
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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
Peyton Michel who has signed the proceeding certificate is a
Clergyman resident in the County of Mc Lean and William
Orndorff who has also signed the same is a resident of the same
County and is a credible person and that their statement
 is entitled to credit
I, Isaac Baker Clerk of the County Commissioners
Court of Mclean County do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the make
of the application of Ebenezer Barns for a pension
In testimony whereof I here set my hand and
private seal there being no official seal yet
provided Bloomington June 5th AD 1833
seal 
Isaac Baker Clk of County Com Court
I hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the County Commissioners Court of
M Lean County Illinois in the matter of the application of Ebenezer
Barns for a pension, which court was on the date of the foregoing and
now is a Court of record and at this date have a public seal
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office at Bloomington
this 3d day of December A.D. 1833
1
Isaac Baker of County Court
M Lean County Illinois
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State of Illinois Mc Lean County
December Term
December The 2nd - 1833

This day personley appeard Ebinezer Barns in open court, with his declaration for a pension returned - from The war department accompanied with a Brief, and The objections of that department which particularly relates to his clause as a commissioned officers and the said applicant, Ebenezer Barns on his oath in open court aoath[?]State that he did serve as Lieutenant but that his commpion is lost and as to living guidence he has migreted so far from his land of netining that he knowes of no person living whareby he can poole the same, and the said, applicant hereby relinquishes his clause as lieutenant and claimes as a privet in lew thareof athow the court, having his case under thare inspection for twelve months they are still conscious that the applicant did serve as stated in his declaration nevertheless at the request of the applicant. The court enter record of his relinquishment as lieutenant. 

In testimony whereby I here set my hand as clerk of jured court and the seal of said court this second day of December A.D. 1833 Isaac Baker Clk of County Comis. Court
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Commission as Lieut must be
produced, or satisfactory proof
of Pensions.
24, 454
Ebenezer Barnes
McLean C W
R
Adm 1. Months Serg
13
" pritate
55 -00
43.33
$
1833
M. L. Covell
Isaac Baker
Bloomington
C
McLean County
the
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Sir:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
29. April - 1833
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.
Period when the
service was
rendered.
00
---
1775
Spring 1776
Spring 1777
Summer 1778
the
Statement, showing the service of Ebenezer Barner
Duration of the
claimant's service.
┃ 6
┃ 2
┃ 9
┃ 4
10
Rank of
the
claimant.
C
┃ Sergt
Lie
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Cop Batchelder
┃ Col Reed
Capt Aldrick
Capt Foster
Col Smith
┃ Fletcher
Col Bettle
Copfer
Col May
Age at present,
and place of abode
┃ when he entered
the service.
┃ 3 years
┃ Worcester
┃ Moss
Verna
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Tractioning
a Clergyman
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Commission as Lieut must be
produced, or satisfactory proof
thereof
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
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
Storekeepers, &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.
Persons employed in the Naval Service.
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, noncommissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance,
make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court 
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.
Sate either County of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
aged (c)
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with
line, under the following named officers:
and
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
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A.
(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.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& 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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
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 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.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Clerk of the Court of
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
do hereby certify that the foregoing
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& 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 upon
the transaction.
vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
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 principals
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
quiry 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.
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.
The declarant must 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.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
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 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."
to 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 his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
the definite, 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 declara
ration 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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
that his seal, and has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal
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.
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
which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the with
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state
the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Mr. B. J. Walter
American Legion, Wabash Post No. 423
Mount Carmel, Illinois
Dear Sir:
May 5, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
EBENEZER BARNES
S. 32106
BA-J/MLB
the Revolutionary War, and died about 1836 in McLean County,
Illinois.
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
pension record of Ebenezer Barnes who served under Captains
Batchelder, Aldrich and Foster and Colonels Read and Smith, in
The record of Ebenezer Barnes follows as obtained from the
papers on file in pension claim, S. 32106, based upon his service
in the Revolutionary War.
Ebenezer Barnes was born February 3, 1759, in Boston, Massachusetts
; the names of his parents are not given. He moved when
a boy to Worcester County, same state.
While a resident of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Ebenezer
Barnes volunteered in the summer of 1775, served as corporal in
Captain Batchelder's company, Colonel Read's Massachusetts regiment,
stationed at Roxbury, length of tour six months. A few weeks after
his return from Roxbury, he volunteered and served two months as
sergeant in Captain Aldrich's Massachusetts company. He enlisted
in the spring of 1776, served as sergeant in Captain Foster's
company, Colonel Smith's Massachusetts regiment, was in the battle of
White Plains and was discharged after having served nine months.
On his return from this tour, he moved to Vermont to live with
his brother, whose name he did not give, and remained there until
the close of the war. While living in Vermont, he entered the service
the latter part of June, 1777, at Townshend in Cheshire County,
having been commissioned lieutenant in Captain Samuel Fletcher's
company, Colonel Bedel's Vermont regiment, was in an engagement
with the Hessians near Bonnington, in which about two hundred of them
were killed and several hundred prisoners taken, marched from there
to Saratoga where he remained until after the surrender of Burgoyne,
after which he was discharged and returned to Vermont. He entered
son
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the services at Townshend, Vermont, in the summer of 1778, served
as lieutenant in Captain Tyler's company, Colonel Fay's regiment,
length of tour ten months.
After the war, the soldier moved to Montreal where he lived
three years, then back to the United States and lived in Albany,
New York, then moved to Philadelphia where he remained fifteen
years, and during his residence there, went to sea, no further
details given. From Philadelphia, he moved to Vermont where he lived
four years; from there to Ohio where he remained five years, thence
to Kentucky, lived there two years, then moved to Illinois for one
year. In 1815, he moved to Indiana; in 1818, to Sangamon County,
Illinois, where he lived until 1829, thence to McLean County,
Illinois.
Ebenezer Barnes was allowed pension on his application executed
June 5, 1833, at which time he was residing in McLean County, Illinois.
He died May 17, 1836, survived by a widow whose name was not stated.
No reference was made to children.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and name of
the person paid, you should address the Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the
following:
Ebenezer Barnes
Certificate # 25964
Issued February 4, 1834
Rate, $23.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
Illinois Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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32106
Revy INVALID
File No. 32
, 106
Ebenezer Barnes
Lugt Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 26
Arrangement of 1870.}
1913 July 8 Hist to Mile
Custer H.L.M.
1913 Aug 1 Hist. to Mrs. E. S.
Walker V. L. M.
1913 Oct. 16, Tombstone date to
Chief Quartermaster Corps.
1915 Oct. To Milo Caster that it is
to pension for Rath
Wid of Ebenezer Barnes
9. May 5. Hist to B J Walter B.
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GIDEON PRINTER
Sir:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 17, 1843
Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled "An Act
directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States
, and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pen
sion agents, The Adm: of the widow of Ebenezer Barney
Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois
Agency, at the rate of ninety-eight Dollars
and 33
Cents per annum, under the law of the June
1832,
has been paid at this Department, from the
4 of March
to the 17th May 1836.
Respectfully, yours,
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
J. Seaver
acting Comptroller
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B J. WALTER.
DEPT. OF MILITARY RECORDS
AND GRAVES REGISTRATION
AMERICAN LEGION, Wabash Post No. 423
MT. CARMEL, ILLINOIS
April 11 th, 1936.
Veterans Administration,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please furnish pension record and any other
information available of a one Ebenezer Barnes who
served during the Revolutionary War, enlisting five
times, serving under Captains Batchelder, Aldrich
and Foster and Colonels Read and Smith.
This soldier died about 1836 in McLean County,
Illinois.
BJWirpf
APR 13, 1936
Dept. of Military Records
and Graves Registration,
American Legion,
Wabash Post #423.
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pension office stamp
Oct 28, 1915
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MCLEAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
MUSEUM and LIBRARY,
GEORGE P. DAVIS, PRESIDENT,
A. V. PIERSON, VICE-PRESIDENT
J. H. BURNHAM, TREASURER,
DWIGHT E. FRINK, SECRETARY,
MILO CUSTER, CUSTODIAN.
304 COURT HOUSE, BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS,
Oct. 25, 1915.
Rev Sec
The Pension Commissioner,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;- If the records of your office contain anything regarding Mrs.
Ruth Barnes, widow of Ebenezer Barnes, a Revolutionary Soldier, may we
have a copy of the same? Any such data would be very highly appreciated
by this Society.
Very Respectfully,
Milo Custer
Custodian
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pension office
July 30 1913
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1125 South 5th St.
Springfield Illinois, July 28, 1913.
Dear Sir:-
One Ebenezer Barnes drew a
Pension as a Rev. soldier from Mass, removing
To Illinois his pension was received here.
His name does not appear in Mass. Soldiers
and Sailors.
Will you kindly give me his military record
since we cannot gain admission to the
D. A. R. without his record of service.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. E. S. Walker
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pension office
July 25 1913
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McLean County Historical Society
DWIGHT E. FRINK, Secretary
ROOM 304 COURT HOUSE
GEO. P. DAVIS, President
MILO CUSTER, Custodian
JOHN H. BURNHAM, Treasurer
Bloomington, Illinois, July 23, 1913.
Four Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in M Lean County,
Illinois, whose military History may be in the Pension office 
S. F. 32 Ebenezer Barnes,
32193 Philip hose.
Applied in McLean County, Illinois, for Revolutionary
Soldiers Pension in June,
1832.
Died in McLean County, Illinois, May 17, 1836
John William
R.F. 10629 
Supposed to have served in the Revolution
from Pennsylvania. Said to have received a
Pension
Died in McLean County, Illinois, July 4, 1848.
McGee
applied in McLean County, Illinois, for Revolutionary
Soldiers Pension in June 1832
ed in McLean County,
Illinois, Oct. C. 1843
Toliday, Taldaysplied
in Mc Lean County,
Illinois, for Revolution
Soldiers Pension in March 1834.
Died in McLean County, Illinois,
about 1849.
(M.C.)
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RECORD DIVISION.
for
A S
infor
sion
3 -- 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.
19
In reply to your request of
received.
a statement of the military history of
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
firmation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for penon
file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Summer 1773
-
June 17
Summer
LENGTH
OF
SERVICE.
Same
Mos
RANK.
Cook
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Batchelder
Aldrick
by
Samuel Fletcher
Tyler
Plains
COLONEL.
Reed
Smith
Bode
Fay
STATE.
Mass
-
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension,
Residence at date of application 1836
Age at date of application, b 1759 at Boston Mass
Remarks:
I left a widow, no name is stated
6 -- 2856
=
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section.
Mr. Milo Custer,
Sir:
304 Court House,
Bloomington, Ills.
October 10, 1915.
In reply to your letter dated the 15"" instant,
you are advised that the records of this Bureau fail
to show a Revolutionary War claim on file for Ruth
widow of Ebenezer Barnes, Sur. File No. 32, 106 )
A history of said pensioner was furnished you
July 23, 1913, in which it was stated that the name of
his widow was not given.
Very respectfully,
the
Commissioner.