Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 37,722, Noah Barnum, Continental Conn.
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(3-1776)
Service 
Continental Conn. 

Barnum, Noah

Number
S 37 722
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Connecticut Roll.
to
New York (redacted) 1082

Noah Barnum.
Conn Private
Col. L B Webbs Regt
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 31st. of March 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 30th of June 1818, and sent to Danl. B Cocke, Esp. Danbury, Conn.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
5 months 1/31
4/30.  $41.31
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

From May. 77 for term of 3 years

AB/ Died Feb. 18-1834 - 
New Certificate issued 26th Jany 1828 and sent to Hon: A. Ward House of Representatives.
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Transferred to New York the 28 January 1828, to take effect from and after 4 Sep. 1827, and notification sent to Hon: A. Ward - House of Reps. 
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[Drawing of finger pointing] Respecting apm. for a New certificate, see letter 12 Oct. 1829 to R. Booth. do.to Hon. H.B. Cowles H.R. 23rd March 1830 do.to R. Booth, March 30, 1831
(respecting Transfer) see letters to Petitioner & N.Y. agent. 11th May 1831
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Transfer from N. York to Connect 6 June 1831 from 4 March 1831 & notfi sent to Pensioner, Danbury Ct,
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I Noah Barnum of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut being duly sworn depose and say...that I Served as a Soldier in the Army of the United States my year commencing in May or April 1776 in the Regiment commanded by Col Charles Webb in Capt Eli Leavenworth Company and in May 1777 I enlisted for the term of their year Hon United States Service as a Soldier in [illegible] C. Webb. Regiment during what time served in several different Companines in P Regiment and served out my said that year and still continued on said service  after that time  until the fall of the year 181 till the capture of Lord Cornwallis;  Some time after that I was [illegible] and never joined the army after said; being at home on a ferlow unfit for military duty till the army was disbanded and never had a regulary discharge from the army in consequence of my absense.  I am clear and arrested of property and stand in need of assistance from my friends or Country and further say not
Noah Barnum

State of Connecticut Fairfield County
ss Danbury Probate District March 31 Ad 1818 Personally came before me Daniel B Cook judge of Court of Probate  the above named Noah Barnum and made oath in due form to the truth of the above declaration or affidavit by him subscribed in my presense being personally in order known to me & entiteld to fair faith and credit by which affidavigt and other entriets by him made I am fully satisfied that he rendered the services against the common enemy by him attested to and affirmed
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that he is poor and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support and was justly entitled to a pension - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Probate District on the day & date above written  In the absense of the clerk 

Daniel B. Cook, Judge of Probate
Justice of Peace & one of the Judges of the Common Pleas for Fairfield County - 


Noah Barnum
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Noah Barnum 29
Exd
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At a County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield in the District and State of Connecticut on the 19th day of June 1820, the same being a court of Record, and having a seal by virtue of the Laws of Said State.  Personally appeared in open court Noah Barnum a resident in the Town of Danbury in the County of Fairfield, in Said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made Solemn Oath, that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary Clothing & Bedding excepted. 
Viz: ---
1 Small Dwelling House 106 by 10 feet with 30 rods of ground adjoining situated in Danubry value at $50.00
1 Table 50¢ 1 old chest 12¢ 1 paper box 12¢ 1 Bellows 12  " 86
Bake pan, Tea Kettle & jug 63¢, And Irons, Shovel & tongs 75¢ "38
2 Bottles & 1 Pitcher & Glass 32¢ 1 Slate 14¢, Testament 17¢ " 63
Almanac & Knives & Forks & Pewter Spoons 50¢, Razors & Strop 50¢ 2"03
Earthen Platter 6¢ 2 dry Casks 42¢ Seive &  jug 25 "73
Broken Stone Jar 17¢ 1 1 Composter 25¢ Powder horn 12 "54
Saw, Shaving Knife, Laythe, trimming tools, from & ady 2"62
Hatchet, blasting tools & old horn 75¢ Barrow & Sled 1. 00 1.75
4 old Chains 33 .33
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$60.87

I am indebted to the following the following sums
To Hezekiah Nichols & Co $1.16
d. F. Wildman  4.32
d. Larey Barnum 17.00
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$22.48
Noah Barnum
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District and State of Connecticut SS.

Be it remembered, That in the county Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield in the District and State above Said, on this 18th day of July 1820 the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the authority of Said State personally came and appeared in open court, Noah Barnum aged sixty one years, resident in the Town of Danbury, in the County of Fairfield, in Said State and being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows as a private in the Regiment of the Connecticut line commanded by Col. Saml B. Webb & in Capt. Hearts Company - likewise in the Light Infantry under Capt. Roger Wills four years and half from about the 17 May 1777 to the fall of the year 1781 - that the original declaration made by him for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of congress of the 18th of March 1818 was dated the thirty first day of March 1818 that in pursuance therefore he was entered in the first of pensioners, and received a pension certificate no 1682 and I do further solemnly swear that i was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that have not since that time, by writ, 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 provision 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
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other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a Cooper but by reason of infirmity am unable to Labor to any amount and that I have a family residing with me consisting of a Wife named Caty, fifty seven years old who is likewise infirm all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid 
Noah Barnum

Sworn to and declared in the Court aforesaid whereupon said court is on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total in value of the property contained in the affixed schedule is Sixty Dollars and Eighty seven cents and doth under the proceedings to be entered in he records of said court.  
Attest David Burr Clerk
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Noah Barnum
f0r new certificate 
& Transfer.

Hon. A. Ward 
H.R.
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State of New York,
County of Westchester, } ss.  I, Nehemia J. Bates Clerk of the County of Westchester, DO HEREBY CERTIFY That Wm. Birdsall, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Indenture, or Instrument in Writing, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized by law to take the proof and acknowledgment affidavits &c. And further, that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature of Wm. Birdsall subscribed to the said Certificate in affidavit is the proper handwriting of the said Justice.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, the 19th day of Janry 1828
N. Bates

The Pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity.  The witness must swear that he well knows the person who has taken the above oath to be the same person described therein, and no other than the indentical person to whom the pension was originally granted.  The magistrate must certigy that the witness is s aperson veracity.  The witness's affidavit must be authenticated in the manner above described.
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of New York 
County of Westchester ss.
ON this Eighteenth day of January 1828, before me, the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, for the said County of Westchester personally appeared Noah Barnum who, on his Oath, declares that he is the same Person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Wells in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel B. Wells in the Service of the United States; that his Name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Connecticut from whence he has lately removed that he now resides int he Sate of New York ;  where he intendes to remain, and wishes his Pension to be there payable, in future ; and that his reasons for removing to the State of New York are; that he has a daughter residing in Putnum County in the State of New York , and he has come to reside with her where & with whom he expects to spend the remainder of his days. 
Noah Barnum

Sworn and subscribed to, before 
me, the Day and Year aforesaid. }
Wm. Ringwall J. Peace

NOTES.

The Oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official Character and Signature must be proved by the Certificate of the proper Officer, under his Seal of Office, settig 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 evidnce of another person as to identity.  The witness must swear that he well knows the person who has taken the oath to be the same person described therein, and no other than the identical person to whom the pension was originally granted.  The magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity.  The witness's affidavit must be authenticated in the mannter above described.
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State of New York
Westchester County } ss.

Alijah Gales being sworn says that he is well acquainted with Noah Barnum the person named in & who took the oath mentioned in the annexed affidavit, that the said Noah is the person described therein and no other than the identical person to whom the pension was originally granted.

Alijah Gales

I certify that on this 18th day of January 1828 the above named Alijah Gales appeared before me & made oath to the above affidavit & that the said Alijah is a person of veracity.

Wm. Birdsall J Peace
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State of Connecticut 
County of Fairfield }

On this 25th day of May 1831 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Fairfield personally appeared Noah Barnum who on his oath declares that he is the said person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Wells int he Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel B. Webb in the Connecticut Line in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
That his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed to wit previous to the 4th day of March now last past; that he now resides in the State of Connecticut where in intends to remain and wishes the arrears of his Pension which shall hereafter accrue to be there payable in future.
And that his reasons for removing to said State of Connecticut were and are that he is aged and unable to take care of himself and had his relations or friends residing in said State of New York.  That having no wife and his children and all his friends on whom he must rely for that care and attention do necessary for him in his declining years residing in said State of Connecticut; his convenience and comfort required his removal.

Noah Barnum

Sworn and Subscribed to 
before me the day & year 
aforesaid
Reuben Booth Justice of Peace
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I Ephraim Gregory of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut being duly sworn, do depose and say that I now am and for many years have been acquainted with and known Noah Barnum the person who hath made and subscribed the written and foregoing affidavit. And I well know him to be the identical person named and described int he said Affidavit

Ephm Gregory

Sworn and Subscribed to 
before me this 25th day of
May 1831 at Danbury in 
the County of Fairfield aforesaid

Reuben Booth Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss

I hereby certify that Ephraim Gregory who hath made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit is to me well known and that he is a person of good character for truth and veracity. And his statements are entitled to full and entire credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of May 1831.
Reuben Booth Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss

I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Fairfield in said State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Reuben Booth Esquire whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is now and was at the date this
Certificates a Justice of the Peace for said Fairfield County duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oath and take affidavits &c and further certify that all the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine & in the proper handwriting of the said Reuben Booth. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of County Court in Fairfield this thirtieth day of May AD 1831.
Thomas Osborne Clerk of County Court
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Mr. Joseph B. Lutz
Box 357
Cheyenne, Wyoming.

June 9, 1936.
BA-J/ II.
Noah Barr
S. 37722
John C. Brower
S. 14989

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request, for Lieutenant Colonel George W. Brower of Fort Warren, Wyoming, the
Revolutionary War records of his ancestors, Johannas Brower of New York
or Connecticut, his son, John Brower who died in New Canaan,
Connecticut, Noah Barnum who, he thinks, enlisted in New York State,
and of soldiers with the surnames Meacham of Connecticut, and Wyatt
and Bradley of New York.
The pension record has been found of only one Noah Barnum and a pension record of John C. Brower, born in Westchester, New York. Their records are given herein as found in pension claims, S. 32722 and S. 14989, respectively, based upon their service in the
Revolutionary War.

In order to identify the records of soldiers with surnames Meacham,  wyatt and Bradley, their full names are essential and as
much as possible of the following data: approximate dates of birth
and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service, and
given names of widows.
NOAH BARNUM -- S. 37722
Noah Barnum, of Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut,
enlisted about May 1, 1776 and served one year as private in Captain
Elis Leavenworth's company, Colonel Charles Webb's Connecticut regiment, then re-enlisted, served as private in Captain Heart's company,
and in Captain Roger Welles' light-horse company, Colonel Samuel
Webb's Connecticut Regiment and continued in service until after the
surrender of Lord Cornwallis, when he was discharged.
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Noah Barnum was allowed pension on his application executed
March 31, 1818, at which time he resided in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut. In 1820, he gave his age as sixty-one years, and that of his wife, Caty, as fifty-seven years, but he did not state the dates or places of their birth, names of their parents, or give
the date and place of their marriage.
In 1828, the soldier had moved from Connecticut to Putnam County, New York, in order to live with his daughter, whose name and age were not given. In May 1831, he had returned to live in Fairfield County, Connecticut; he stated then that he had no wife, and that his children all lived then in Connecticut.
Reference was made to one Larey Barnum in 1820, but no relationship to the soldier's family was stated.
Noah Barnum died February 18, 1834.

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JOHN C. BROWER-S. 14989,
John C. Brower was born in the year 1759, in White Plains,
Westchester County, New York, and moved, when a child, with his father to Poughkeepsie, New York. The names of his parents were not given. While a resident of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, he enlisted and served as a private in the New York troops on tours, shown as follow: from sometime in December 1776, three months in Captain Bernardus Swarthout's company; in 1777, one month in Captain Bernardus Swarthout's company, and in the fall of that year, one month under Lieutenant Lawson; in 1779, two tours of two weeks each, at West Point; from sometime in the summer of 1780, three months in Captain McKinstry's company, Colonel Dubois' regiment.
John C. Brower was allowed pension on his application executed
September 27, 1832, at which time he resided in Poughkeepsie, New 

2.
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York.
In 1832, Charles Brower, a resident of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, New York, stated that he was acquainted with John C. Brower
at the time he served in the early part of the Revolutionary War in
1833, one William Brower, a resident of Fishkill, Dutchess County,
New York, aged eighty years, stated that he served in the same company
with John C. Brower in 1776, and 1777. No relationship between these
persons and the soldier, John C. Brower, was stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of
person paid, and, possibly the date of death of this pensioner,
you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
John C. Brower
Certificate #20791
Issued October 5, 1833
Rate $30 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832.
New York Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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37722
INVALID.
Revy

File No. 37722
Noah Barnum
Pri Rev War
Act: 18th March 18
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 29

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1894 Aug
Hist to Mrs. T R Sfor
Danbu

Feby 6 1903
Eben L. Barnum
Worcester Mass
1936 - June 9 Hist to Mr. Joseph B
Lutz - see letter in Rev. John C. Brower S. 14989 N.L.
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Danbury, CT
June 12
Pension Office

Transfer 
Free

Hon. John H. Eaton
Secretary of War
Washington
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Danbury CT. May 26th 1838

Sir,
The letter of Mr. J. L. Edwards of 30th March last enclosing my affidavit had never been received. I have therefore in conformity with the requirements of his last letter prepared another affidavit which is herein enclosed.
I have received no part of my Pension since September last and am extremely desirous to receive my papers soon.
Respectfully yours
Olic Le [illegible]
Noah Barnum
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Payable on the 4. March & 4. Sept. of each year at The U. States Branch Bank,
Middletown, Connecticut.

cancle this issue a new certificate
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
I CERTIFY That in conformity with the Law of the United States,
of the 18 March 1818, Noah Barnum,
late a Private in the Army of the Revolution,
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month,
to commence on the thirty first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of  the UNITED STATES this thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

Sect. of War.
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Noah Barnum 29
V.682 Exp.
[illegible]
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State of Connecticut, ss.

I DAVID BURR, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 propery exhibitied in the  aforesaid schedule of Noah Barnum is Sixty dollars Dollars [sic] eighty seven cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Fairfield, this 19 day of July 1820.
David Burr
Clerk of the County Court for said
County of Fairfield.

District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield July 19. 1820
I ROBERT FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in said State, do certify that DAVID BURR, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn ; and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statute laws of said State ; that it proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings.
Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County Court for
the County of Fairfield.
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110 Deer Hill Ave
Danbury Conn
July 20th AD 1894

Dear Sir
Will you please lend me the (Revolutionary) War Record of Thomas Banks, of Fairfield, Conn also of Noah Barnum of Danbury, Conn, and  greatly oblige,
Yours Respectfully,
Mrs. T. R. Hoyt
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O.W. & N. Division
S37722

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D.C.,

In reply to your request for a statement of the military records of Noah Barnum, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK | | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE |

May 1776 | 1 yr. | Priv | Leavenworth | Chas Webb | Conn
May 77 | 3 yrs | " | Heart & Wells | Sam'l B Webb | "

Battles engage in, None mentioned
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Danbury, Conn.
Date of application for pension, March 31, 1818.
Residence at date of application, Danbury, Conn.
Age at date of application, 59 years
Remarks:  His pension was allowed.  From the data given no record has been found of Thomas Banks.
Very respectfully
Commissioner.
13603-b--3 m

Mrs. T R Hoyt
#110 Deer Hill Ave
Danbury Conn.