Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,636, Benjamin Barron, Mass.
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1542
New Hampshire, Concord
Abigail Barron Mass widow of Benjamin Barron who was a Sergeant in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars [blank] ['Cents' crossed out] per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of August 1843 and sent W. W. Russell Plymouth N.H. 
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 14.

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Rep'd
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Benj'a Barron Searg't 
Mas line
[illegible] 67
Lodged by the Hon J. B. Varnum
M.H.R.
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To all People to whom those presents shall come - Greeting
Know ye that I Benjamin Barron of Thornton alias Peeling in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire Esq. have and by these presents to constitute and appoint The Hon'ble Joseph Bradlee Varnum my agent and attorney for me & in my name to use all such lawful means as he shall deem proper for obtaining any Land warrant or grant of Land for my use under the authority of the United States to which I may be entitled for having served as a Sergeant in the American Army during the term of six years & one month under an enlistment for & during the Revolutionary War - Hereby ratifying & confirming whatsoever
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my said Attorney may do & about said premises, hereby giving & granting my said attorney full power to substitute one or more attornies in said business - Witness my hand & Seal this 10th day of December Anno Domini 1802 - 
/s/Benj'n Barron
Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of 
/s/G W Livermore
/s/H Livermore

State of New Hampshire, Grafton ss Dec'r 10th 1802 Personally appear'd Benjamin Barron above named and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his act & deed - 
Before me /s/Arthur Livermore Jus. Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss} On this fifteenth day of August eighteen hundred and thirty eight 
Personally appeared before me Walter Blair one of the Justices of the court of Common Pleas for said county of Grafton, Abigail Barron a resident of the town of Peeling in the county of Grafton aged seventy eight years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows" 
That she  is the widow of Benjamin Barron who was a sergeant in the Revolutionary Army of the United States of America for the term of six years and one month as appears by the accompanying discharge - 
She further declares that she was married to the said Benjamin Barron on the twenty ninth day of December in the year seventeen hundred and eight four: that her husband the aforesaid Benjamin Barron died on the first day of March eighteen hundred and sixteen: that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four (viz) at the time above stated and that she has never since been married
/s/Abigail Barron
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above stated before me
/s/Walter Blair, Justice of the court of common Pleas
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I certify that the within named Applicant is from age and bodily infirmity unable in my opinion to attend at the court
August 15, 1838 /s/Walter Blair Justice of the court of common Pleas
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Transcript from Family record
"Benjamin Barron and Abigail Varnum were married" 
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the family record of Benjamin Barron deceased which record is now present and in my possession with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz: December 29th 1784
/s/B M Barron
I Benjamin M Barron above named depose and say that I am the son of the said Benjamin Barron and Abigail Barron and that the above is a true extract from the records of said family with the exception above named as certified by me which record is made in the hand writing of my Father, the above named Benjamin Barron
/s/B M Barron 
Subscribed and sworn to before me August 15. 1838
['Walter Blair' crossed out]
/s/Walter Blair} Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
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I Oliver Barron of Peeling in the county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I was present ['present' crossed out] at the marriage of Benjamin Barron & Abigail Varnum the persons named in this ['the' crossed out] application, at Dracut in the commonwealth of Massachusetts by Esq John Varnum which took place some years before the year 1794 but the exact time I do not remember. I further testify and say that the said Benjamin Barron is dead & that the said Abigail still remains his widow and has never since been married and that said John Varnum was reputed a Justice
/s/Oliver Barron
Grafton ss} August 15. 1838
Subscribed & sworn to before me
/s/Walter Blair} Justice of the Court of common Pleas
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I certify that Oliver Barron & B. M. Barron the persons giving the affidavits herewith are both of reputable character and of undoubted truth an veracity
/s/Walter Blair, Justice of the court of common Pleas
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[typewritten letter]
March 20, 1940
BA-J/MCS
Benjamin Barron
W. 21636 [initials: own]

Mr. James T. Young
Littleworth Road
Dover, New Hampshire

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Benjamin Barron who served in the Revolutionary War and was from Woodstock, New Hampshire.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, W.21636, based on the military service of the only Benjamin Barron that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The date and place of birth of Benjamin Barron and the names of his parents are not shown.
Benjamin Barron served as sergeant in Colonel W. Jackson's 8th Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged June 12, 1783, having served six years and one month.
He married in Dracut, Massachusetts, December 29, 1784, Abigail Varnum and both were residents of Dracut. The marriage took place at the home of her father, Major Samuel Varnum, and was performed by John Varnum, a justice of the peace, his relationship to Abigail not shown.
Because of the Revolutionary War service of Benjamin Barron, Warrant #67 for 100 acres of bounty land was issued October 12, 1803. For information relative to the location of this land, it is suggested that you address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, Washington, D.C., giving the warrant number, the acreage and the date the warrant was issued.
Benjamin Barron died March 1, 1816.
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[typewritten letter]
As the widow of Benjamin Barron, Abigail Barron was allowed pension on her application executed August 15, 1838, at which time she was seventy-eight years of age and was living at Peeling, Grafton
County, New Hampshire. In 1843, she was living in Woodstock, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
It was stated in 1839 that Benjamin and Abigail had a large
family of children, one of whom "was an officer in the last war." The only child whose name is given is Benjamin M. Barron who was living in 1838.
The soldier's brother, Oliver Barron, was living in Peeling, New Hampshire, in 1838. In January, 1839, Oliver Barron stated he was sixty-nine years of age.
It was stated in 1839 that the widow, Abigail Barron, was the "sister of General Varnum who was speaker of the House of Representatives in Congress some years since. " Honorable Joseph B. Varnum was living in
1802, relationship to the widow not designated.
If you desire to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Abigail Barron, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of widow's death, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., giving the following data:
Abigail Barron, widow of Benjamin Barron, Certificate 1542, issued August 25, 1843, rate $120 per annum, commenced March 4, 1843, Act of March 3, 1843, Concord, New Hampshire Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21,636
Abigail Barron Widow of Benjamin Barron Serg't Rev. War
Act March 3d 43
Index: Vol. A, Page 39
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1916 Apl. 11. Hist. to John C. Scofield E
1925 Dec 3 hist to A. C. Ormond M.C.S.
1940 Mar 20 hist to Mr. Jas. T. Young M.C.S.
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3308 Repd B +
New Hampshire
Abigail Barron. widow of Benjamin Barron, Dec'd who was a pensioner under the Act of [blank] and who died on the 1st: March, 1816 of Grafton Co. in the State of New Hampshire who was a Sergeant in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the Massachusetts line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 120 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of June 1839 and sent to Walter Blair, Plymouth, N.H. 
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar:1839  $360.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sept $60.00
$420.00
{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by Wm Stewart Clerk,
Book A Vol. 1 Page 34
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, ESQ;
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Benjamin Barron Sergeant in the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment, having faithfully served in the United States Six years one month and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army. 
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the Nineteenth of June 1783
/s/G'o Washington
By HIS EXCELLENCY'S Command, 
/s/J. Trumbull, Gen'l Sy
REGISTERED in the Books in the Regiment, 
/s/ Francis [illegible] Adjutant. 
THE above Serg't Barron has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for six Years faithful Service. /s/[illegible] Colo
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I Oliver Barron aged sixty nine years depose and say that I well remember when my Brother Benjamin Barron went into the Revolutionary Army which was soon after the commencement of the war and remember when he came home from the army which was near the close of the Revolution was acquainted with Abigail Barron his wife before she was married to the said Benjamin was at their wedding at Dracut Mass. they were married by John Varnum Esqr. I further say that ['has' crossed out] the [illegible] is now living & that Benjamin Barron her husband is dead. that she has never since been married - that said Benjamin Barron had a discharge from the army which I saw this fall at the time the said ['above time' crossed out] Abigail Barron made her declaration in order to obtain a pension under the act of 1838 before Judge Blair which discharge I understand is sent to the Pension office I further say that the said Abigail Barron who made the declaration before Judge Blair in order to obtain said Pension is the identical person who was married to my brother Benjamin Barron in seventeen hundred and eighty four & that said Benjamin was the identical person to whom the above mentioned discharge was given 
/s/Oliver Barron
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss} January 10, 1839
Personally appearing the said Oliver Barron makes oath to the above is true and subscribed the same
Before me /s/Walter Blair Justice of the Court of C.P.
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I certify that Oliver Barron the person who signed the within affidavitt is entitled to full belief & that his character for truth and veracity is good.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
County of Middlesex
Town of Dracutt.
Record of Marraiges & publisments "Mr. Benjamin Barron Entered with me his intention of marriage with Miss Abigail Varnum both of Dracutt. Dated at Dracutt.
/s/William Hildreth, Town Clerk. 
I Henry Richardson, certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legiable figures as follows, June fifth seventeen hundred and eighty four - 1784. -
/s/Henry Richardson
I, Henry Richardson above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Dracutt with the exception above named as certified by  & that there is no record of the marriage on record on said records. - 
January 25th; 1839. 
/s/Henry Richardson} Town Clerk of Dracutt.
Middlesex ss. January 31th 1839. 
Sworn to before me
/s/Israel Hildreth Jr.} Jus. of the Peace
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We, Solomon Abbot, Aged eighty years and Rachel Abbot, wife of said Solomon, aged seventy six years, of Dracutt in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, depose and say that we were present and witnesses the Solomization of Marraige between Benjamin Barron and Abigail Varnum, then of Dracutt. The marriage was solomnised before John Varnum Esquire, then a Justice of the Peace for said County at the dwelling house of Major Samuel Varnum Father of said Abigail sometime, we think, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four. 
/s/Solomon Abbot
/s/X her mark Rachel Abbot
Dracutt January 31st 1839.
Witness /s/B. F. Varnum.
Middlesex ss. January 31st; 1839. 
Sworn to before me, 
/s/Israel Hildreth Jr.} Jus. of the Peace.
I certify that the above named Solomon Abbot and Rachel Abbot are credible witnesses.
/s/Israel Hildreth jr. Justice Peace
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V778
Abigail Barron wid of Benj'a 
N.H.
Act 7. July 1838
married 1784
died 1816
Allow Qt. Sergeant
$120 per ann 
Mass Cont'l line 778. 
Walter Blair
Plymouth
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary of States office
[state seal affixed]
I hereby certify the within named Walter Blair is a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Grafton is duly qualified and his signature genuine 
In testimony whereof  I have this 22nd day of August Anno Domini 1838 hereunto affixed the seal of the State. 
/s/Jno. Whipple Dep. Secy
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: PLYMOUTH N.H. FEB 26] FREE
[margin notes: Mar. 4. 1839 N.H. add'l papers Abigail Barron No 778]
Hon. John L. Edwards
Commissioner of the Pension Office
Washington City
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[handwritten letter]
Plymouth February 24, 1839

Dear Sir Enclosed is some further testimony in proof of the marriage of Benja Barron and Abigail his widow whose application for a Pension was made last fall you will see that there is the testimony of three living witnesses who were present at the marriage, with the record of publishment. You will also see that Oliver Barron identifies Benjamin Barron and the widow, there is no doubt of their marriage they have lived a great number of years in Peeling and the family is as respectable as any in this vicinity; the widow is a sister of Gen. Varnum, who was Speaker of the house of Representatives in Congress some years since they had a large family of children one of which was an officer in the last War and is now an Invalid Pensioner the evidence should have been forwarded before but it could not be obtained. It is hoped that you will give it immediate attention as no one is probably more deserving than Mrs Barron - 
Please to direct the certificate or other communication in relation to the Pension to me at Plymouth New Hampshire
Yours Respectfully &c
/s/Walter Blair 
Hon. J. L. Edwards
N.B. I did suppose it necessary that the secretaries certificate should be annexed to Barron aff'ts as you have his certificate that I am Justice of the Court on the other papers
/s/W. Blair
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1827
Declaration Abigail Barron
$120 per ann
W. W. Russell
Plymouth N.H.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss. 
On this Twenty fourth day of March 1843 Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Magistrate in and for the County and State aforesaid, Abigail Barron a resident of Woodstock, in the County of Grafton and State aforesaid, aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d day of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War
That  she is the widow of Benjamin Barron who was an orderly Sergeant in the Revolution ['on the Massachusetts line' erased]
That she was a pensioner under the act of 7th July, 1838, which she received at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
/s/Abigail Barron 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me.
/s/Benjamin Fox Justice Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Abigail Barron who has signed and sworn to the above declaration and know that she is the widow of Benjamin Barron above named
/s/Benjamin Fox Justice Peace
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State of New hampshire. 
Office of Secretary of State.
I, Josiah Stevens Jr Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Benjamin Fox is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Grafton duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 17th day of May 1841 and will expire on the 17th day of May 1846 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine. 
Given under my hand and the seal of said State this 18th day of May 1843. 
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr Secretary of State.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, February 2d 1829 - 
I hereby Certify, That John Varnum Esqr of Dracut was appointed a Justice of the Peace and Quorum, on the twenty seventh day of March, seventeen hundred and eighty one, for the term of seven years; - And that at the date of his attestation Israel Hildreth Jr. was a Justice of the Peace both for the Court of Middlesex; in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court. 
[commonwealth seal affixed] In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written. 
/s/John P. Bigelow
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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[handwritten letter]
Plymouth NH June 1st 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq

Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the Declarations of Sarah Homan, Anna Phillips, Mary Shirley, Ruth Smart, Tamar Taylor, Abigail Barron, Lovey Welch, Abigail Kimball, Sarah Jewett, who have drawn Pensions and their Original Certificates have been returned to the Pension Office & I have no doubt you will find them. 
[margin note: *Taken out] *The Declaration of Mrs Mehitable Spaulding is for the first time, she drew the the Pension of Ephraim Chamberlain her husband from September 4th 1829 to the 14th day of December 1829 the time of his death, and the Original Certificate was them returned to the Pension Office which I have no doubt you will find
If any thing more is wanting you will please inform me soon as possible, if not, I wish you to send me the Certificates this month if you can as soon as possible
Yours Truly
/s/William W. Russell
Plymouth N.H.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City.
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[handwritten letter]
Plymouth August 15, 1838

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Dear sir enclosed are papers to enable Abigail Barron to obtain a pension as the widow of Benja Barron there can be no doubt in the case & if I ['have' crossed out] rightly understand the rules of the Pension Office there will be no necessity for further proof but if there is, please to direct a line to me at Plymouth N.H. also direct the papers to me at the same place as soon as the business of the office will permit. 
Yours Respectfully
/s/Walter Blair
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Hon Henry Dearborn
Secretary of War
Washington 
Lodged by the Hon J B Varnum MHR
Benj'a Barron
Claim Mil Land
Searg't Mas line
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[handwritten letter]
Washington Dec'r 7th 1802

Sir
Benjamin Barron Esq'r of Peeling in the State of New Hampshire, who was formerly of Dracutt in the State of Massachusetts, and who was a Sergeant in the Eighth Massachusetts Reg't I enlisted during the late war with Great Britain and served untill the close thereof, has applied to me to draw his land Warrant due to him for that Service; but did not send me what I considered a proper power, in consequence of which I have wrote to him to forward one which is proper; his Second power probably will not reach me untill the time limited by Law for Exhibiting such Claims has elapsed. This is therefore to request you to consider this as a claim in behalf of the Said Barron for the Said Land Warrant. - 
Your humble Serv't
/s/J. B. Varnum
Hon. H. Dearborn 
Sec'y of War
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[typewritten letter]
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
TALLADEGA, ALABAMA
October 30th, 1925

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-
I am seeking information in regard to a Revolutionary Soldier, named Benjamin M. Barron.
Benjamin M. Barron enlisted from New Hampshire, and I will appreciate the information, if you can tell me whether or not, he received a pension from the U.S. Government.
I would also be glad to know if there were any revolutionary pensioners by the name of Varnum, from New Hampshire.
I am trying to trace this line of ancestors for a friend, who desires to become a member of the D. A. R. and possibly of the " Colonial Dames ", as she claims direct descent from Governor Bradford, of the Colonial Days.
I shall be glad to receive any information you may have, and would also like to know the cost of securing such information.
Sincerely yours
/s/A. C. Ormond
A. C. Ormond, minister
176 South St. East
Talladega, Alabama
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[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE O APR 10 1916]
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[typewritten letter]
[margin notes: M. H. Revo. Sec.]

WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT AND CHIEF CLERK 
[initials: mn]
WASHINGTON
April 8, 1916.

Dear Sir:
I should be obliged if you would furnish me such information as the records of your office afford regarding the Revolutionary war service of 1st Sergeant Benjamin Barron, who is thought to have enlisted in the Continental Army from Dracut, Mass., and to have served from the battle of Lexington to Yorktown, having been discharged in 1783. Should also like information, if possible, as to the battles and campaigns in which he participated.
In case the records do not show the service of any Benjamin Barron in the Continental Army, I should like to have the record of any Benjamin Barron who served in any organization of Massachusetts troops during the Revolutionary War.
Trusting that you will be able to give me this information,
I am,
Very truly yours,
/s/John C. Scofield
Assistant and Chief Clerk,
Hon. G.M. Saltzgaber,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
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29th
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[handwritten letter]
Littleworth Road
Dover, New Hampshire
February 25, 1940

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir, 
I am a genealogist and am looking up all the material I can find about my ancestor Benjamin Barron of Woodstock, New Hampshire. He received a pension for his services in the Revolutionary War. 
I would be very grateful if you send me Benjamin ['Barrons' crossed out] Barron's record in the Revolutionary War, and all other material your office has concerning him. I remain
Sincerely Yours
/s/James T. Young
P.S. Thanking you in advance for your trouble and effort. 
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED FEB 18 1940 MAIL SUB DIV Reader No. 34 VETS ADM]
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Barron a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in ['his (or' crossed out] his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  W. 21,636
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVIVCE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
  ✓ |6 yrs 1 mo.|Sergeant|( ✓ | ✓ )|8 Mass.|
discharged|June 13, 1783.|[blank|([blank]|[blank])|[blank]|
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Battles engaged in, ✓  
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ['Dracut, Mass' crossed out]
Date of application for pension, Aug. 15, 1838. Her claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Peeling, Grafton Col., N.H. 
Age at date of application, seventy-eight years. 
Remarks: he married at Dracutt, Mass. Dec. 29. 1784 Abigail Varnum at the house of her father Major Samuel Varnum. Soldier died Mch. 1, 1816.
Son Benjamin M. living in 1828
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
3-2856
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[typewritten letter]
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section [initials: M.C.S.]

December 3, 1925

A. C. Ormond
176 South St. East
Talladega, Alabama

Sir:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 21636, it appears that BENJAMIN BARRON, a Sergeant in Colonel M. Jackson's Eighth Massachusetts Regiment, was discharged
June 13, 1783, having served six years and one month.
He married in Dracut, Massachusetts, December 29, 1784, Abigail Varnum, at the home of her father, Major Samuel Varnum. [margin note: both of Dracut]
Said Benjamin Barron died March 1, 1816.
His widow, Abigail, was allowed pension on account of his services, on her application executed August 15, 1838, at which time she was seventy-eight years of age and a resident of Peeling, Grafton County, New Hampshire. In 1843 she was living in Woodstock, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
A son, Benjamin M., was living in 1838.
The above noted is the only Benjamin Barron found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
In order to make a search of the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau for a particular soldier surnamed Varnum the first name is essential
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[typewritten letter]
and you should furnish as much as possible of the following data: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service, and first name of widow.
This Bureau has no record of services rendered prior to the Revolution.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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[typewritten letter]

Rev. War Section.

April 11, 1916. 

Mr. John C. Scofield,
Assistant and Chief Clerk,
War Department.

Sir: -
In response to your letter dated the eighth instant, you are advised that the papers in the claim of Abigail Barron Wid. File No. 21,636 Rev. War, show that her husband
Benjamin Barron of Dracutt, Massachusetts, served six years and one month under one enlistment, as a Sergeant in the Eighth Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged June 13, 1783. The date of his enlistment and particulars of service are not stated, nor is his age shown.
He married at Dracut, Mass., December 29, 1884, Abigail Varnum, at the house of her father Maj. Samuel Varnum.
Soldier was allowed 100 acres of bounty land for his services. He died March 1, 1816, and his widow Abigail was allowed a pension for his services, on her application executed August 15, 1838, while a resident of Peeling, Grafton County, New Hampshire and seventy-eight years of age.
Their son Benjamin M. Barron who was alive in 1838 is the only child referred to.
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[typewritten letter]
In order to ascertain the location of bounty land, application should be made to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, giving him the following data:
"Benjamin Barron, Warrant No. 67 issued October 18, 1893, for 100 acres for service as Sergt. 8th Mass. regt."

Very respectfully,
/s/G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
Barron-2.