Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 499, Jonas Barker, Mass.
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SERVICE |  | NUMBER
Mass. | Barker, Jonas | R.499
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CONTENTS
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32.492
Jonas Barker
Connecticut
Rejected
let E. Young & Meulie
1835 
499
Hon. E. Young
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT }, SS.
COUNTY OF WINDHAM, }
On this 25th day of March A. D. 1834 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate for the District of Thompson of the County
of Windham aforesaid, now sitting, Jonas Barker a resident of the town of Thompson in the
County of Windham, and State of Connecticut, aged 80 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make
the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: In Nov 1776
I enlisted in the Revolutionary Army, under Capt. Jonathan Gates of
Ashburnham, County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts, for 3 months
& marched to Danbury in Connecticut & then in the State of New Jersey, near
Morristown, at a place called Bound Brook, I believe, was in a Regiment
commanded by Colo. Sparrowhawk, was stationed there to guard
the lines. I remember one night our Company attacked the Guard
of the enemy & took a field piece, one horse, 2 prisoners & some other activities
& on our return were fired upon by mistake by our own men, the
Countersign that night was Lee. from the scarsity of men I was
kept 4 months, & discharged & came home in March, 1777.
In July of 1777, I was drafted for 3 months to go to the
north was gone two weeks, and then dismissed, orders coming
for us to return.  In 1779. I enlisted for 3 months under
Capt. Joshua Walker of Woburn Massachusetts & was in Colo. Deanneys
Regiment, Marched 15 or 20 miles above Albany in the State
of New York & staid there till my time was out & dismissed.
From age and infirmity I cannot remember the
offices or other circumstances of my service, & I do not know of any living
witnesses, or evidence of my service than what I have obtained from
poverty & sickness. I have not before applied for a Pension, and
an now enabled to do it by the assistance of my son, with whom I
have recently come to reside.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension
roll of the agency of any State.
The following interrogatories were by said Court propounded to said applicant, viz: -
1. Where and what year were you born? I was born in Acton State of Massachusetts
in 1754.
2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? I have at home
3. Where were you living when called into service ; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
In Fitchburgh, & Acton, Massachusetts some of the time I have
lived in Woodstock Connecticut. &
now live in Thompson, Connecticut
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
In the manner I have above stated
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental and militia regiments
as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. I have so far as my memory
serves me
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
I never had one
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for
veracity, and their belief in your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Rev Alvin Undwood & John Fox, Esq.
Jonas Barker
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Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year aforesaid, before the Court of Probate for the District of Thompson for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut.
John Nichols, Judge
We a clergyman, residing in the town of  in said Windham County, and
residing in (the same,) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be  years of age; that he is reputed and believed
in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn, and subscribed, on the day and year aforesaid, before the Court of Probate in the District of Thompson for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed
by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further
certifies, that it appears to them that Alvin Underwood who has signed the annexed certificate, is a clergyman resident
in the said town of Woodstock and that John Fox who signed the same is a resident in the
said town of Woodstock and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, John Nichols Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Thompson in the 
County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut, do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonas Barker
for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court, this 25 day of March A. D. 1834
John Nichols Judge of Probate
for the District of Thompson

We Alvin Underwood a Clergyman residing in
the town of Woodstock in S Windham County & John Fox residing
the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Jonas Barker, who has subscribed the foregoing declaration
that we believe him to be 80 years of age. that he is reputed
& believed in this neigborhood, where he recently resided to have
a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Alvan Underwood
John Fox

State of Connecticut
Windham County ss Woodstock August 10th 1834. Then personally
appeared John Fox Esq. Signer of the above certificate, & made solemn
oath to the truth of the same, & I do certify that I am well acquainted
with the above John Fox Esq. and full faith & credit is due to
his attestation
Before me
John F William Justice of
the Peace
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Killingly, October 16th 1834. I certify that I am well
acquainted with the hand writing of John Nichols Esq Judge
of the Court of Probate for the District of Thompson & believe the
foregoing to be his and his official seal of office
Ebeneezer
Young
M.C.
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32.491
Jonas Barker
Connecticut
Rejected
let E Young & Meulie
1835
499
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32.491
Jonas Barker
State of Connecticut 
Windham County ss. Killingly in C. County October 13" AD
1834. Personally appear Alvin Underwood signer of the within
Certificate & made solemn oath to the truth of the same & I further
Certify that I am well acquainted with the deponent & full
faith & credit is due his attestation & that he is a minister of the
Gospel
Before me Simon Davis Justice of the Peace

I, Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of
Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that John A
Williams & Simon Davis Esq. before whom the within & foregoing affidavits
are made, are duly enrolled as Justices of the Peace in and for said
Windham County, that that the signatures of their names are in their ┃
hand writing and that full faith and credit ought to be given to
their acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
at Brooklyn in said County this 13th day of
October A.D. 1834
Armin Bolles Clerk
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Ex'r.  INVALID.
No. 499
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873,
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Jonas Barker
P.O.
Service:
Enlisted: ______________, 18
Discharged: ___________, 18
Application filed:  _____, 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
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See
Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington
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Thompson Windham Co. Ct.
July 9 1835

Sir
Among the papers. I forwarded you
to the care of the Hon. Eb. Young was the
application of Jonas Barker for a pension.
In his case. I stated what I supposed was
applicable to his business. In looking over
the old pension papers in my office, I find a
Certificate from the Secy of State of Massachusetts
which by mistake was not forwarded. It goes
fully to substantiate his claim for part of his
service and so far as the Rolls of that State are
preserved.  From the Secretary of State not putting on
the seal of the State. I suppose you admit it without
Your att.  sut
S Davis
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Jonas Barker
Certificate of the 
Secy of State of
Massachusetts
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Secretary's Office, March 14th 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books
and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of
the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that the name of "Janas" Barker, as a
private, is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt.
Joshua Walker's Company in "Col.
Deanney's" Regt. where he is allowed from
October 23d to Novemr 23d 1779 for services
and travel One Month & eleven days m 1 = d 11
Jonas Barker claims for further services
under Capt Walker in 1779. and for services
under Capt Jonathan Gates in 1776, but
the rolls he described are not found in
this Office, except the one mentioned.
Edward D Bangs Esq
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Saml. Hosmer's
Deposition
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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By His Excellency JOHN DAVIS, Esquire, Governor
and Commander in Chief in and over
said Commonwealth.

To all whom it may concern:
John Davis
Know Ye, That Simon Hosmer Esquire
is a Justice of the Peace for the
County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned,
and that to his Acts and Attestations, as
such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and
out of Court.

In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public
Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this
fourteenth day of March A.D. 1834,
in the Fifty eighth year of the Independence of
United States of America.

His Excellency the Governor
Edward D. Bangs
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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I Samuel Hosmer of Acton in the County of Middlesex and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 72 and duly sworn according 
to law do testify and say that during the Revolutionary war in the
year 1779 I enlisted as a Soldier in the american army under Capt Joshua
Walker of Woburn in the County of Middlesex aforesaid for three
months & Marched to Albany & some distance above there where I staid
till my time was out Jonas Barker then of the same town who now
lives as I am informed in Thompson State of Connecticut Enlisted
with me in the same company for three months & went & returned
with me & served out his three months enlistment our superior officers
I have forgotten
Samuel Hosmer

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County Ss Acton April
4th 1834 then personally appeared Samuel Harmer Signer of the above
deposition & made solemn oath to the truth of the same & I do further
Certify that I am well acquainted with the deponent full faith
and credit is due to his attestation
Before me

Simon Hosmer Justice of the Peace
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$1.00 paid
Dolly Gibson
Dep
Jonas Barker.
application
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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By His Excellency JOHN DAVIS, Esquire, Governor 
and Commander in Chief in and over
said Commonwealth.
To all whom it may concern:
John Davis

Know Ye, That Alexander S. Willard Esqr
is a Justice of the Peace, for the 
County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, 
and that to his - Acts and Attestations, as
such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and
out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public
Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this
sixteenth day of June A. D. 1834,
and in the Fifty eighth year of the Independence of
the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Edward D. Bangs Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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I Dolly Gibson of Ashby in the County of Gloucester and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
widow woman, aged eighty
nine years, and duly sworn according to law, do testify
and say, that Jonas Barker, who I am informed
now lives in Thompson in the State of Connecticut,
when a young man and during the Revolutionary war
lived with our family and was brought up there in that
war and while living in our family. He went into
the American Army as a soldier and I well remember
of fixing him out to go with a Blanket and other necessary
things; and I further remember of his coming home and telling
about the war: and I remember of his being drafted 
to go a second time in the army but how long he was
gone or in what year of the war I cannot now tell;
but it was in the Revolutionary War.

her
Dolly / Gibson
mark

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss. May 26th 1834-
Then personally appeared Dolly Gibson and made
solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition
by her subscribed, and I certify that she is, and
has been well known to me the subscribed for a great
number of years and full faith and credit is due to
her attestation
Sworn and subscribed before me
Alex T. Willard Jus. Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Ss I certify