Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37576, James Barker, Mass. N.H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE|[blank]|NUMBER
Mass.|Barker, James|S. 37576
N.H.
CONTENTS
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Notification handed E. Evans Esw. Enfield N. Hampshire
Atty. Gens. opinion sent to Barker 11 June 1821. case of George Woodward, Esqr. Haverhill, N.H. 

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3448
New Hampshire
James Barker, 4
Capt Carr private 
Massachusetts line 
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30th of April, 1818. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th of Oct 1818 and delivered to Edward Evans, Esq
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1818. 4 mos. 5/30. 33.33
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819 48.00
9 months $81.33
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Discontinued
Red'd 
Dorchester County
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[handwritten letter]
Cherry Valley
May 9th 1855

Dear Sir,
James Barker of N.H. was married to his first wife in 1781 she died in 1811. and he was married to his second wife in 1813 he died in 1842 leaving a widow and she died in 1850. 
This I think is all you wish to know.
Now sir if there is any claim please inform, me how we are to obtain it. 
Respectfully Yours &c
/s/Hannah Barker Clark. 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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James Barker 
3448
['J.L.E.' crossed out]
George Woodward Esqr
Haverhill N.H.
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss At the Court of Sessions holden at Haverhill within and for the county of Grafton on the last tuesday of february in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one - being a Court of record by law established - 
Present the Honorable
Daniel Blaisdell
Hugh Ramsay
Abel Merrill
Samuel Hutchins} Esquires Justices
Personally appeared in Open Court James Barker aged sixty one years resident in Dorchester in said County of Grafton who being duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows viz a private soldier in Capt Carr's Company & Col'l Weston's regiment in the Massachusetts line that his original declaration is dated 30th day of April 1818 that he has received a pension the certificate of which is numbered 3.448 - 
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 And that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818 And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed And by me subscribed I further declare I am by occupation a farmer not able to work more than half the time And cannot support myself
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by manual labour I have a wife Sarah aged forty six years naturally a slender constitution dont help support the family except taking some care of them.
I have four children only at home with me viz Samuel P. Barker aged 6 years Sarah A M Barker aged five years Olive P. Barker aged two years Nancy B Barker aged nine months, None of them able to support themselves. The property in my schedule I consider not worth more than sixty one dollars which I am willing to give in my Oath as I apprehend it was appraised too high and humbly pray the continuance of my country's bounty
/s/James Barker
Schedule containing the whole estate and income of James Barker of Dorchester in the county of Grafton & State New Hampshire (his necessary clothing & bedding excepted) by him exhibited to us the subscribers as appraisers and to which in our presence by him subscribed - 
viz 1 Old horse worth ... 7"
1 Sick cow & 2 yearling steer ... 31"
13 Cut Hay ... 5.60
1 Swine ... 7.00
Farming utensils ... 25.00
Kitchen furniture ...28.50
$107.10
James Barker
Dan'l Johnson}
Wencoe Wright} appraisers
Sworn to before Stephen Goodhue Just Peace
Sworn to ['subscribed' crossed out] declared on this 28th day of feb'y 1821 before the Justices of said Court
/s/Geo Woodward Clerk 
Sworn to before
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of Sessions for said county of Grafton do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath & Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said Court. I further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in said Schedule is one hundred seven dollars ten cents - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court on this twenty eighth day of february in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one 
/s/Geo. Woodward Clerk
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No 19
James Barker affidavit
Capt McConnell's Comp Col Stickney's Regiment
Correct
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I James Barker of Dorchester County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire Depose & say that I Enlisted into the Company ['Company' crossed out] Commanded by Capt Carr Col. Weston's Regiment in the Massachusetts  Line for the term of Nine Months & served the full Period of my enlistment against the Common Enemy in The Revolutionary between the United States & Great Britton that I was mustered into said service on the 12th Day of June AD. 1778, & was Honorably Discharged from the service of said United States on the 12th Day of March A.D. 1779 that I again entered the service of said United States for the term of two months & served at Different periods of said War amounting in the whole to thirty three months that I was in the Memorable Battle at Bennington Vermont & was at the time in Capt McConnell's company in Col Stickney's Regiment in Gen John Stark's Brigade that I am now a Resident Citizen of said United States that I am now that I am now in the fifty ninth year of my age & that I am in Reduced Circumstances & stand in need of assistance from my Country for my support & that I ['was' crossed out] have no other evidence of the aforesaid facts now in my power
Dorchester April 30th 1818 /s/James Barker
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss [court seal affixed]
Dorchester April 30th 1818
then personally appeared the above named James Barker & made solemn Oath that the above declaration by him subscribed contains the truth Nothing but the truth before me
/s/E. Evans Judge of Probate
I Edward Evans Judge of Probate of wills &c for said County of Grafton aforesaid hereby testify that it appears to my satisfaction the said James Barker did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the Common Enemy & that the said James
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Barker is in Reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his Country for his support & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony had & taken before me to the secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of Congress 
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & have affixed the seal of said Court the Day & date before written
/s/E. Evans Judge of probate
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Hannah Barker Clark April 14 1855
Same May 15 1855
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Copy 
James Barker declaration
March 1819
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss At the Superior Court of Judicature holden at Haverhill within and for the county of Grafton on the fourth tuesday of May Anno Domini 1823 - Present the Honorable Wm. M. Richardson Chief Justices
Levi Woodbury}
Sam'l Green} Justices 
On this 29th day of May 1823 personally appeared in Open Court (being a court of record by law established) James Barker resident in Dorchester in said county aged sixty three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in Order to obtain the provision made by the act of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 That he the said James Barker enlisted for the term of nine months a few days before the 12th June 1778 in the State of Massachusetts & on the 12th June was at Fishkill in the Company Commanded by Capt Carr & in the Reg't commanded by Col. Wesson in the line of Massachusetts on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in said corps until 12th March 1779 when he was dismissed near King's ferry - That his name has been placed on the pension list and dropt therefrom on account of his property And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 And that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818 
And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
/s/James Barker
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Schedule
1 Clock 3.00 1 Iron Bar 70 2 Old Axes 83 = 4.53
1 Plough & Harrow 2.00 1 Gig Waggon 5.00  = 7.00
Chairs 60 Farming utensils 50 cts = 1.10
Beetle & Wedges 25 3 Barrels 1.50 = 1.75
Grindstone 50 harness & Saddle $2 = 2.50
I Lame horse 1.08 Expected to die every moment
Shoes & hide worth that sum} = 1.08
1 Cow = 12.00
Bells 50 hollow ware 1.12 = 1.62
hand Irons Shovel & Tongs &c = 1.50
2 Wheels 1.00 Loom &c 2.00 = 3.00
Old cash 50 Table 6/ Bureau 18/ = 4.50
Draws 4/6 light Stand 2/ = 1.08
Trunk 3/ chairs 33 Crockery 86 = 1.69
Thrown Earthen 50 Glass Ware 75 = 1.25
Tin Ware $2.00 Books 3/ = 3.13
Flax Comb & Saw = 3.13
1 Hog = 5.00
[total] $55.23
James Barker
That since the exhibitions of my first Schedule the following changes have been made in my property 
The land I formerly owned I deeded first day of February 1823 to Henry Burley of Salisbury in the County of Hillsborough for the sum of two hundred twenty four dollars part of which to the amount of about $80 I owed said Burley & said Burley paid $50 to Joseph Burley which I owed said Joseph Also paid David Norris $15 - And a number of small debts which I cannot recollect being numerous most of said debts I justly owed before I was a pensioner & paid them in that way to prevent court. The two yearling steers named in my schedule of 1820 I sold to George Wadsworth in Feby 1822 and took part back & residue in money which I expanded in necessary family expences - Hay my creatures eat - Swine we eat - farming tools & furniture & sleigh were considerable & less valuable now than when I gave my former schedule. I further declare I am by occupation farmer unable to support myself by manual labour owing to a rupture in the groin & a when (wen) on my forehead & other infirmities. My wife Sarah aged 48 years thin in health & unable to do any thing except family
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house work - I have four children at home with me viz Sam'l P. aged eight years unable to support himself, Sarah Ann Matilda aged 7 years Olive P. aged 5 years Nancy B aged 3 years all unable to support themselves and I do stand in need of my country's bounty & humbly pray to be reenstated on the pension list
/s/James Barker
Sworn to and declared on this 29th day of May 1823 before the justices of said court - 
/s/S. P. Webster Clerk
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss
I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said Grafton County do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said James Barker did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declarations against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under one engagent on the continental establishment. 
I also further certify that the foregoing Oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fifty five dollars twenty three cents
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 29th day of May 1823 
/s/S. P. Webster Clerk
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 
Grafton ss.]
ON this 6th Day of July A.D. 1820 personally appeared James Barker before Edward Evans Judge of the Court of Probate in the county of Grafton in open court being a Court of Record, in and for the said county, ['having the power of fine and imprisonment' crossed out] by law established aged Sixty years, resident in Dorchester in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare that he served in the  Revolutionary War, as follows: viz. he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt Carr Col Weston's Regiment on the 12 of June 1778 for the term of nine months in the Massachusetts Line and faithfully the United States the full period of his enlistment and was honourably discharged from service on the 12th day of March 1779
The date of the original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the 30th day of April 1818 the number of my pension certificate is 3448 I have received a Pension. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. My occupation is a farmer but of insufficient ability to pursue it by reason of a breach Which is verry troublesome and am not able to perform more than one half of my usual exercise or labour
I have in family residing with me a wife and four children she being forty five years of age the names and ages of my children are as follows viz. Samuel P. Barker aged six years Sarah A. M. Being four years of age Olive P. Barker two years Nancy B. Barker aged six weeks 
Their capacity to contribute to their support nothing that I am indebted to Joseph Burley Esqr fifty Dollars to James Barker of Boston one Hundred and twenty four Dollars 
James Barker
Sworn to and declared at Dorchester in said County, on the 6th day of July A.D. 1820, before E. Evans} Judge of the said Court of Probate. 
I Moses  Dow Register of the Probate Court for the County of Grafton, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court or from the original papers filed in the Probate office of said Judge; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property in the aforesaid schedule, is four hundred & six dollars and [blank] cents. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this thirteenth day of July A.D. 1820 
/s/Moses Dow} Register of the said Court of Probate
$406.
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SCHEDULE,
CONTAINING the whole estate and income of James Barker (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted,) by him subscribed, exhibited to the Probate Court for the county of Grafton in the State of New-Hampshire, on the 6th day of July 1820, and annexed to his oath, viz. 
Sixty five acres of Land valued at $300.00
Personal Estate
One old Horse - 10.00
two Cows - 24.00
two one year olds - 12.00
two hogs and Pigs - 15.00
farming Tools
one old Cart, old plow, two old draft chains including all other utensils} - 20.00
All household furniture - 25.00
$406.00
Subscribed this fifth day of July A.D. 1820
/s/James Barker
Sworn to subscribed this 6th day of July 1820 -
Before E. Evans Judge of Probate
We the undersigned have appraised & estimated the property of the above named James Barker by him shewn to us at the sum of four hundred & six dollars, & the neat annual income thereof as the sum of fifteen dollars per Annum. 
July 5th 1820 - /s/John Clark
/s/Edward Burley
Sworn to on the above date
before me /s/E. Evans Judge of Probate 

New Hampshire
James Barker
Dorchester 
N  not entitled to be filed 
3448.
March 1819
Stricken from Roll August 4th 1820 notif'n handed E. Evans Esqr
Enfield N. Hamp're
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Schedule 
James Barker property May 1823
Appraised by Evan Bartlet & Joseph S. Pratt, the Subscribers - 
1 Clock 3.00 1 Iron Bar = 3.70
2 old axes = .83
1  "  Plough & Harrow = 2.00
1  "  Gig Waggon = 5.00
Chairs = .60
Farming Utensils = .50
Beetle & Wedges = .25
2 Barrels = 1.50
1 Grindstone = .50
1 Horse Harness & Saddle = 2.00
1 Lame Horse = 1.08
1 Cow = 12.00
1 String Bells = .50
Hollow Ware = 1.12
Hand Irons Shovel & tongs &c = 1.50
2 Wheels = 1.00
1 Loom &c = 2.00
old cash = .50
1 Table 6/ Bureau 18/ Draws 4/6 = 4.75
Light Stand 2/ 1 Trunk 3/ = .83
Old Chairs 33 Crockery 86 - 1.19
Brown Earthen 50 Glass ware 75. = 1.25
Tin Ware = 2.00
Books 3/ Flax Comb & Saw = 3.63
1 Hog = 5.00
55.23
/s/Evan Bartlet
/s/Joseph S. Pratt
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Grafton ss - Sup'r Court Clerk's Office August 4, 1823
I hereby certify that before the 22d day of May last, & at the time, especially Stephen Goodhue was an acting Justice of the peace within & for said County of Grafton, & that his signature on this paper is in his own proper hand writing & entitled to faith & credit. 
[court seal affixed] Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court this day. - 
/s/S. P. Webster Clerk
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State of New Hampshire Grafton ss - 
May 22nd 1823 Came before me the within named Evan Bartlet & Joseph S. Pratt & subscribed & made oath that the within Schedule of property is just & true according to the best of their judgement & abilities - 
/s/Stephen Goodhue Just Peace
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his land to H. Burley dated 1 February 1823 filed within. 
S. P. Webster Esqr
Haverhill, N.H.
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He owes to J. Burley ... $50.
J. Barker of Boston ...124
$174
Schedule under the Act of Mar 1823 dated 29 May 1823. 
Real Property - none. 
Personal do valued at $55.23
Accounts for the decrease of his property as follows. The land mentioned in his schedule he deeded to H. Burley on the 1st of February 1823 for the sum of $224 part of which to the sum of $80 he owed him and the s'd Burley paid $50 to J. Burley the applicant owed him and the s'd Burley paid also to P Norris $5 and a number of small debts owing to the applicant before he became a pensioner of the U.S. the [illegible] he sold to G. Wadsworth in 1822 and to in part pay [illegible] for the same beef. & the remainder in money which he [illegible] the use of his family 

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From New Hampshire to James Barker. 
121.80 Maine. 
Private [illegible]
1778 - one year.
susp'd Jan. 22. 1828. See letter to Agent. 
Suspension removed 13 March 1822 
Aged. 63 years by occupation as a farmer but unable to support himself by manual labor owing to a rupture in the groin and a wen on his forehead and other infirmities. Wife aged 48 years unable to any ['the' crossed out] work except house work. 4 Children, Son aged 9 years 2 Daughters aged 7. 5. & 3 years.
Val. property 65 acres of land valued at $300.00
Personal estate 
1 Horse - 10.00
2 Cows - 24.00
A one year old steer 12.00
2 Hogs and pigs - 15.00
Farming tools - 20.00
Household furniture - 25.00
$406.00
[overwritten: Returned Apl. 14 1824 & sent to S. P. Webster Haverhill New Hampshire]
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New Hampshire
James Barker. 
Private
1778 one year.
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Copy of a Deed 
Barker to Burley
County Clerk, under Seal of office, must certify to the Signature & official character of the Register
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Know all men by these presents that I James Barker of Dorchester in the State of New Hampshire and County of Grafton Yeoman for and in consideration of two hundred & twenty four dollars to me paid by Henry Burley of Salisbury in the County of Hillsborough & State aforesaid before the delivery hereof the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have remised released and forever quit claimed and do for my self my heirs executors & administrators by these presents remise release and forever quit claim unto the said Henry Burley his heirs executors and administrators a certain price in tract of land situated in the town of Dorchester in the County of Grafton and State aforesaid (viz.) a part of the land that was laid out to the original right of Benjamin Rice to contain all that part owned by James Barker aforesaid. 
I have and to hold the aforedescribed premises with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to him the said Henry Burley his heirs assigning forever so that neither the said James Barker neighbors nor any other person or persons claiming from or under me or them or in the name right or sted or them shall or will by any way or means have claim or demand any right or title to the aforesaid premises or their appurtenances or ay part or parcel forever. 
In witness whereof I the said James Barker have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of February A.D. 1823
/s/James Barker [facsimile seal 'seal']
Signed Sealed, & delivered in Presence of us
Benj'a Norris
Benjamin Rollings}
Grafton ss State of New Hampshire May the 28th 1823 personally appeared the above
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named James Barker & acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his voluntary act & deed before me 
/s/Benj'a Norris Just Peace
Grafton ss May 29, 1823 Rec'd recorded & exam'd 
Attest /s/Eph'm Kingsbury Reg'r 
Grafton ss Registers Office May 29, 1823 The foregoing is a true copy of record
/s/Eph'm Kingsbury Reg'r 
Copy examined
Attest /s/Eph'm Kingsbury Reg'r 
Grafton ss Superior Court Clerk's Office August 4th 1823
I hereby certify that Ephraim Kingsbury was register of Deeds within & for said County of Grafton on the 29th day of May last, & so continues to be and that the above attestations & signature by me made are in his own handwriting & entitled to full faith & credit. - 
[court seal affixed] Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court this day. - 
/s/S. P. Webster Clerk
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER. 
State of Maine
County of Oxford ss. 
On this twentieth day of May 1826, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Oxford personally appeared James Barker who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Carr in the regiment commanded by Colonel Weston in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New Hampshire from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State ['(District, or Territory)' crossed out] of Maine where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future; and that his reasons for removing to the State of Maine, were for the better accommodation of living & supporting his family 
/s/James Barker
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.} /s/Moses Mason Jr. Justice Peace 

NOTES. - The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, setting forth that the person taking the testimony is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also have the authentication as above required.
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This may certify that I Samuel Barker of Bethel in the County of Oxford and State of Maine do well know the within James Barker to be the same person described in the within affidavit 
May 20th 1826 /s/Samuel Barker
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid} /s/Moses Mason Jr. Justice Peace
This may certify that the above deponent is a person of verasity 
/s/Moses Mason Jr. Justice Peace
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State of Maine
Oxford County ss.
I Rufus King Goodenow Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in & for said County of Oxford hereby certify that Moses Mason Jr. before whom the foregoing proceedings purport to have been had, is a Justice of the peace within & for said County of Oxford, & that full faith may be given to his acts as such - that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & that I verily believe his name, written in three places on the preceding leaf, is in his own proper hand writing. 
[county seal affixed] In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand & affix the seal of one of said County this 13th day of June A.D. 1826
/s/Rufus King Goodenow Clerk of all the Judicial Courts Oxford County
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[handwritten letter]
Cherry Valley Ast. Co O Apr 2nd/55
Auditor Pension Office

Dear sir,
Will you be so kind as to inform me if there is or has been a law since one thousand eight hundred and forty that a Pensioner's children have drawn the same amount that their Father did who have died since the above date 1840. I did not know of any till about one year ago. a man was through this Section, and offered twenty five dollars to each one for our [illegible] we did not take it, and thought if there was such a law, we were entitled to more and if not we did not want it. My Father died in Maine since the above date. His name was James Barker. 
Please give me correct information and Oblige, his eldest daughter
/s/Hannah Barker Clark
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[verso]
37576
Revy INVALID.
File No. 37,576 [initials: own]
James Barker 
Priv Rev War
Act: 18" March 18"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 29
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1892 Dec 17 Hist House to Com on Pens. SS
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[handwritten letter]
[initials: own]
Committee on Pensions, 
House of Representatives U.S.
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. 
ROBERT P. C. WILSON, Mo., Chairman.
John S. Henderson, N.C.     Charles L. Moses, Ga.
John H. Bankhead, Ala.       Lewis Steward, Ill. 
Richard H. Norton, Mo.      Edward Scull, Pa.
William F. Parrett, Ind.        Daniel Waugh, Ind.
Charles Barwig, Wis.           John C. Houk, Tenn.
William A. Jones, Va.           William W. Bowers, Cal. 
Frank P. Elliott, Clerk. 
D. S. Porter, Special Detail from Pension Bureau. 
Washington, D.C., Dec. 15, 1892

Hon. Green B. Raum, 
Comm'r of Pensions. 
Dear sir:
I have the honor to request to be advised as to whether the records of your Bureau show that one James Barker served in the Massachusetts line War of the Revolution. No further data is found on the rolls please give as full a report as practicable relative to his service. 
An early report is requested. 
Very respectfully
/s/R. P. E. Wilson
Chairman
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM-51 12-5-41 Division of Veterans' Administration Archives 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 
NAME Barker, Jesse GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3671 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 22, 1792 to John Peck, assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.