Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,356, Moses Barnes, Conn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
CONTENTS
Barnes Moses
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NUMBER
S.2.356
carded
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Ohio
13.258
Moses Barnes
of Geauga in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Harte of the Regt commanded
by Col Willis N Jersey
line for 6 months

Corn Line Records corrected Jan 5 '04
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of June
1833 and sent to Edwin
Phelps Chardon Ohio
-
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $40.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept-
10
$50.00

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7,1832.

Recorded by W Clagett Clerk,
Book E
Vol. 8
Page 106.
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Moses Barnes
25241
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The State of Ohio
Geauga County ss
On this 10th day of May A.D. 1833. personally
appeared in Open Court before the Court of
Common Pleas in & for said County, now sitting, Moses Barnes
a resident of Montville in said County, aged Eighty seven years
the twentieth day of April last, who being first duly sworn
according to Law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made
by the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers. I served as herein stated to wit
On the first day of February 1776 he volunteered at Farmington where he then resided in Captain Selah Harts Company in Colonel Fisher Grays regiment of Connecticut Militia
and was marched immediately to Roxbury in Massachusetts
He assisted in erecting the works on Dorchester heights which
was done in the night, some of the soldiers having made
a fire were discovered by the Enemy, and find upon from
their works at Boston and several killed and wounded
among the killed was a Doctor or Surgeon. The fire was
extinquished & the canonade ceased. In the morning they
were visited at the works by Genl Putnam, who bestowed
praise upon for their good conduct, about the middle
of March the enemy found it necessary to leave Boston
Among the regular or Continent
troops at Roxbury he recollects Col Willis regiment a
brother of his having enlisted for during the war in Captain Judds Company in said regiment he remembers Major
Stoddard & believes he was in Col Willis regiment but is not
sure. he was discharged at Roxbury April it having served
two months

About August 1778. he believes, though
he cannot be positive as to the year, his memory being greatly
impaired by age, he was drafted at Farmington aforesaid
in Captain Hookers Company, Col Gad Stanley Regiment of
Connecticut Militia, and was marched to Horseneck
where they were stationed to protect property from the
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Enemy particularly from the Cow boys who had commit to great 
depredations in that part of the County. There was
no regular troops at Horseneck while he was there.
from Horseneck they went to Norwalk and were discharged, he having served in this tour two months
In the summer of 1779 at Farmington aforesaid
he was drafted into a company commanded by
Captain Joseph Woodford in Colonel Ichabod Norton
regiment of Connecticut militia and marched immediately to New Haven, but they did not arrive there until
after the enemy had pillaged that town, which they
abandoned after having spiked the canon. Colonel
Thompson was at New Haven with some artilery men
when the Company to which he belonged arrived there
and had drilled out the Canon, but he soon left after
Colonel Nortons arrival here on duty here untill
the regiment was discharged. When he returned home
having served two months besides the foregoing tours
he was called out several times by Alarms at Danbury & other places, but as they were only out three or four
days at a time, he has not thought it worth while to
mention them
He has no documentary evidence and
he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure
who can testify to his service, he was born at Farmington in the State of Connecticut on the 9th of
April 1746. (Old Style) where he lived at the time he
entered the service, thence he removed to Deerfield
Onondaga County New York where he resided
about five years he then removed to Tully in Oneida
County where he resided Eight or ten years, when he
removed to Farmington in the State of Ohio where
he lived about ten years & then removed to Montville
where he now resides & has resided there for one year
part. The record of his age was burned a year ago
last winter with the house of Jehiel Wilcox where
he lived at the time said Wilcox's house was burned
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension
roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to & subscribed in open
Court the day & year aforesaid
Moses Barnes

We William Brown a Clergyman residing in Montville
in said County of Geauga and Jehiel Wilcox residing
in the same town, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Moses Barnes, who has subscribed and sworn
to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be a man
of truth & veracity that we believe him to be Eighty seven
years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the
Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day & year
aforesaid in open Court
William Brown
Jehiel Wilcox

And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigtion 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 William Brown
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman
resident in the town of Montville in said Geauga County
and that Jehiel Wilcox who has signed the same is a resident in the same town & County and is a credible person and
that their statement is entitled to credit
I, David D. Aiken Clerk of said Court of Common pleas
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court
&
in the matter of the application of Moses Barnes for a pension

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this tenth day of May A.D. 1833-

D.D. Aiken Clerk
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No 25241
Moses Barnes
Geaugate
Ohio
Admitted for 6 months
$20
Edward F Phelps
Crandon
Geoge Co
Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
Ohio
rendered
A Statement, shewing the Service of Moses Barnes 87 Geauga Co
[Chart]
Period when the service was rendered.
Vol Feby 1776
Vol out 78 
Vol by summ 79

Duration of the
claimant's service.
Years.
Months
2
2
2
Days.

Rank of
the
claimant.
Private

Names and
rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.

Capt Hento
Col Gray
Genl Putnam
Col Willis
Capt Hook
Col Stanley
Capt Woodford
Col Norton

Age at present,
and place of abode
 when he entered the service.
87 years
Farmington

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditional evidence stated credible by the court

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army.
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.
The Regular Troops.
Q.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Terity, or is
County of
On this
day of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with
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and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
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 A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
The Soldier
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
To an Officer.
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language to
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollect, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For year months, and
days, I served as a . Formonths
anddays
, I served as a -; and for such service I claim a pension.
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority
; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal
of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
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 of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow 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.
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in the affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John N Ashton
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Rev. and 1812
War Section

April 9, 1926

Mrs. Ira A. Canfield
2305 E. 83rd St
Cleveland, Ohio.

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2356, it appears
that Moses Barnes was born April 9, 1746
Old Style) at Farmington, Connecticut.
While residing at said Farmington, he enlisted
and served as a private in the Connecticut Troops,
as follows-
From February 1, 1776, two months in Captain
Selah Heart's Company, Colonel Fisher Gay's Regiment.
From August 1778, two months in Captain Hooker's
Company, Colonel Gad Stanley's Regiment.
In the summer of 1779, two months in Captain
Joseph Woodford's Company, Colonel Ichabod Norton's
Regiment.
He also served in the alarm at Danbury, and other
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places, dates and officers not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application
executed May 10, 1833, while a resident of Montville,
Geauga County, Ohio.
There is no data on file as to his family.
The above noted Moses Barnes (Barns ) is the
only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War
records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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[column 1]
1926 Apr 9 Hist to Mrs Ira A. Caufield

[column 2]
2356
Rev War
INVALID.
2356
File No.
Moses Barnes 
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7.1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 17 
Arrangement of 1870.]
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MRS. IRA A. CANFIELD
2205 East 93rd Street
Cleveland, O.

Feby 28, 1926

[stamp] U.S.PENSION OFFICE S FEB 25 1926

U.S.Dept. of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Could you please send me all
 information regarding the
Revolutionary service of
Moses Barnes, who fought with
the New trey State troops, and was
pensioned in Geauga County,
Ohio, 1833 Revolutionary War
page 514).
Gratefully yours
Dorothea Canfield
(Mrs Ira A.)
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
Barnes Moses
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WARRANT 176213
NUMBER 17 &
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
ARE Private
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
ACREAGE
in the Invalid
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November 2, 1791
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to Jonathan Tuttle, assignee
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.