Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17258, John Barr, New York
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B-1776

SERVICE |      | NUMBER

New York  |  Barr, John  |  W.  17258
                    Hannah     |  BLW 167_150_ Ensign
                                      Issued July 5, 1792 to 
                                      John  Gansey assignee 
                                       No papers

CONTENTS
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New York 3045

Hannah Barr
widow of John Barr dec?
who died on the 1806
of Broome Co. in the state of New York 
who was a Left Ensign in the [?] commanded by Capt             of the 4th rege commanded by            in the NY Contl. line for 8m - Lt. NY
16 mo - Ens.

Inscribed on the roll of Albany at the rate of 266 dollars 66 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Sept 1839 & sent to L. B Canfield 
Homer NY

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839 2266.66
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 mar '40  133.33
                                                     $2399.99

Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836
Section the 3d

Recorded by D McCurdy Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2 Page 103
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefits of the 3d section of the act of 4th July 1836 and of the 1st Section of the Act of 3d March 1837

State of New York
Broome County 
on this sixth day of March 1838 I personally appeared before Court of oyer & terminer in and for said county of Broome.

Hannah Barr, a resident of Barker in the County of Broome and State of New York aged seventy seven years on the sixteenth day of March [?] who being first duly sworn according to law doth use her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress [?] July 4th 1836 and the act explanatory of said Act [?] March 3 1837.  That she was married to John Barr who was a Sergeant & an ensign in the Revolutionary Army - that her said husband enlisted at the commencement of said Revolution from there was in the Fourth Regiment or the Second Regiment according to what she has heard him say.  She thinks Col. Frederick Weisenfels belonged to one the Regiments, she says he Enlisted in the town of Amenia in Dutches County State of New York - she does not recall - but the Captains [?] under whom he enlisted - She says, her said husband enlisted again after his time of service had expired, as before it there expired, for during the War - and she says he had a commissioner and served as a Lieutenant before his service was out, she says he [?] an ensign commissioner to her certain knowledge, before they were married.
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she says she has heard her said husband say that he was in the battle of the taking of  [?], and now, as at Fort Montgomery when taken, she says.  She has heard him say, that he was under [?] Clinton - she says she was married with said John Barr in said Town of Amenia on the Eighth or tenth day of May Seventeen hundred and Eighty one, by Esquire Colva Chamberlain - Peter Shearlin, Dorcass Cornwall, & others were present when I was married - she says she has no documentary evidence of her marriage & that no record marriages were kept in the State of New York to her knowledge, with by the Town Clerk, in the Parish [?], to her knowledge - she says that her husband served in the Revolutionary army after they were married - she says that her husband the [?] John Barr died on the 28th day of September Eighteen hundred & six, of the [?] at the town of Cairo, Greene County, State of New York, and there she has remained & still remains a widow ever since her said husbands Deceased.  She says her name before marriage was Hannah Shervalier.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.

B Marvin Clerk
of Broom County

Hannah Barr
her mark
X
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State of New York
Cortland County

I Samuel Barr aged Forty one years of the town of Barker in the County of Broome and State of New York, being duly sworn according to law, depose & say that I am the reputed son of Ensign John Barr Deceased who as a Revolutionary soldier & officer, and died on the 28th day of September 1806, and Hannah Barr, said John Barr's wife, who now is living & a widow of the said John Barr - that he has been to the town of Amenia in Duchess County State of New York and used due diligence to ascertain whether there was any Record of their Marriage, in said town or Parish Record, in said state, or any documentary evidence any where & I were not been able to find any, except what is [?] attached.

Samuel Barr

Sworn and subscribed before me on this 3d day of April 1838. 
Lizur B Canfield J. Peace

I certify that Samuel Barr is a person of will & family & respectable in his neighbourhood - Lizur B Canfield J. Peace

State of New York
County of Cortland

I Oren Stimson Clerk of Said County do hereby certify that Lizur B Canfield before whom the above affidavit purports to have been taken was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in for said County duly qualified & sworn further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & verily believe his signature above written is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said county this 3d day of April AD 1838

Oren Stimson Clerk
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This may certify that I Samuel Barr did extract and cut the affixt leaf and writing from the Bible formerly the family Bible of John Barr deceased - and that the same is the handwriting of the said John Barr and the same was the proper family record kept by him.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 31st day of December 1838

Samuel Barr

Daniel Allen Justice of the Peace

I do certify that I was present and said Samuel Barr cut the affixed leaf as record from a Bible said to be the family Bible of John Barr deceased.  
Subscribed and sworn before me this 31st day December 1838

Daniel Allen Justice of the Peace

I D. Allen the Justice above named do certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Samuel Barr and Abner Shavaliar - and believe each of them to be men of the [?] truth and veracity.  

Daniel Allen
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Mary Barr born on Saturday 26th May 1781 in the afternoon

Margaret Barr born on Saturday 13th September 1783 in the afternoon

Hannah Barr born on Sabath Day the 29th January 1786 born in the morning

Jennet Barr born in the afternoon Wednesday 4th of June 1788

Martha Barr born on Sabath Day 30th January 1791 morning

Dorcas Barr born in the afternoon Friday 13th September 1793

Samuel Barr 10 born forenoon of Tuesday the 8th of March 1796

Catharine Barr born on Tuesday the 30th Day of July 1799 about 12 o'clock 

John Barr died September [illegible] the day year 186
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State of New York
Cortland County

I Oren Stimson Clerk of said county do hereby certify that Daniel L Allen Esquire before whom the written affidavit purports to have been rendered was at the dates of the same a Justice of the Peace in for said county duly elected & qualified that his signatures written is genuine.  

In testimony thereof I have hereunto left my hand & affixed the seal of said county this first day of January AD 1839

O Stimson Clerk
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Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No.  17258
Hannah Barr
Widow of
John Barr
Lt. Rev. War

Act: July 4th 1836
Index: - Vol 1, Page 37

Arrangement of 1870.
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3618   N.Y.
New York
Rejected
Let. to L. B. Canfield 27 July '38
Let to Same, 7 Augt 1838
[?] 16 Oct '38
to Stephen Foot 18 Dec. 1838
to L. B. Canfield 25 June 1839

Act July 1836
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Jan 7 1839
add proof 
Hannah Barr

[sideways]
Revolutionary Pension Claim
Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, District Columbia
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[postmark]
Washington City D. C. Nov 30

JL Edwards 
Com. of Pensions

L. B.. Canfield, Esq
Homer
N. York
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Capt. Bowen, Col. Weisenfelt 8mo 1782 -
John Barr claims to have been a Lieut. in the above service -

Lieut John Barr of Capt Bowers company. Col. Weisenfelt was [?] for 8 months [?] in 1782
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By His Excellency GEORGE CLINTON, Esquire, Governor of the State of New-York, General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the fame.

To John Barr [?] - GREETING

THE Council of Appointment having on the first day of July 1780 [?] appointed you Ensign of a Company to the fourth continental Regiment raised under the Direction of the [?] your commission to be [?] date the 1st January 1778 your having [?] duty [?]
you are therefore to take the said Company into your charge and care as ensign thereof, and exercise all and singular the Powers and Authorities, and perform the duties to the said Office belonging; for which this shall be your sufficient warrant - a Certificate of your appointment being transmitted to the Board of War, agreeable to an Act of Congress, of the eighth Day of March 1779.

Given under my Hand at Poughkeepsie, in the State of New-York, the thirtieth day of September in the fifth year of the independence of the said state, and in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty.

By his excellency's Command,
Rev. Benson 

Geo Clinton
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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Homer August 28th 1838

Respected Sir      enclosed is a part of a John Barr journal kept by him, in the Revolution & some of the Papers - which I think are personal will satisfy you, that his widow is entitled to a pension under him as a Lieutenant - the Book, you will please to return by mail to me after you have examined it, as the family with to keep it to remember him by & to read the journal, as a history of a part of the Revolution - please to attend to this & inform me the result, as soon as convenient.

Yours respectfully -
J. L. Edwards Esq
LB Canfield 
Cortland County 
N. York



P. S. you will find on the 96th and 97th pages - when he was in the Quarter Master [?] Staff & got married, probably after which, was Lt. in the N.Y. [?] in 1781
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Homer
July 18
Hon. J.L. Edwards Commissioner Pensions
Washington City
District Columbia

July 23
add. [?]
Care of
Hannah Barr
N.Y.
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Homer June 29th 1838

Respected Sir - 
You will please examine these papers and inform me on the result, please send the Certificate to me if one is granted - yours with sentiment of respect -

LB Canfield  
Cortland County 
New York
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3618  N.Y.
Hannah Barr
(widow of [?])

Application for Pension
Act 1831638  1836

allege marriage May '81

Col. H. R. Livingston
[?] 1 June 1777
Ensign 5 June 1779
January 1781 [?]

Col. Weisenfels - Capt. Browne
Paid for 8 months service in 1782 -

Husband died 1806
Married 10 May 1781

[?]
Lieut 8 months
Ensign do
24
L. R. Canfield Esq
Homer
New York
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State of New York
Cortland County

Hannah Barr of the Town of Barker in the County of Broome & State of New York aged over Seventy Eight years, being duly sworn according to law, doth as her oath say, that she was courted by John Barr six years before they were married, & that they were under engagements to be married as much as two or three years before they were married, that her parents would not consent to their marriage until said Barr left the Revolutionary service, the time was set between us, two or three times, for the marriage, she recollects of the first of January being set for their marriage once, before they were married, at said time, she received information that the said Barr was said and deranged with the army, thinks somewhere on or near the Susquehannah River in New York or Pennsylvania, she says distinctly there they should have been married along time before they were, if said Barr had been discharged from the said service -

Sworn and subscribed before me this 6th day of July 1839

Hannah   X   Barr

Lizur B Canfield J. Peace
witnessed [?] widow Hannah
Cortland County N. York
Samuel Barr, Barker, Broome 
County N. York
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Cortland County
Clerks Office

I, Oren Stimson Clerk of said County do hereby certify that L. B. Canfield [?] the witness Affidavit perports to have been taken, read at the date of the same [?] in and for said county duly elected and qualified and gathers that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and [?] believe his signaling within is genuine.
In testimony where I have herewith let my hand and affixed seal of said county this 12th day of July 1837.

O. Stimson Clerk for L. B. Canfield
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Homer Cortland County N. York
July 17th 1839

Dear Sir   I sent you Barr Affidavit explaining the case of the birth of her first child - I made remark to your Honor that it  was not very extraordinary, to these the first child born soon after marriage in the time of the Revolution - and the same thing has frequently happened from that time to this to my personally knowledge in this part of the United States - please attend to this as soon as convenient -

 Please inform me as to Mrs Barr's application if consistent, sent from [?] since-

L. B. Canfield

J. L. Edwards Esq
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State of New York
Cortland County

I Abraham Rosa aged Seventy Eight years last April being duly sworn according to law depose and say that as early as the year 1785 he was personally and intimately acquainted with John Barr, who had been a Sergeant, Ensign, and Lieutenant in the Revolution, as he believes from conversations had frequently with said Barr.  I lived a neighbor to him fifteen years, til 1800 when I moved away from there, said Barr was my family physician while we lived there, which was in the Town of Coxackie County of Green, then Albany State of New York - said Barr kept a journal of his services, & while in the Revolution, which I saw several times and read a part, if not all, while we both lived in said Coxackie and the same identical book, a journal, has been shown me, the year past & a part of the same appears to have been cut out or gone, I know his hand writing well & know the same to be his tho said Book is marked [A symbol] on the inside of the cover & first leaf and B on the inside of the cover and last leaf of said Book.  I have lately read said journal and am knowing to a number of facts and officers therein set forth.  Make no doubt but that said journal is correct & true and was written by said Barr at the time as dated.

Abraham Rosa

Sworn and subscribed before me this 6th day of August 1838
Lizur B Canfield J. Peace
and sworn in the above affadavit him to be a man of truth 

I certify that I have been personally acquainted with Abraham Rosa who subscribed for fifteen years past & knows reputable in his neighbour 
Lizur B Canfield J. Peace
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State of New York
Cortland County

I Samuel Barr aged forty one years of the town of Barker in the County of Broome & state of New York being duly sworn according to law says that he is the son of John Barr Deceased who was a Sergeant, Ensign, & Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution - that the journal [?] A. is in the hand writing of his said Father & that the same Journal has kept in the family & [?] was ever since his decease, and that a part of said journal has been cut out as [?] and a part of said journal is now in this deportments [?] which is not of any material consequence, relative to his Fathers Service as he considers in said Revolution.  
Sworn and subscribed before me this 7th day of August 1838

Samuel Barr

Lizur B. Canfield J. Peace

I certify that Samuel Barr is a man of truth and severity & reputable in his neighborhood
Lizur B Canfield J. Peace
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County of Greene
State of New York [squiggly line]
I Dorcass Cornwell aged seventy five years, of the Town of Coxakie [Coxsackie] in said County
and State, being duly sworn according to Law
depose and say that I am Sister to Hannah
Barr, the widow of John Barr Deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier. and that I was present when said, Hannah Barr, was Married to John Barr aforesaid, in the Town of Amenia them County of Dutchess & State of New York, by Esquire Colva Chamberlin, which was on the Eighth or tenth day of May Seventeen hundred and Eighty-one, said Hannah's Sirname [surname] before Married was Shavliear -- also. I Peter Shavlar aged sixty nine years of the town of Cairo, in the said County and State, being duly sworn ac-cording to Law, depose and say that I am the Brother of Hannah Barr, Widow of John Barr Deceased, who was a Revolutionary Soldier, that I was present at the Wedding in the Town of Ame-ia, County of Dutches & State of New York, when
my said Sister Hannah was married to said John Barr, which was on the tenth or Eighth
day of May 1781, that she was married by Esquir Colva Chamberlin and I know that said
Hannah Barr is the identical person which she
represents herself to be. She now lives in the Town of Barker, Broome County New York

Sworn and subscribed before me this 26th day of June 1838
Ira Dubois    J. Peace
Isaac Van Loan Cattskill Greene County N. York
Dorcas Cornwell
her x mark
Peter Shavelear

I certify that Dorcass Cornwell & Peter Shavliar are both persons of truth & veracity & reputable in their neighborhood
Ira Dubois   J. Peace
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State of New York
Greene County SS [squiggly line]
I William V.B.. Heermance Clerk of the said County do certify that Ira Dubois Esq. before whom the within affidavits were [was crossed out] sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of the said County duly elected & qualified & that his signature to said affidavits is genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of the said County this 26th day of June 1838
William V. B. Heermance Clerk
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State of New York
Broome County [squiggly line] ss
at a Court of Oyer & terminer
held at Binghampton
in and for said County on the Sixth day of March 1838, present His Honor Robert
Morell Circuit Judge, Wm. Seymour, Grover Beul, Judson Allen, George [illegible] Briant Stoddard associate Judges
in the Matter of Hannah Barr the appli-cant for a Pension, under the act of 4th July 1836 and of the 1st Section of the act of 3rd March 1837
proof was offered to said Court that John Barr
Deceased, was a Revolutionary Soldier & an officer and that he died on the 28th day of September 1806, and that he left a widow heir surviving who now resides in the Town of Barker in said County & State, and that the proof adduced to, & before said Court, (which is a Court of Record) was satisfactory to the said Court, that said John Barr was a Revolutionary Sergeant & Ensign & that Hannah Barr, was his Wife also that the facts set forth in her declaration are correct-- in testimony whereof I have here-unto set my hand and seal of said Court this Sixth day of March 1838-
R. Marvin Clerk
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Honl J L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
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Homer Jany 1st 1839,
Honl Sir--
enclosed I forward you some addi-tional Evidence in the Case of Hannah Barr
the Widow of John Barr Deed [deceased] for a Pension under the act of 4th July 1836. I trust, that the same will be satisfactory as to the Marriage which has been found after so long a time, the service, as an Officer, you have admitted -- if there are any further objections, please inform me as soon as con-venient -- She is very debilitated, & it costs so much
to obtain the money after Decease, it makes it extrem-ely hard, for Poor Children, to be at the extra Expense, through the Surogate to obtain it-- you will readily see, that Ensign or Lt. Barr, Widow, or none of his children, have ever been benefited, by any of the Pension Acts --therefore, it seems, as if the Case ought to have a favourable reception --
yours with sentiments of respect-- 
Lizur B Canfield
Homer, Cortland
County, N. York

Honl J L Edwards Esq
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Revolutionary Pension Claim

[stamped ] FREE

Honl. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner Pensions

Washington City District Columbia

[postmark] HOMER NY
AUG 12
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Homer Cortland County, N. York August 11th 

Honl Sir - I read your letter this day relative to Hannah Barrs [?] for a Pension, Widow of John Barr - I have the [?] Certificate of his appointment as Lieutenant in 1782 under Liet. Col. Frederick Weisenfels in the N. York lives for 8 months, was going to lend his old book affidavits of series & but as your letter acknowledges the series, shall not be sent them - the [?] of the date of the marriage you see is insufficient & there the defect can be remedied by the family register as [?] Books which is the best evidence - in answer to which I have to say - that the rules and regulations of by your signet states that the legality of the marriage may be ascertained by the certificate of the clergymen who joined them in wedlock as the testimony of respectable persons having knowledge of the fact - I believe I sent you two affadavits if I am not much mistaken of persons that were present when thy were married, purposely are there listed , they were a brother & sister of hers - in regard to [?] records of marriages there were none kept in the State of N. York in the time of the Revolution, neither does our station require any to be kept [?] of marriage except by Justices of the Peace Minister of the Gospel & then logged with town [?] after Decan an act of office - you probably have reference to the New England States which requires Town Records of marriages - I think that Lawrence Barr a son of the deceased & widow, made an affadavit that he [?] due diligence to find a record of said marriage & could not - the papers were all attached [?] I think, I will endeavor to ascertain whether they have any family record & if so forward it soon

L.B. Canfield
J. L Edwards Esq.

[?] B. For pity's sake, do write me whether you have examined Margaret Johnston, [?] papers.  Widown of Samuel C. Johnston.  [?] I think they [?] me continually on the subject. 
LB Canfield 
JL Edwards
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Revolutionary Pension Claim
Honb J. L. Edwards, Commissioner Pensions
Washington City
District Columbia
 [notation up left margin:  Barr; Aug 6.; [illegible] N.Y]

[black stamp diagonally above Columbia: FREE]

[round black stamp lower left margin: HOMER; AUG 2; N.Y.]
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Homer Cortland County N. York August 1st 1838

Dear sir - years of the 27th [?] relative to Hannah Barrs claim for a Pension, Widow of John Barr is rec'd you state that the claim has been examined & disallowed -  I trust you will yet be satisfied that she is entitled to a pensions. I have documentary evidence in my [?] of his that he served in the eight month [?] til into October 1782 & that he was appointed a Lt in May 1782 & was in Col Weisenfels Regt & Capt Bowens company - I find that after about the first of January 1781 he belonged to the Quarter Master [?] Department & was at the Shine Pastures [?] his [?] of [?] in Sharon 15th of March 1781 levied there til the 18th Jun following, then he moved to Lieut Thomas Caipen in the same neighborhood & remained there til 21st of [illegible].  I will endeavor a [?] some affidavit relative [coevered] in Ulster County in 1780 under Capt Bowen [covered] them [?] say he was [?] act of service on the 1st of January 1781. Now I [?] he was transferred to the Quarter Master [?] Department from [?] Clinton Brigade & remained there til he was appointed a Lieut in the N. Y [?] for 8 months & there he served in said service, think shall be able to satisfy you, I may be mistaken but should suppose there aught to be some record in the War Department of his belonging to the Quarter Master [?] Department in or for the State of New York -
your s with sentiment of respect - L. B. Canfield
Hon. J. L Edwards Esq.

N. B. [?] he belonged to the Q. M. [?] Department only of the militia of N. Y, if so do not expect you have any record of it - please inform me have he was deranged out of the services. 
Yours LBC
JLE
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[?] Settlement
NY Dec 6

Free

Pension Office
City of Washington
District of Columbia 

[sideways]
Dec 13
NY
Hannah Barr
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To the Commissioner of Pensions - as I have some anxiety respecting the right of Hannah Barr to a pension I take the liberty to apply to you for information on the subject & if I am out of order, pleas to pardon me - person collected some of the papers & left them with a Mr Canfield in Cortland County & said Canfield it is said collected others & sent to your office - last summer I encouraged the widow to look for her pension it has not come - as I live in another county & have not the opportunity to become satisfactoryly acquainted with the facts I have chose to apply to the [?] source for correct information I wish you to inform me what papers have been sent to your office relating to John Barrs widows pension & what proof is want & what defects in the papers that are sent if any there be.  The son of the widow & her other son is very poor & has a large family and he has already esepended as much as he can consistently with the claims of his family - in traveling great distances after papers - and my object in the above request is to learn correctly what is wanting & assert if I can.  

yours  respectfully Stephen Foot
Barker Dec 5th 1838

if you see fit to answer then you will direct to Hydes Settlement Broome County State of New York
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Hannah Barr's 
Papers for a Pension
August 1838
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State of New York
Cortland County Clerks Office   
I Oren Stimson clerk of said county do hereby certify that Lizur B. Canfield Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly elected & qualified & further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his signature subscribed to said affidavit to be his proper hand writing - 
In testimony where I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said county this 1st day of August AD 1838 
O. Stimson Clerk
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State of New York
Secretary's Office
I certify that on the 10th day of July 1782 John Barr was appointed Lieutenant of a company in the Regiment of Levies raised for the defence of the frontiers, where of Frederick Weifsenfels was Lieutenant Colonel Commandant as appears by the minutes of the council of appointment of this state in this office. 

Given under my hand and the seal of this office at the city of Albany the 4th day of August 1838

Arch Campbell
Dep. Secretary