Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2044, Robert Barber, Penn.
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SERVICE
Penn.
Barber, Robert
NUMBER
S.2044
carded
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5552 
Pennsylvania 
Robert Barber 
of –  the State of Penna who was a Lieut in the Compy commanded by Captain Barber of the Regt commanded by Col. Lowry in the Penna line for Lieut 6 mo.  $80.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Penna at the rate of 80 Dollars – Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of march 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Feb 1833 and Sent to Hon L. Dewart
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832  $120.00
Semi-Anl. Allowance ending 4 Mar 1833   40
$160.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Vinal Luce Clerk,
Book D Vol 6 Page 48
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Robert Barber
17506
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State of Pennsylvania 
County of Union } SS  
On this twenty fourth day of September one thousand eight hundred thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, now sitting, Robert Barber a resident of West Buffalo Township the County of Union & State of Pennsylvania, who was born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania in the year1737 in October and have record of my age as here & will be eighty one years at in October next & who being sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7. 1832  - that he took the oath of allegiance to the United States in July 1777, and was commissioned first Lieutenant of a company of foot in the eighth Battalion of Militia in Lancaster County on the 18th of November of the same year.  That he entered the service of the United States in the spring of 1778 commander of a guard over flour and stores belonging to the United States lying on the Bank of the Susquehannah  at Columbia. The flour was coming there & carried on further, & deponent at this time served full tour of duty, which he believes was three months. This tour of duty was performed under Captain James Barber & Colonel Alexander Lowry.    
In the fall of 1779, as near as deponent can recollect he was ordered out or another tour of duty under Captain James Potter & Colonel Bertram Galbraith and we went to Lancaster to guard British prisoners and took some from Lancaster to York Deponent got sick before the and of this tour of duty & could not
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serve it out. Deponent was again called out under Captain Mays & Col Galbraith.  Deponent says he is sure he served in all six months at least as first Lieutenant in the military service of the United States in the man of the revolution deponent was during the whole war a resident of Lancaster County and & removed to this County about forty five years ago, and has resided here ever since.  The Revd Thomas Hood, Robert Foster and others can testify as to his character for veracity and belief of his services as an officer in the revolution He has no documentary evidence except the commission before referred to & hereto annexed & that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, whose testify to his service.   Deponent was never in service with any regiment or officers of the regular army - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State 
Robert Barber
Affirmed & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Joseph Stilwell Prothy 
We Thomas Hood a Clergyman residing in Kelly Township Union County and Robert Foster resident of West Buffalo Township hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Robert Barber who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been an officer of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion 
Thomas Hood
Robert Foster
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Joseph Stilwell Prothy
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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 officer and served as he states and the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that the Reverend Thomas Hood who has subscribed the preceeding certificate . is a Clergyman and is resident in Kelly Township in said County and that Robert Foster who has signed the same is resident of West Buffalo Town he is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit 
Hugh Wilson 
Adam Leight 
I Joseph Stilwell Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Union County do certify that the foregoing contains the original procedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lieutenant Robert Barber for pension – In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of the said Court the 24th day of September AD 1832    
Joseph Stilwell Prothy
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The applicant Robert Barber cannot by reason of the loss of memory state precisely how long he served, now amends his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words 
Pennsylvania
Union County SS}  Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in for said County Robert Barber applicant for a pension whose declaration was made the 24th of September 1832 who being duly affirmed 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 – 
That in the first tour mentioned in his declaration he served not less than three months to the best of his recollection as a first Lieutenant of the Pennsylvania Militia  
That in his second tour he served not less than one month & half in actual service & was hindered from serving his three months by sickness as in first lieutenant of the Pennsylvania Militia 
In the third tour mentioned he served not less than one month & half to the best of his recollection as an first Lieutenant of Pennsylvania Militia –
Making in all six months service, and he verily believes he served not less than six months though
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from old age the loss of memory & the length of time he cannot state more precisely the times and dates of each tour & for the service I claim a pension – 
Robert Barber
Sworn & Subscribed before me Feby 2. 1833 
John Maclay  
State of Pennsylvania 
Union County }SS  
I Joseph Stilwell Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Union Do Certify that John Maclay Esq before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken and sworn of who at the taking of the said Deposition and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Union, duly authorized and Commissioned and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court at New Berlin the 5th day of February A.D. 1833 
Joseph Stilwell Prothy
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Robert Barber
No. 4506
16 Jan '33
Obj: 5
Hon'ble L. Dewart
Admitted
6 mo.
Lieutenant
$ 80
Penn
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BRIEF in the case of Robert Barber of Union Co. in the State of Pennsylvania 
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Common Pleas    
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 81 years 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period.  In 1778 Spring  Duration of Service.  3 Months he believes  Rank. 1st Lieut.   Names of Generals and Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt. Barber, Col. Lowry. Pa. Militia 
Period.  1779 Fall     Duration of Service.  3 months was sick part of the time called out again.  He is sure his service in all as 1st Lt. was 6 months   Rank. 1st Lieut.   Names of Generals and Field Officers under whom he served   Capt Potter, Col. Lowry, Col Bertram Galbraith
5. In what battles was he engaged? 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lancaster Co. Pa. 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?   Documentary & Traditionary 
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above D. Brown Examining Clerk.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY: -- Revolutionary Pension Claim. 
Know all Men by these Presents, that I, Thomas Barber Executer of the last will of Robert Barber, late of Union County do hereby constitute and appoint D. D. Addison of Washington City D.C. to be my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of the heirs of said Robert Barber deceased and of the estate of the said deceased for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents of every description, in relation to said claim, that may be on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file any additional evidence or arguments that can be obtained; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to said D. D. Addison to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises. WITNESS my hand and Seal this sixth day May A. D., 1857. Thomas Barber [SEAL.] Signed and Sealed in the pesence of Charles Merrill Samuel Roush 
STATE OF Pennsylvania
COUNTY OF UNION
 On this Sixth day of May A. D. 1851, before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Thomas Barber and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and year aforesaid.
 Samuel Roush  J. Peace [SEAL.]
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Claim of the Executor of Robert Barber, deceased
Act of 
State of Pennsylvania
County of Union

Be it known, that on this sixth day of May A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty one, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Thomas Barber a resident of Limestone Township in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the surviving Executor of the last will and Testament of Robert Barber, late of said County and State

who was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act

at the rate of Eighty _______Dollars per annum; that he has been informed that the said Pension ought to have been increased; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension yet used, if any and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence and arguments as his Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Affirmed to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me, the words "have been" and "yet due, if any" intertextual before signing. 
J. Peace

Samuel Roush
Thomas Barber

I, Samuel Roush Justice of the Peace, do hereby certify that Thomas Barber who has executed the foregoing affidavit before me, is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested ins aid claim as therein set forth.
Samuel Roush J. Peace

I Joesph Eyster Clerk of Com. Pleas Court in the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel Roush before whom the foregoing affidavit was executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and his name thereunto subscribed, appears to me to be his usual signatures. In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the County Seal, this sixth day of May A D. 1851.

(county seal)     J. Eyster, Clerk
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
AWF/ILL

October 20, 1930.

Mrs. Carl Warkow
322 East Van Buren
Naperville, Illinois.

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2044, that Robert Barber was born in October, 1750 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
While residing in said county, he took the oath of allegiance in July, 1777 and was commissioned, November 18, 1777, First Lieutenant of a Company of Foot, Eighth Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia. In the spring of 1778, he served three months in Captain James Barber's Company, Colonel Alexander Lowrey's Regiment; in the fall of 1779, one and one-half months in Captain James Patten's Company, Colonel Bartram Calbreath's Regiment; again, one and one-half months, no dates given, in Captain Hays' Company, Colonel Galbreath's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 24, 1832, at which time he was living in West Buffalo Township. Union County, Pennsylvania.
On May 6, 1851, Thomas Barber, a resident of Limestone Township , Union County, Pennsylvania, stated that he was executor of the last will and testament of Robert Barber, 'late of said county and state. He did not give the date of death of Robert Barber, nor is there any relationship shown.
In order to identify the record of a particular soldier in the War of 1812 with surname Williams, his full name is essential and as much as possible of the following data: approximate dates of birth and death, place of residence after service and given name of widow.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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16 / 96 Soldier pensioned 
Pennsylvania Rector Pa MEL
1930 - Oct. 20 Hist to Mrs. Carl Warkow ILL 
Rev War  2044  Apr R. B.
File No. 2044 
INVALID. 
Robert Barber Lieut Rev War 
Act: June 7, 1832 
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 17 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
1937 Mch 25 – Hist to Mable B. Richardson AWF
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All the within cases examined by D. Addison
All the within cases has been exd
File
Requesting to see papers
J. E. Heath Esqr
Commr of Pensions
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In the NAME and by the AUTHORITY of the FREEMEN of the  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 
The SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL of the Said Commonwealth
To Robert Barber Junr, Gentleman
We reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be -
first Lieutenant of a company of foot in the eighth Battalion of Militia, in the County of Lancaster – You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of first Lieutenant by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging and we strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as first Lieutenant.  And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Supreme Executive Council of this Commonwealth, or from your Superior Officers according to the Rule and Discipline of War, and in Pursuance of the Acts of Assembly of this State.  This Commission to continue in Force until your Term, by the Laws of this State, shall of Course expire.
GIVEN under the lesser Seal of the Commonwealth, at Philadelphia, this Day of November the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy seven 
Tho Warton jun Pres’t
N C
ATTEST 
T Matlack Secy
Barber, Robert 
S File 2044
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Washington May 22 1854

Dear Sir

I have this day filed power of Attorney and applications for increase of pension in the following cases, and respectfully ask permission to see the papers in each case.

John Bridgham Oct 1832. Maine Roll
Robert Barber " " Penna "
Henry Champion " " Connt "
Henry Van Derburgh " " New York "
David Chambers " " New Jersey "
Oliver Spink " " Rhode Island "
William Waterman " " " "
Phebe Fairchild Act 1836 New Jersey "
I am, Very respectfully
Yr Mo Ob St
D.D. Addison

JE Heath Esq
Comr of Pensions
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Washington May 22nd 1851

Dear Sir

I enclose herewith a power of Attorney and application for an increase of Pension in the case of Robert Barber who was a Pensioner under the act of 1832 on the Roll of the state of Pennsylvania and have respectfully to request an early examination of the same

I am very respectfully
Your most obedient servant
D.D. Addison
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OFFICE OF THE CLERK, 
R.B. YOUNGMAN
Lafayette College,
Easton Pa.

March 31 1896

Dear Sir

Will you have the kindness to inform me whether your records in Pensions confirm in any way the following statement?
Robert Barber, of Columbia, Lancaster Co., Pa., born Aug 28, 1751 was a soldier in the Revolution, fighting at Yorktown, drew a pension after the war. I shall be under great obligations for information.

Very truly yours, 
R.B. Youngman
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322 E Van Buren,
Naperville, Ill.
October 8, 1930.

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Dear SIr

Can you give me any information as to the war record of Robert Barber who was First Lieutenant of the First Company, formed in Hempfield Township, Lancaster County Pa, in 1775?I also need to know where he died. The date of his death was Oct 4, 1782.
Also, do you have any record of a Captain Williams in the War of 1812, from Washingtonville, Pa or near there?
I will appreciate it very much if you can help me.
Yours very truly, 
Mrs. Carl Warkow

U.S. Pension Office
Oct 11 1930
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1012 W. 19th St.
 Cedar Falls, Iowa. 
September 20, 1928. 
U. S. Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C. 
Will you please send me  Revolutionary War record of Robert Barber who was a First Lieutenant of the First Company formed in Hempfield Twp. Lancaster Co,  Pa 
Respectfully yours, Mable B. Richardson
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1012 W. 19th St.
Cedar Falls, Iowa, 
July 30, 1928

U.S. Pension Bureau
Washington, .D.C.

 U.S. Pension Office Aug 2 1928

Would you please send me the War record (Revolutionary) or Robert Barber - First Lieut of the 1st Co., Hempfield Twp. Lancaster Co. Pa.

Would you also send me the record of his sons Robert Barber who enlisted in 1777-

Could you also tell me their place of residence during the Revolution?

Yours respectfully
Mable B. Richardson
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel

March 25, 1929

Mable B. Richardson
1012 W. 19th Street
Cedar Falls, Iowa

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.2044, it appears that Robert Barber was born in October, 1751 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

While residing in said County, he took the oath of allegiance in July, 1777, and was commissioned, November 18, 1777, First Lieutenant of a Company of Foot, Eighth
Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia. In the spring of 1778, he served three months in Captain James Barber's Company, Colonel Alexander Lowrey's Regiment; in the fall of 1779, one and one-half months in Captain James Patten's Company,
Colonel Bartram Galbreath's Regiment; again one and one half months, no dates given, in Captain Hays' Company, Colonel Galbreath's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 24, 1832, at which time he was living in West
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Buffalo Township, Union County, Pennsylvania.
On May 6, 1851, Thomas Barber, a resident of Limestone Township, Union County, Pennsylvania, stated that he was the executor of the last will and testament of Robert Barber, late of said count and state".
He did not give the date of death of Robert Barber, nor is there any relationship shown.

Respectfully,
E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.