Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,558, Obed Barlow, Mass.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Mass.

Barlow, Obed
Elizabeth

NUMBER
W. 15,558
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Letr Ebenezer Nye    May 23 -'37
Tra -  (Illegible)_____        "
Let to P.Agt    June 3. 1837
Transf. to Mass,   25 July 37, from 4 Sept. 1838 & new certificate issued & sent to Ebenezer Nye, North Falmouth, Mass
See let 21. May 1840
to 3d audit
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6th April 1838 from 4th March 17 July 1839.
the day of his death. Agent Notified 4th June 1840

To Mass. 5540

Obed Barlow
of Worcester in the State of R I
who was a private in the Company  Commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt commanded by Col Cushing in the Mass.
line for 6 mos.

Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
-
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of
Feb 1833  (Remainder illegible)
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832                  $30.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33   10.00
                                                              $40.00

Recorded by D.D. Addison, Clerk
Book D   Vol. 3   Page  104
Mass. E     "    2    "         43
2,
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. ⎬
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3405
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Barlow
widow of Obed Barlow, who was a
Pensioner ad 7. June 1832
who died on the 17. July 1839
of Barnstable Co. in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company 
commanded by Captain Smith of the regt commanded by Col. Cushing in the Mass
line for 6 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 20 Dollars _____Cents per annum,
to commence on the 18 July 1839.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of July
1840 and sent to Pensioner Sandwich, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1840        12.37
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep. 10.00
                                                            $22.37


Revolutionary Claim
Act July 4, 1832
Section the (Obscured)
Recorded by D. Brown
Book A  Vol.  1
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Obed  Barlow
17022
Private
6 mos.

Adm
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Court of Probate Newport November 3d 1832.
The services stated in the declaration rendered in Rhode Island, was at the time General Spencer had command at Bristol, and refers
to the deposition of Nath Wing hereunto annexed to substantiate his declaration
Obed Barlow
Sworn to and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid
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 George Tilley who has signed the preceding certificate is a Deacon in the fourth Baptist
Church of said Newport and a resident in said Newport and that Green Burroughs who has also signed the same is a resident in said town of Newport, and is an approved speaker in said Church, and is a credible person and
that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Benjamin B Howland Clerk of the Court of
Probate of Newport aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Obed Barlow for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this third day of November AD Eighteen hundred
and thirty two
Benj B Howland   Probate Clerk
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I certify that Nathe Wing that he swore about
is a man of truth and veracity is entitled to full
(obscured)
-
Justice of Peace
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Nath'l Wing of Sandwich in the State of Massachusetts do testify and say that I had reside in the town of Sandwich during the Revolutionary war and was well acquainted
and New Nabor (knew neighbor) to Obed Barlow and was knowing to his being absent in or about the State of Rhode Island as a soldier for the term of months of No longer and have often heard say he was one of the Vollenteers that went on bond the Sloop of war,
Warren - I also well remember that he served as one of the guard then stationed around the shores in the parish of Pompet for two or three months and I think Nearly all summer in order to defend the town from the attack of the Brittish and tories and I further say that Mr Obed Barlow has Always Born a good carrecter for honestly industry and sobriety-

Read in Court of Probate Newport Nov 3rd 1832 and ordered by said Court to be appended to the declaration of said Obed Barlow
Witness }   Benj B Howland   Probt. ClkNath'l Wing of Sandwich in the State of Massachusetts do testify and say that I had reside in the town of Sandwich during the Revolutionary war and was well acquainted
and New Nabor (knew neighbor) to Obed Barlow and was knowing to his being absent in or about the State of Rhode Island as a soldier for the term of months of No longer and have often heard say he was one of the Vollenteers that went on bond the Sloop of war,
Warren - I also well remember that he served as one of the guard then stationed around the shores in the parish of Pompet for two or three months and I think Nearly all summer in order to defend the town from the attack of the Brittish and tories and I further say that Mr Obed Barlow has Always Born a good carrecter for honestly industry and sobriety-

Read in Court of Probate Newport Nov 3rd 1832 and ordered by said Court to be appended to the declaration of said Obed Barlow
Witness }   Benj B Howland   Probt. Clk
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State of Rhode Island &c. }
Newport Newport  }
On this fifteenth day of September AD 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate, now holden in and for said town of Newport, Obed Barlow of Newport aforesaid, aged eighty one years, who being
first duly sworn according to law, on his oath declared as follows in order to obtain the benefit of the act passed June 7 1832. That sometime in the winter of being then resided in Sandwich in the County of Barnstable & State of Massachusetts he enlisted or was drafted for three months in a company
commanded by Capt Wedge of Chatham, in a regiment of which Cushing of Plymouth was Major, and was immediately marched to Bristol in the State of Rhode Island, where he served till the and of his term of enlistment -
during these three months, he & about 200 others went as volunteers, on board of the ship of war, Warren, then lying about two miles below Providence, to go against some
ships of the enemy which were lying down the River - no attempt however was made to engage with the enemy whilst they were on board, which was for about eight days, & it was generally believed among the men & soldiers in the ship that the admiral was a traitor or a coward - he recollects that Major Cushing, who had the command of the 
volunteers on board, under the impression that the soldiers were unwilling to sail on the expedition, ordered them to come on deck, & said, " let the brave men who are ready to serve against the enemy go on the starboard side, & the cowards stay where they are an remained as they were
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for all were willing & ready to said against the enemy that either in the summer previous to his aforesaid service, or in the summer after, he was employed for at least three months in actually guarding the shore near Sandwich
aforesaid, under the immediate command of Captain Smith - that he was born in Sandwich aforesaid on the 13th of July 1751 & by record here produced in Court appears, that he has no recollection of ever having received a written discharge from the army that since the Revolutionary war, he resided in Sandwich until 1791, when he removed to the town of Winslow in the State of Maine, where he lived about twenty four years, then returned to
Sandwich where he remained about twelve years, & thence came to Newport where he has ever since resided - he refers to Greene Burroughs and George Tilley both residing in said Newport, for his veracity & for their
belief that he served as a whole of the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or surety, except the present & declares that his name is not in the pension roll of any state.

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year
aforesaid Benj B Howland  Probate Clk
George Tilley, rope maker and Green Burroughs, a chandler both residing in Newport aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Obed Barlow who
has subscribed & sworn to the preceding declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty years of age - that he is reuted & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to
have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid
  George Tilley
  Green Burroughs
Benj B Howland  Prob Clk
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5086
Declaration of
Elizabeth Barlow
for a pension
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State of Massachusetts}
County of Barnstable} ss.

On this fifth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, personally appeared before Nymphas Marston Judge of the Court of Probate for said County,  Elizabeth  Barlow resident of the town of Sandwich in the County of Barnstable and
state of Massachusetts,aged about eighty five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the provisions made by the act of
Congress, passed July 4, 1836: the said
Elizabeth declares that she is the widow of Obed Barlow who was a private in the war of the Revolution that her husband the said Obed Barlow served in the said war six months or
over as she believes and she thinks a part of the said service was performed in Rhode Island but of this she is not certain; that he was a pensioner of the United States, and drew a pension of twenty dollars per annum during
his natural life for said services she further
declares that she was
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married to the said Obed Barlow on the tenth day of September in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy two; that her husband the aforesaid Obed Barlow died on the seventeenth day of July in the year one
thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
                her
  Elizabeth   X    Barlow
                mark

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable ss. On this fifth day of March in the
year eighteen hundred and forty before me Nymphas Marston, Judge of Probate for the said County of Barnstable, personally appeared
the above named Elizabeth Barlow and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration
and subscribed the same with her mark, she being unable to write and I further certify that
she is unable by reason of bodily infirmity, to attend in Court
Nymphas Marston Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Barnstable ss.
I  Timothy Reed Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid hereby certify that the Hon. Nymphas Marston is the Judge of said Court and that
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Extract from the Records of the town of Sandwich.
"Obed Barlow and Elizabeth Barlow both of Sandwich were married by the Rev'd  Mr Williams on" the tenth day of September in
the year seventeen hundred and seventy two
I William J. Freeman Clerk of the town of Sandwich in the County of Barnstable
 State of Massachusetts certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date the which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures as follows " Sept. 10th, 1772"
  William J. Freeman  Town Clerk


I William J. Freeman above named depose
and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk
in the town, County and State aforesaid
and the custody of the records of said town,
and that the above is a true extract from
the records of said town with the exception
abovenamed as certified by me. 
  William J. Freeman} clerk of the Town of Sandwich

Barnstable ss. March 5, 1840 The above sworn
to before me
Russel Freeman  Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable County ss.

I Timothy Reed Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid hereby certify that Russel Freeman Esq is a Justice of the Peace & Quorum throughout this state and duly commissioned and qualified as such and that the within signature purporting to have been written by him is his genuine signature-

Given under my hand and the seal of said
Court this 10 March 1840
Timothy Reed  Clerk.

Barnstable ss.
I Timothy Reed Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Barnstable hereby certify that at a Court of Probate
holden at Barnstable in & for said County
on this tenth day of March A.D. 1840
satisfactory evidence was addressed to the Court to prove that Obed Barlow late of Sandwich in said County who was a pensioner of the United States under the law of June 7th 1832 died at said Sandwich in seventeenth day of July A.D. 1839 and left a widow whose name is Elizabeth Barlow who is still alive-
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 10th March A.D. 1840
Timothy Reed  Register Prob-
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the signature to the certificate an the next preceding page of this paper purporting to have been made by him is his genuine signature
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this tenth day of March AD. Eighteen
hundred and forty
Timothy Reed   Reg Prob
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER

County of Barnstable ss.
On this fourteenth day of June 1837,
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Barnstable
personally appeared Obed Barlow
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain
Hedge in the Regiment commanded by Colonel or Major Cushen in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Rhode Island
from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Massachusetts where he intends to
remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The follow are his reasons for removing from Rhode Island to Massachusetts   Wishing to reside with his
children who will aid in his support
  Obed Barlow

Sworn and subscribed to before me,}
the day and year aforesaid.}
  Ebenezer Nye Justice of the Peace

>The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or
Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
>The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
>In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the
papers.
> Mode of Authenticating papers-in every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of
the certifying officer so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable ss.
I Timothy Reed Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Barnstable Certify that Ebenezer Nye Esquire is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the within signature purporting to have been
made by him is in my opinion his genuine signature
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this eleventh day of July A.D 1837
Timothy Reed   Clerk
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MCS:MLB

November 6, 1930
Mr. F. Clarence Bissell
1009 West Boulevard
Hartford, Connecticut

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 15558, that Obed Barlow was born July 13, 1751, in Sandwich, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Sandwich, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served as a private with the Massachusetts troops, as follows:
In the winter, year not stated, three months in Captain Hedge's company under Major Cushing; in the summer, year not
stated, three months in Captain Smith's company, and was engaged in guarding the shores near Sandwich.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Newport, Rhode
Island.
He died in Sandwich, Massachusetts, July 17, 1839.
He married September 10, 1772, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Barlow of said place.

She was allowed pension on her application executed March 5, 1840, at which time she was eighty-five years of age and a resident of Sandwich, Massachusetts.
Reference was made to children, but no names were given.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Kelsey
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15558
Act:
Elizabeth Barlow
Widon of
Obed Barlow
Pri.  Rev. War
---
Act:  July 4th  '36
Index: -- Vol. A Page 35
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mrs.
March. 21, '98  Mrs. Otis S.
Meriden, Conn
1921, Nov. hist, to C. G.  Closson Esq
1921. Nov. 16. Hist. to H. O. Brigham

1927 Feb. 1  list to C.A.G. Closson MCS

1930 Nov. 6 Hist to Mr. F. Clarence Bissell
MCS
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Obed Barlow

No Falmouth Mass}
May 18th}
Free
E Nye T.M.
 R Isl. to Massachu'tts

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
Washington City D. C.
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North Falmouth May 18th 1837
Inclosed I send you a pention
Certificate which I wish you to have
transfered from the State of Rhode Island
to Massachusetts agency and return
the old certificate or a new one to
me as soon as convenient for you
Yours very respectfully
  Ebenezer Nye

Hon. J. L. Edwards
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.


June 1  
Ebr. Nye
No. Falmouth
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Arcade Bank
Providence May 29th 1837
Sir
I have received your form of 23rd May.
In reply I have to inform you that the name of
Ebenezer Nye does not appear ever to have been placed on the Roll of this Agency.
I am very respectfully
Yr  obt  Svt
  S Waterman Pres

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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I Nathaniel Wing of Sandwich in the County of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts aged eighty five years testify and say on oath that I well knew Obed Barlow who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the law of 1832, and I am well acquainted with Elizabeth Barlow who was his wife and is now his widow; that I was present at the marriage of said Obed and Elizabeth
which took place in Sandwich aforesaid
and was solemnized by the Reverend
Abraham Williams who was then the settled minister in said town in the month of September in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy two; and that said Elizabeth who was then married to the said
Obed is the same person who now in my presence has made the declaration before
the Judge of the Court of 
Probate for the County of Barnstable in
order to obtain a pension
I further certify that the said Obed did on
the seventeenth day of July last and that the said Elizabeth has not been married since
Sandwich March 5, 1840
  Nathaniel Wing
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable County ss. Be it known that on this
(over)
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fifth day of March in the year eighteen
hundred and forty before me Nymphas
Marston, Judge of the Court of Probate
for said County of Barnstable, personally appeared the aforenamed Nathaniel Wing and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition and subscribed the same with
his own hand-

Witness my hand the day and year aforesaid
Nymphas Marston Judge Probate
and I further certify that the said Nathaniel Wing is well known to me and is a man of truth and a credible witness
Nymphas Marston Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Barnstable ss.
I Timothy  Reed Registrar of the Court
of Probate in and for the County
and Commonwealth aforesaid hereby
certify that the Hon Nymphas Marston
the Judge of said Court, and that the above signatures purporting to have been made by him are his genuine signatures.

Witness my hand and the seal by said Court this tenth day of March A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty-
 Timothy Reed  Reg Prob
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July 24.
Obed Barlow for transfer
5340 RI
North Falmouth Mas }
July 19th } 

Attn
E. Nye J.M.


Hon. J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
Edwards
Washington City DC
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North Falmouth Ms. July 19th 1837

Sir,
Inclosed I send you Obed Barlow's
Certificate and documents required for the
transfer of his claim from the State of
Rhoad Island to Massachusetts, I trust they are
made out agreeable to your instructions
You will please return the old certificate
or if consistant a new one (as the inclosed
is worn out) to me as soon as convenient
Yours very respectfully
Ebenezer Nye
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Massach'tts
J W Evans

J L Edwards  Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Reade Bank
Providence June 6th 1837

In reply to your letter of the 3rd inst,
I have to inform you that Obed Barlow a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of June 7th 1832 now on the Roll of this Agency was last paid to the 4th Sept 1836 & shall cease to pay him thereafter

I am very respectflully
Yr Obt Svnt
Waterman ,Pres.

-
J.L.. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Barnstable SS. Sandwich June 14th 1837
I testify and say on oath that I am acquainted with Obed Barlow Revolutionary
Pensioner and have been for the last twenty years and from personal knowledge and certain he is the identical person to whom a pension certificate was granted in Rhode Island and having removed in November last to Massachusetts is anxious to be transferred to the Pension list of the Massachusetts agency.
  Samuel Barlow

Barnstable SS. June 14th 1837
Then the above named Samuel Barlow
personally appeared and made oath to the
truth of the above deposition
before me
Ebenezer Nye Justice Peace
and
I certify that the above named Samuel Barlow is a person of veracity
Ebenezer Nye  Justice Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable  Ss.
I Timothy Reed Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid certify that Ebenezer Nye Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Barnstable duly commissioned and qualifed that his commission is dated on the 18th December 1833 and is for the term
of Seven years and that I believe the within signatures purporting to have been made by him are his genuine signatures.
Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court
this fourth day of July A.D. 1837
Timothy Reed  Clerk
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Obed Barlow d  July 17 '39
Elizabeth - M 1772 S
Pen. Act 1832  $20
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Payments to be made at Providence R.I.
by the Pres. of U.S.B. Bank Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of R. Island

Transfer to Massachusetts

Transfer this man at first issue a
new certificate, in lieu of this, Cancelled -
Transfer to take effect from 4 Sept. 1836, and send to to Ebenezer Nye North Falmouth
Massachusetts
Recorded by D. D. Addison, Clerk in Book D
Vol. 5, Page 104.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Obed Barlow of the State of Rhode Island who was a Private in the army of the Revolution
Entitled to receive Twenty dollars and ___
cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Twelfth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
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Elizabeth Barlow
Wid of Obed,
Mass.
Act July 4 1836
Married 1772
died July 17 1839

Allow $20 per annum

Claimant
Sandwich
Mass.
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THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY of the SONS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION
President
DENNIS A. BLAKESLEE
58 Waverly St., New Haven
Vice-Presidents
Maj. CHARLES H. SPRAGUE
Bridgeport
WILBUR F. TOMLINSON
Danbury
FRANK E. SANDS
Meriden
Secretary
ROBERT F. BRADLEY
306 Meigs Bldg., Bridgeport
Treasurer
HARRY H. PRITCHARD
886 Main St., Bridgeport
Registrar
F. CLARENCE BISSELL, 
1009 West Boulevard, Hartford
Historian
PAUL B. GODARD
18 Asylum St., Hartford
Chaplain
Rev. ANTHON T. GESNER
Waterbury
Necrologist
LEVERETT BELKNAP
P. O. Box 734, Hartford
Trustee to National Society
GEORGE S. GODARD
State Library, Hartford


DELEGATES
COL. TRACY B. WARREN (at large)
WILLIAM G. BAXTER
CLARENCE BLAKESLEE
WILLIAM H. BURR
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JOHN A. COE
FRANK A. CORBIN
EDMUND E. FREEMAN
WILLIAM H. HART
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FREDERIC T. MURLLESS, JR.
REV. ORVILLE A. PETTY
ARTHUR V. PILLSBURY
EDGAR L. POND
SEYMOUR N. ROBINSON
ERNEST E. ROCERS
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ALFRED SPENCER, JR.
MARTIN WELLES
HERBERT H. WHITE
CLARENCE H. WICKHAM
J. ALLEN WILEY
ARTHUR E. WOODRUFF

OTHER MANAGERS
WILLIAM H. ALLEN
JOHN C. BRINSMADE
ORLANDO H. BROTHWELL
MORRIS L BURR
ALBERT F. CORBIN
WILLIAM H. CORBIN
FRANK B. GAY
WILSON H. LEE
ROBERT W. LOVELL
EDWARD J. MORGAN
JOHN M. PARKER, JR.
CHARLES PHELPS
EARNEST C. SIMPSON
DR. GEORGE C. F. WILLIAMS
HARRY R. WILLIAMS

Secretaries of Local Branches.
ex-officio
F. JOSEPH CHATTERTON, New Haven
WILLIS N. BARBER, Meriden
SAMUEL F. BEARDSLEY, Bridgeport
EARLE M. WOOD, Norwich
CHARLES A. QUINTARD, Norwalk
ELMER H. SPAULDING, New London
HARRY L. HILTON, Hartford
MALCOLM D. RUDD, Salisbury
HARRY E. TARGETT, Danbury
RUSSELL H. POPE, Waterbury
EARLE F. SCHOFIELD, Greenwich

Oct 28, 1930
Bureau of Pensions
Please send me Revolutionary Record of Obed
Barlow f Newport R.I. 1832 and of his widow,
1840 in Sandwich Mass. I think her no. W.15558-
Respectfully
F. C.  Bissell, Reg


PATRIOTIC, HISTORICAL AND EDUCATIONAL
℗
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Missouri Society, Sons of the American Revolution
PRESIDENT
LINN PAINE
904 LOCUST STREET
ST. LOUIS, MO

VICE-PRESIDENTS
CHARLES W. BATES
SAMUEL MCK. GREEN
CHARLES M. HAY
JOHN W. FRISTOE

HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS
W. B. HOMER
JAMES E. WITHROW
L. D. KINGSLAND
HARMON J. BLISS

SECRETARY
J. ALONZO MATTHEWS
5070 VERNON AVE.
ST. LOUIS, MO.

TREASURER
WALTER D. DODD
2740 LOCUST ST.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.

REGISTRAR
HOMER HALL
1422 RAILWAY EXCHANGE BLDG.
ST. LOUIS, MO.

HISTORIAN AND GENEALOGIST
W. H. H. TAINTER

CHAPLAIN
REV. JOSEPH HARRIS HARVEY

Independence, Missouri,
December 3, 1926.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Records Section,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Kindly send me a record of the service of
OBED BARLOW, a Revolutionary War soldier.
His service and record furnished me by your department some time ago was as follows:

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment & Length of Service
Winter - 3 Mos.
Summer- 3 Mos.
Rank  - Pvt.

Officers :   Captain      Colonel
                Hedge        Cushing
                 Smith

State: Mass.
Battles engaged in: none stated
Res. of soldier at enlistment, Sandwich, Barnstable Co. Mas
Date of appln. for pension, Sept. 15, 1832. His claim was all'd
Res. at date of appl'n, Newport, R. I.
Age at date of appl'n, b. July 13, 1751 in Sandwich, Mass.
He mar. Sept. 10, 1772 in Sandwich, Mass. Elizabeth Barlow both of said place; he d. July 17, 1839 - and she was allowed pension on an application executed Mar. 5, 1840 while residing in Sandwich, Mass at about 85 years. Children who were living in Mass. in 1837 are referred to, no names stated.

Kindly give me the above information on one of your regular forms. I am using the one previously given me as proof for entrance into a patriotic society.
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Missouri Society, Sons of the American Revolution
PRESIDENT
LINN PAINE
904 LOCUST STREET
ST. LOUIS, MO

VICE-PRESIDENTS
CHARLES W. BATES
SAMUEL MCK. GREEN
CHARLES M. HAY
JOHN W. FRISTOE

HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS
W. B. HOMER
JAMES E. WITHROW
L. D. KINGSLAND
HARMON J. BLISS

SECRETARY
J. ALONZO MATTHEWS
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TREASURER
WALTER D. DODD
2740 LOCUST ST.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.

REGISTRAR
HOMER HALL
1422 RAILWAY EXCHANGE BLDG.
ST. LOUIS, MO.

HISTORIAN AND GENEALOGIST
W. H. H. TAINTER

CHAPLAIN
REV. JOSEPH HARRIS HARVEY
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The Obed Barlow mentioned is an ancestor
thru whom I am a member of the S. A. R.
C. A. G. Closson
426 E. Fair Ave.
Independence, Mo.
G. Closson
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HERBERT O. BRIGHAM
COMMISSIONER
STATE RECORD COMMISSIONER
STATE HOUSE
PROVIDENCE
October 25, 1921.

Washington Gardner, Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me an abstract of service for Obed Barlow who served as Private, Rhode Island Militia, placed on pension roll Feb. 12, 1833, pension commenced March 4, 1831,
age 83, residence Newport County.
 Very truly yours,
 Hebert B. Brigham
State Record Commissioner.

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Independence, Mo.
October 14, 1921.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:

Re:
Obed Barlow, Private.
Rhode Island Militia,
Revolutionary War.
The above, my great great great grandfather, was a soldier during the Revolution, a private in the Rhode Island Militia. According to information I possess he was granted a pension in 1833, while living at Newport, R. I.
Will you kindly give me his service record,
name of wife etc.

Yours truly,
C.G.Closson

422 E. Fair Ave.
Box 16, Route 5.
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To the Pension Department
Washington D.C.

MAR 16 1898
I have been informed that
Obed Barton was an officer
of the Revolution at the time
of the battle of Bunker Hill
although he was stationed
elsewhere and did not
participate in that battle,
Will you please look up
his record and let me
know if I have been rightly
informed, also please inform
me if there was a Joel Barlow
a statesman during Washington's
time
Yours respectfully
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Mrs Otis S. Kelsey
30 Curtis St
Meriden Conn.

March 13th 1898
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 25th 1840
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States", The widow of Obed Barlow, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Twenty
Dollars and ___Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of March, to the 17th July 1839, the day of his death,
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Rev. & 1812 War Section

February 1, 1927

C. A. C. Closson
426 E. Fair Ave.
Independence, Mo.
Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 15558, it appears that OBED BARLOW was
born July 13, 1751, in Sandwich, Massachusetts.
While a resident of said place he enlisted and served as a private with the Massachusetts troops as follows:
In the winter, year not stated, served three months in Captain Hedge's Company under Major Cushing,
In the summer, year not stated, three months in Captain Smith's Company; he was engaged in guarding the shores near Sandwich.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Newport, Rhode Island.
He died in Sandwich, Massachusetts, July 17, 1839. He married September 10, 1772, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Barlow of said place. She was allowed pension on her application executed March 5, 1840, at which time she was eighty-five years of age and was a resident of Sandwich, Massachusetts.
Reference was made to children but no names were given.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 7, 1921

In reply to your request of____________received
___________a statement of the military history of Obet Barlow soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Winter
Summer
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
3
Mos.
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Cpt. Hedge
Cpt. Smith

COLONEL.
Major Cushing ; guarding the shore near Sandwich
STATE.
Mass
Battles Engaged I:, None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Sandwich, Barnstable Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension: Sept 15, 1832
Residence at date of application: Newport RI
Age at date of application: b. July 13 1751 in Sandwich Mass
Remarks: He marr. in Sept 10, 1772 in Sandwich, Mass- Elizabeth Barlow, both of sd place where he lived  July 7 1839 and she was al. pension on ap ex Mar. 5, 1840 whole res. in Sandwich Mass at about 85 years. Children are referred to, no names stated.
Respectfully,
Office Note add:
Elisha Hedge was Capt & Seth Cushing  Major of Mass Mil in Barnstable Co