Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44312, Heartwell Barnes, Conn.
Page 1

Service:  Conn.

Barnes, Heartwill
or
Barns, Hartwill

Number:  S44312
Page 2

Examined with Orig. Rolls Sept. 1883 Mr. G

Died Sept. 11 - 1820 A.B.

New York Roll 1429

Heartwill Barnes
Capt Judd
Private
Connecticut Line
March 1777 for War
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 of April 1818
Sept 11 1820

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818 and Sent to Victory Birdsey Esq Pompey Onandaga NY

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818
Semi anl. all'ce ending
Page 3

Documents of Heartwell Barnes a Revolution-ary soldier
Admitted

Certificate of Pension to be sent to Victory Birdsey, Port Martin, Pompey, Onondaga County, New York, for the Pensioner when granted.
Page 4

State of New York
Onondaga County } ss:  Heartwill Barnes of the town of Fabius in the Count of Onondaga and State of New York, being duly sworn deposeth and saith - that in the month of March, in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy seven, he enlisted into the service of the United States perduring the war into a Company commanded by William Judd, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Willis of the Connecticut line and immediately afterwards entered the said service - and that he continued faithfully to serve in the armies of the United States untill the army was discharged in the summer of Seventeen hundred eighty three when he was honourably discharged - That in the year eighty the deponent stricken of a fever, the effects of which partially disabled the  deponent to perform the Duties of a common solider and he was then take as a waiter to Doctor Philip Townes of Norwich in the State of Connecticut and continue as said waiter untill the said Doctor Townes left the army a few months before the Peace - after which the deponent was attached to the Corps of invalids and forwarded to Boston where he was Discharged at time above stated -  The deponent further
Page 5

saith that the fit of sickness above mentioned
in the year eighty- was followed by a weakness debility & rheumatic affection of his left side which still affects him, more at at some times than at others -- by means of that his shoulder joint & hip joint have been so much affected-- that he is permanently unable raise his left hand over his head, and his left leg has been at times drawn back out of shape so that he had to walk on crutches.  That believing himself entitled in consequence of said Disability entitled to a pension from the United States he many years ago delivered his Discharge to Mr. Edmonds of Newtown in the State of Connecticut with sundry other Documents not now particularly recollected, for him to procure the Deponent a pension - as said Edmonds was then a member of Congress
- that the Deponent never received back
his Discharge from said Edmonds nor does
he know whether the same is now in existence, or if so, where it is-- The Deponent
further saith that he is extremely poor & hath
no real property whatever & but a very trifling
of personal property, & is unable to labour unless it be some very light easy work but is unable to maintain himself by labour & is Dependent upon his children for support & by whom he is now supported. The Deponent further
Page 6

saith that the annexed certificates signed
by John Mix, Ezekiel Cowles, Roger Hooker,
John Treadwell & Thomas Bishop & Dated
Farmington, Apl 18, 1847 was given to this
Deponent by the said subscribers at the time it
bears date as a recommend to the charity of
the public.  That the three first named were then Justices of the Peace & John Treadwell (Lieut. Governor of Connecticut) & Thomas F
Bishop are respectable citizens of the said
Town of Farmington - That the said John Mix
was at the time the Deponent enlisted an ensign of the Company into which the Deponent enlisted & that said persons so signing said certificate had often seen the Deponent's discharge while the same was in his possession.
The Deponent further saith that William
Judd who signed the other certificate hereto
annexed Dated 13 Jan'y 1794 was a reputable
citizen of the State of Connecticut & then Justice of the Peace, and  gave the
Deponent the said certificate as a recommend
to the charity of his countrymen - at the time it bears date.
The Deponent further saith that the annexed
certificate of John R Watsons or John P. Watsons, late Surgeon of the 3rd Connecticut Regiment in the Revolutionary War, was given to this Deponent at the time it bears date-- The Deponent further saith that in consequence of his extreme poverty, advanced age & bodily infirmities
Page 7

his son Joseph C. Barnes in February last moved to Deponent and his Wife from Farmington in the State of Connecticut to his house in Fabias  aforementioned  to provide for & maintain the Deponent & has & does provide for & maintain the Deponent - The Deponent further saith that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life he needs the assistance of his Country for his support & further saith not.-
                            [Signed] Hartwell Barnes

Sworn to before me this
17th day of April 1848
Jonathan Stanley Judge
of Onondaga Common Pleas

State of New York
Onondaga County Js     Josiah Andrews of Fabius in said County of the age of sixty five years & upwards - being duly sworn Deposeth & saith that Hartwell Barnes who hath deposed to the above Deposition hath been personally known to this Deponent from early life - The Deponent being a native of the same town & living there until the close of the Revolutionary war, - & the Deponent further saith that he well
Page 8

knows that the said Hartwell Barnes
entered into the American army during
the Revolutionary war at or about the time
he hath above stated & continued in the
said service until the close of the war, when
he returned to said Farmington & the Deponent further saith that he knows the circumstances of the said Hartwell to have been & set to be extremely low and
that he is dependent upon the charity
his friends for his support & further the
Deponent saith that said Hartwell Barnes
is a man of veracity and further he saith not.
[signed] Josiah Andrews
Sworn to before me
this 7th day of April AD. 1848. 
Jonathan Stanley a Judge
of Onondaga Common Pleas
Page 9

State of New York
Onondaga County } ss:  I, Jonathan Stanley, one of the Judges of Onondaga Common pleas hereby certify that Hartwell Barnes & Josiah Andrews who have signed and sworn the above Depositions before me are personally known to me. The said Andrews for many years.  My acquaintance with the said Barnes has been slight as he moved into the town very lately. The said Josiah Andrews I know to be credible witness and I hereby certify that I am satisfied that the said Hartwell Barnes, who hath signed the foregoing affidavit in my presence, served in the armies of the United States during the Revolutionary war against the Common enemy for the time & in the manner he hath above stated and
that all the Documents & testimony he
hath produced before me on this application
are his affidavit above written -- & the
affidavit of Josiah Andrews above written
& the certificate of John R Watsons dated Apr. 
24, 1808 & the certificates of John Mix and Ezekiel Cowles, Roger Hooker, John Treadwell & Thomas F. Bishop Dated Apl 18. 1817 & the certificate of Wm Judd, Esq., Dated the 13th day of Jany 1794,- all which are hereto annexed - and all which I hereby certify & transmit to
Page 10

the secretary for the Department of War.
In witness whereof I have signed this certificate
at Fabius this 17th day of April AD. 1818,
Jonathan Stanley a Judge of
Onondaga Common Pleas


State of New York
Onondaga County } ss: I Jacker Hopper,Clerk
of the County aforesaid certify that Jonathan
Stanley who hath signed the above certificate
& before whom the foregoing affidavits
appear to have been taken was at the time of the taking thereof and of the date of said certificate an acting Judge of the Court of Common pleas of said County -- duly commissioned & Sworn and the within and above are his signatures.
In Witness whereof I have hereto affixed
the seal of said County & set my name this
Eighth day of May
1818
M N McLaren
Dep. Clk
Page 11


Heartwell Barnes
1429
Sept 1818
Page 12

State of New-York,
Onondaga County ⎬ ss.
On the second day of September 1820, personally appeared in open court in the court of common pleas in and for the county of Onondaga, being a court of record proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of their proceedings, Heartwell Barns aged Seventy two years, resident in Fabius 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: -- In the Company of Capt. Judd,  Col. Samuel Willis, General Parsons Brigade, Connecticut line and that he was duly discharged at the close of the war and that he now holds a pension certificate No 1429, and that application was made for said pension on the 17th day of April 1818
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, viz:
One Cow & Calf $20
Debts owing to me $10
[total assets]          $30

Debts which I owe amount to ($20)
[net assets]   $10

Broom Corn growing $2.00
1 Butcher knife      .25
1 needle                 .12
1 tobacco box        .06
1 pen knife             .12
Few cents in money .04
[total]                               $2.59
[plus] Hartwell Barns [assets]   $10.00
[Total] worth                 $12.59

I am a laborer very infirm not able to do more than one days' work in seven; very hard of hearing, subject to cramp convulsion fits occasioned by fatigue in the
Revolution; have a wife aged sixty five years subject to Rheumatism and cramp in the breast not able to labour much; one son Elius Jefferson Barns aged nineteen years; one daughter Lydia Clark Barns, aged Seventeen
years and that myself and family depend wholly on our labor and charity of my son for support.
Sworn in open Court
this 2d September 1820
[signed] Heartwell Barns
J. O. Wattles, Judge of Onon. Com. pleas

I, Truman Adams, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Onondaga, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule
thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty-two dollars and fifty nine cents & owes twenty dollars---
In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 22 day of September 1820.
Truman Adams
Clerk of the court for the County of Onondaga.
Page 13

February 15, 1934.

Mrs. A. G. Sweezy
Cliff House
Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

BA-J/ILL
Heartwell Barnes
S. 44312

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Hartwell Barnes of Connecticut.
The record of Heartwell Barnes is given below as shown in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 44312, based upon his service in that war.
Heartwell Barnes was a native of Farmington, Connecticut; the date of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Farmington, Connecticut, he enlisted March 1, 1777, served as private in Captain William Judd's company, Colonel Samuel Wyllys' 3" Connecticut regiment; in 1780, while on duty during a violent storm, he contracted sickness in consequence
of which he lost his hearing and his entire left side was effected [sic] with rheumatism, rendering him unfit for further military service;
he was transferred to the Invalid Corps, and remained at Boston until discharged in the summer of 1783.
After his service, he returned to Farmington, Connecticut, and continued to reside in that place.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 17, 1818, at which time he was about seventy years of age. He and his
wife, whose name is not shown, were living then with their son, Joseph C. Barnes, in Fabius, Onondaga County, New York, only having
moved there recently from Farmington, Connecticut; she was then about sixty-three years of age.
The soldier died September 11, 1820.
Page 14

On September 2, 1820, Heartwell Barnes' children who lived with him in Fabius, New York, were Elim (?) or Elius (?) Jefferson Barnes, aged nineteen years, and Lydia Clark Barnes, aged seventeen years.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
Page 15

Farmington April 18th 1817.
The bearer hereof Hartwell Barnes a native of this Town, is now in advanced age, is very poor
has many bodily infirmities, was a soldier through the war of the Revolution, in which he
faithfully served, and was honorably discharged; and is now reduced to the necessity of soliciting charity from those who are disposed to contribute towards his relief; and as a proper subject is hereby recommended to all who are disposed to exercise their benevolence.

Ezekiel Cowles, Justice Peace
Roger Stocker Justice of Peace
John Treadwell
Thomas Bishop
Page 16

The bearer Hartwell Barns, a needy and a
disabled soldier being bound on a journey from
this place, Colchester and Norwich is recommended to the attention and Charity of the good people of this State.
given under my hand in Farmington in the
County of Hartford this 13th day of January 1794

William Judd, Just. Peace
Page 17

I hereby certify that Hartwell Barnes
a Soldier in the late 3rd Connecticut
Regt Continental army was in consequence
of being on duly in a violent Storm, attacked by a
Fever, which terminated in Rheumatism, and
afterwards in consequence of disability to perform military duty, was transferred to the Corps of Invalids.
John R. Watsons, late surgeon to 3rd Regiment

Colchester, April 24th, 1808
Page 18

[LEFT PAGE]
          
                             44312
                          INVALID
              Revy

File No.    44312
Heartwell Barnes
   Priv. Rev War
       _________
    
Act:  18" March 1818
Index: - Vol. 3, Page  23
  
  [Arrangement of 1870.]


[RIGHT PAGE]

1922, Mar 8, hist to Mrs. M.E.B. Evans - Env
1929 - Dec. 16, Hist to Lottie E Fawkes, M.E.E.
1934 - Feb. 15 - Hist to Mrs. A.G. Sweezy - ILL
Page 19

aw
Aug. 6, 1906
V.J.F.
Page 20

Barns, Hartwell
His name appears on a list of claimants to
be placed on the pension list returned by the District Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers,
class 9, page 113.
Rank: Private
Regt: 3d Connecticut
Disability: Lost his hearing, and is otherwise debilitated by disorders, contracted in the service.
Residence: Farmington
Monthly allowance: $2.22
Arrearages: $100.00
Remarks: Enlisted March 1, 1777
Page 21

aw
July 11, 1906
L. M. H.
Page 22

Barns, Hardwell
His name appears on a list of applicants
for invalid pension returned by the Circuit Court for the district of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Dec. 14, 1792, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 64.
Rank: Priv. Invalids
Regt: 3rd
Disability: Contracted a disorder while in
service, lost his hearing, and incurred debility
Date of certificate: Oct. 2, 1792
Monthly allowance: $2.22
Arrears due: $100.00
Remarks: Discharged from the corps of
Invalids in 1783.
Page 23

[circular postmark] U.S. Pension Office D
Feb 6, 1922

[oval postmark] RECORD Feb. 13, 1922
Page 24

Duncombe Iowa
Route 2
Feb. 3rd 1922.
To the Record and Pension Office
Will you please give me
the Record of Hartwell
Barnes a pensioner in
Onondaga County New York
in 1818 Connecticut Troops.
Will you send record of
Benjamin Barnes of Connecticut who served in the French and Indian War, 1755.
Mrs. M. E. B. Evans
Duncome
Route 2 Iowa
Page 25

Des Moines, Iowa
October 28th 1929
Bureau of Pensions
Rev. and 1812 War Section
Dear Sirs

Can you please give me the date of death
of Mrs. Hannah Clarke Barnes, widow of Hartwell Barnes who served under Captain Judd in Colonel Wyllys' Regiment, Conn. troops during the Revolution?
Said soldier applied for a pension
in February, 1818 and same was allowed
April 17th 1818. He died September 11th
1820 at Fabius, Onondaga County, New York
leaving his widow. Do you have the
date of their marriage?
Thank you for any information. I wish this for proof in patriotic society. I am a descendent.

Lottie Evans Fawkes
29 Oak Park Ave.
Des Moines, Iowa
Page 26

                          Tahlequah, Okla.  Feb. 1, '34

Director of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Dear sir:
     Will you please send to me any information that you my have about Hartwell Barnes a revolutionary soldier from Connecticut?  Any information  you may give will be appreciated.
                      Sincerely,
                      [Signed]  Mrs A.G. Sweezy,
                          Mrs. A.G. Sweezy 
                           Cliff House,
                            Tahlequah, Okla.

[Pension Office stamp 
dated Feb. 5 1934 in 
lower left corner of page]
Page 27

REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
                               3-525
                      ___________________
         DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
                BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
                    Washington, D.C., ................ ,  19 .......   


In reply to your request of ......................., received....................... for a statement of the military history of .................. a soldier in the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or is widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  
 ____________________________________________
[A chart follows with five headings:]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.... . 
        .....March 1777
LENGTH OF SERVICE ....[Too faint to read]....
RANK ...... Pvt.
OFFICERS UDER WHOM SERVICE WAS 
        RENDERED     CAPTAIN  Wm Judd 
                          COLONEL  Sam'l Wyllys
STATE   Conn

Battles engaged in, .... none listed..............
Residence of soldier at enlistment............,  
   ....  Farmington, Hartford County
Date of application for pension,  Apr 17, 1818 
                                                          AD
Residence at date of application, Fabius, Onondaga, NY
Age at date of application,.... 70 yrs
Remarks:  1820 his wife (name not stated)  was ag 65 years   son Elius (?) Jefferson Barnes  age 19, a daughter Lydia Clarke Barnes age 17
[next three lines too faint to read].
    Respectfully,

                              Commissioner.
Page 28

Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MEE/eel

December 16, 1929

Lottie Evans Fawkes
829 Oak Park Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa

Dear Madam:

I advise you that in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Hartwell Barnes (S. 44312 ) the name of the wife, the date of their marriage and the date
of her death are not given. On September 2, 1820, he stated that she was aged sixty-five years.
There is no claim for pension on file by the widow of Hartwell Barnes,
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
Page 29

THE NATIONAL   ARCHIVES
    Form VAM-51
     12-5-41     
                     Division of Veterans' Affairs Archives

    BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME  Barnes, Henry     GRADE Private
     LINE  New York

WARRANT NUMBER   6828      ACREAGE    100
     ISSUED   Dec. 11, 1789
              to Benjamin Brown, assignee
________
* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volume 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 the 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 the General Land Office records in the National Archives.