Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3919, Abner Barlow, Continental N.H.
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(3 - 1776)
Service
Continental
N. H.
Barlow, Abner
Eunice
NUMBER
W. 3919
B.L. Wt 19616-160-55
CONTENTS
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State of Pennsylvania
Erie County SS.
On this fifth day of June A.D. 1818 before me
the subscriber, one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Erie, personally appears Abner Barlow aged 60 years resident in the Township of Mill Creek, in the said County, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States
in the Revolutionary War." That he, the said Abner Barlow enlisted in the month of February or March A.D. 1777 in the State of New Hampshire, in a company commanded by Major Benjamin Whitcomb of the  State of New Hampshire and commanding what was
then called the "Independent Corps of Rangers" that he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the United State until about the 20th of October A.D. 1781 at which time he was taken prisoner by the Indians on Onion River, near Lake Champlain
was taken to Montreal and continued a prisoner
untill the close of the war: that in the summer
of 1783 he was discharged in the State of New Hampshire that the corps to which he belonged was con-
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tinually reconnoitering and often engaged with
the Indians: And that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of assistance of his country for support: and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services
Abner Barlow
Sworn to and declared before the day and year aforesaid
John Vincent
I, John Vincent one of the Associate
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Erie aforesaid do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Abner Barlow did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceeding declaration, against the Common Enemy
And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and have before me to the Secretary of the Department
of War, pursuant to the aforementioned act of Congress. and from his reduced circumstances in life is in need assistance from Country for support
John Vincent
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Caveat within
New York 18,000
Abner Barlow
of Ellicott in the State of New York
who was a private in the Regiment of Rangers commanded by Major Whitcomb of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of 3 years  9 mos by Roll
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 of June 1818-
---
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 of Jany 1821
and sent to Samuel A Brown Esq
Jamestown, Chetauqua Co N Yrk [New York]
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1820. 27 mos $216.
Semi anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1821
48
$264
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
&
Act of 1st May 1820
Suspended 
Letter 20th Apl 1873
to J Lawrence esq
Suspended
See letter of 27 Dec 33 - to Hon L Cofs (GC)
[illeg] to S.A. Brown Dec 27 1833 
Let to Hon A Hazelton & do Wm Gates March 7 '34 Isaac Lawrence 28 June '34
Dead Sec letter to E P Agt & H. F. Cox, July 19 1857
Letter to O. R. Steven Nov 20, 1837 Let to Hon J.A. Poinsett June 30, 1840
Let of Sept 4 t[ V French
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from
4 March to 4 June 1836. Agt Notified 10 July 1841
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52000,
Wisconsin Mil.
---
Eunice Barlow widow
of Abner Barlow
N H
[who] served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private-
===
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
Sixth day of October 1849 and sent to Wolney French
Southport
Wisconsin
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
January 2, 1848, Page 377 Vol. 3
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123.573
Act Mch 3/57
May 7.
Eunice Barlow, Wid [widow] of 
Abner Barlow,
Rev War
Priv
Capt Bej Whitecomb
Col. Reed
N H. Mil.
Ent N.H. Cont. Line
Dis.

War Rev.
Now a Pension of the U. States
AD:160 A Con Mch 24/56
Boynton
R
H. Tuttle, atty
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Cir: H. Tuttle Jany 31/56

Vol. B 1-16
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State of New York
Chautauque County
Ss
On this 19th day of November
1820 personally appeared before the
Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the County of Chautauque aforesaid in open court, being a court of record for the said county and
made such by law, proceeding according to the
cause of the Common law, with a jurisdiction
unlimited in point of amount; keeping a record of their proceedings and having the power to fine and imprison, Abner Barlow aged three
years now resident in the town of Ellicott
and county of Chautauque, who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war
as follows, that is to say, that he enlisted in
the month of Feb 17 or March 1777 in the
State of New Hampshire in a company commanded by Major Benjamin Whitcomb of the state of New Hampshire, and that he served more than three years in the Northern frontier at Ticonderoga, Saratoga [illeg] 
and that he was under the command Generals St Clair , Schuyler & Gates & Col Hazen
that he has never received a certificate from
the war office, but his original declaration and
oath was made on the 5th day of
June 1818 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the fifth day of March 1818 and that I have not since
that time by gift, sale, or in any manner
disposed of my property, or any part thereof
with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring
myself within the provisions of an act of
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Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service
of the United States, in the Revolutionary war"
passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and
that I have not, nor has any person in
trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any
income other than what is contained in the
schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed
to wit, Real estate I have none-
Personal Estate as follows to wit
Bedding & wearing apparel excepted
Two  Cows
24,00
One yoke of Oxen
25.00
One colt
20.00
Eight small pigs-
40.00
One iron Kettle
5.00
Pair old Kitchen chairs
0.50
two pails wash tub pot & teakettle
4.50
one old broken table, half a dozen tin cups & saucers 0.25
Six knives & forks 4 plates 1 pewter platter 2.00
two pewter basins & one bowl, 5 iron [illeg]
about t10 per of potatoes, 20 per of corn
6.25
90.12
I bona fida [illeg] more than
fifty Dollars-
-
The declarant is by occupation a farmer
though unable to labor on account of
limness occasioned by his right hip bone being
drawn from its socket by the rheumitism
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he has a wife aged 53 who is able to support
herself-- a son named Sebastian Barlow
aged 14 years who is able to support
himself a daughter aged eleven years
who is nearly able to support herself
one other daughter aged nine years, all of
whom reside with declarant
Abner Barlow
Sworn to & subscribed
this 29 day of November
1820 Before
J. B. Campbell Clk
State of New York
Chautauque County Ss
I Calvin E. Macomber deputy Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas of
of the County of Chautauqua do hereby
that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from
the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion
of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property
exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Ninety two Dollars thirty eight cents, and further that Matthew Prendergast before whom
the affidavit and certificate annexed were taken was at the time of taking the same and now is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County duly commissioned and Sworn
as appears from the commission and roll of oaths on file in this office and I being acquainted with his signature do
believe the same to be his own proper hand writing
In testimony of which I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court on this thirtieth day of November 1820
C.E. Macomber Dep clk
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State of New York
Chautauque County
SSs
On this 29th day of November 1820 before the subscriber one of the Judges of the court of common pleas
in and for the aforesaid county personally appears Abner Barlow now in the 63rd year
of his age, residing in the town of Ellicott &
County of Chautauque aforesaid, who being by
me first duly sworn according to law, doth
on his oath (in addition to his oath made
on the 5th day of June 1818 before John Vincent Esq one of the associate Judges of the court of common pleas within and for the County of Erie & commonwealth of Pennsylvania to which oath this paper and oath is annexed) make the following declaration in order to obtain his pension
the provision made by the late act
of Congress entitled an act to provide for cetain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary war, that immediately after he enlisted in the State of New Hampshire aforesaid in Major Benjamin Whitcombs [illeg] of Rangers he marched to Ticonderoga in the State of New York, at which place and at Saratoga and on the Northern frontier he spent more than three years in the
actual service of his country, that while
in the Northern frontier he was under the command of General St Clair Schuyler
and Gates, and that he was at the taking of Burgoyne and at the Bennington Butte
that after Burgoyne's defeat he still remained
on the Northern frontier, and the highest officer
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he had was Col Hagen
and that he is reduced circumstances and stands in need of his
country for support, and that he is the same
Abner Barlow mentioned in affidavit made by his Major Benjamin Whitcomb
on the 9th day of October 1820 sworn to before
Samuel Hutchins and the affidavit made by
Abel Lenard on the 14 of July 1820 before Elias
[illeg] first Judge of Essex Co [illeg] and affidavit made by John Perry before
James Thompson on the 21st of June 1820 all
which affidavits are herewith remitted to the War department, and also that he
left the county of Erie aforesaid on the last 
day of April last and came to the county
of Chautuaque aforesaid where he has [ever] since and still resides
Abner Barlow
Sworn to & declared before
on the day and year aforesaid
Mathew
Prendergast
I Matthew Purdy one of the Judges of the court  of common pleas in and for the aforesaid county Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the
said Abner Barlow did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declarations against the common enemy, and further that I am fully satisfied that the said Abner Barlow is in reduced and indigent circumstances and that he stands in need of the pension of his country for support. Dated at
Chautauque November 29th 1820-
Matthew Prendergast,
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Commonth of Pennsyla,
Erie County ss

I certify that John Vincent Esquire duly
Commissioned one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County - that he was such at the time of signing the foregoing writing and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 30th day of June 1818.
John Kelso Rothy
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Declaration of
Eunice Barlow
123.573
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State of Wisconsin
County of Kenosha ⎬ SS:
On this First day of
May one thousand Eight hundred and fifty five,
personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Eunice Barlow aged Eighty Eight years, a resident of the City of Kenosha in the County of Kenosha in the State of
Wisconsin, who being duly sworn according to
law, declares that she is the widow of Abner
Barlow deceased, who was a private in the Company of Volunteers of the State of Vermont
commanded by Captain (or Major Benjamin Whitcomb, and called "Whitcomb's Rangers, in the Revolutionary War; that she is unable to state, to what Regiment (if any) the said Company was attached; that her said husband volunteered at Stratford in the State of New Hampshire some time during the winter of the year 1776 (according to her best recollection) for the term of the war, and continued in actual service in said war until the close and termination thereof; that during said war her said husband was taken prisoner by the enemy and was held as such prisoner in Lower Canada until peace was declared in the year 1783 -
She further states that she was married to the said Abner Barlow in the Town of Northumberland in county of Coos in the State of New Hampshire on the Fifteenth day of December A.D. 1784, by one Jeremiah Ames a Justice of the Peace within and
for the County and State last aforesaid, and that
her name before her said marriage was Eunice
French; that her husband died at the Town of
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Pleasant Prairie in the County of Racine in the
(then) Territory (now State) of Wisconsin on the Fourth day of June A.D. 1836, and that she is now a widow. She further states that her said husband Abner Barlow was a pensioner at the time of his death and that she now is a pensioner as the widow of the said Abner Barlow for service rendered by him in the Revolutionary War, and that she now holds
in her possession a Pension Certificate issued to her by the Department of the Interior under the Act of February 2d 1848, bearing date the Sixth day of October A.D. 1849, signed by T. Ewing Secretary of the Interior, and countersigned by J. L. Edwards, Commissioner
of Pensions, and recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensions, page 379 Volume 3.-And that the proofs of the service of her said husband in said war, and of her marriage to him as above stated are on file in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions, to which she would refer, to substantiate the facts set forth in the foregoing declaration. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855-
her
Eunice X Barlow
Mark
We Norman Barns and Hiram Tuttle residents
of the City of Kenosha in the County of Kenosha in the State of Wisconsin upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Eunice Barlow in our presence;
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and that we believe from the appearance
statements of the applicant that she is the
identical person she represents herself to be -
Norman Barns
Hiram Tuttle
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim -
John M. Coe
Justice of the Peace

State of Wisconsin
Kenosha County.
S.S.
I, Lansing B Nichols Clerk of the County Court of Kenosha County, in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify, that John M Coe
whose name is subscribed to the certificate of acknowledgement or proof of the annexed
declaration & affidavit and theron written 
by himself was at the time of taking such acknowledgement or proof of, an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly elected and sworn and authorized to take the same that his signature thereto is genuine, and that full faith and {illeg] are due and of right entitled be given full [illeg] executed and acknowledged in conformity with the laws of this State. IN TESTIMONY WHEROF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office
this 2nd day of May
A. D. 1855
L B Nichols
CLERK.
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7739
Eunice Barrow
of Abner
Wisconsin
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State of Wisconsin
Racine County Ss
On this nineteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty one personally appeared before me Andrew G Miller Presiding Judge of the District Court of the County of Racine aforesaid being a
court of [illeg] Eunice Barlow aged seventy four years a resident of the Town of Pleasant Prairie in the County of Racine aforesaid who being first 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 pensions to certain widows; That she is the widow of Abner Barlow who was a soldier in the war of the revolution, and that he was a pensioner of the United States by virtue of
a certificate from the Hon. John C Calhoun then Secretary of war of which the following is a copy.
War department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the laws of
of the United States of the 18th March 1818 and first of May 1820 Abner Barlow late a private in the army of the revolution is inscribed on the pension Roll of the New York agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence the fifth day of June one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States
this second day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty one
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War
when this pension was granted said Abner Barlow was a citizen of the State of New York
She further declares that she was married to
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said Abner Barlow in the Town of Northumberland Grafton County State of New Hampshire on the fifteenth day of December one thousand seven hundred and eighty four,
that her husband the aforesaid Abner Barlow died on the fourth day of June eighteen hundred and thirty six in (Milwauhee) now Racine County Territory of Wisconsin
that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, vis
at the time above stated. She further states that she was married by Jeremiah Jones Esq then a Justice of the peace, and all the record she knows to exist of the fact is a record in the family bible of which the following is a copy except that the dates for these written out at length instead of figures
Abner Barlow married to Eunice French December fifteenth seventeen hundred and eighty four.
Eunice Barlow
Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year above
written by me
Andrew G  Miller
I do certify that the above named
applicant Eunice Barlow cannot from bodily
infirmity attend the Court. Witness my hand
the nineteenth day of February AD. 1841
Andrew G Miller
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Territory of Wisconsin
Racine County Ss
I Henry F Cox Clerk of the District Court of said County, being a Court of record, do certify that the Hon. Andrew G Miller before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is the presiding Judge of the said District County
and that the signature annexed thereto is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Racine this 19th day of February AD 1841
Henry F Cox
Clerk
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Family Record
MARRIAGES.

Abner Barlow Junior
to Polley Strunk September 18th 1828 at Ellicott
MARRIAGES.
Abner Barlow Married
to Eunice French Decr
15th 1784.
Abner Barlow seignor Died

I Abner Barlow being
Sworn before Andrew G Miller
Judge of the District court of Racine County doth say that the above record of the marriage of his Father Abner Barlow and his mother was correctly copied into a bible from the original record in the old family bible, in my
presence. that the copy was made in consequence of the old bible being worn out. And he does not now know that the said old book is in existence.
Abner Barlow
Sworn to & subscribed the 19 July 1841
Andrew G Miller
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FAMILY RECORD
BIRTHS.
Layfayette Barlow Born
August 19th 1827 Thursday
Morning - in Elliott
Sophia Barlow Born July
1st 1826 Saturday Evening in Elliott
Elizabeth
Barlow Born
Sunday morning On October
14th 1827 Ripley NY

Eunice Barlow born October 1st in Poland 1832
Byron Barlow born
August 6th 1839 Poland
Ny

BIRTHS.
Domicia A born JUne
9th 1836 in Plesant
Prairie NY
Brainerd born May 23
in Pleasant Prairie
1837
William H born
July 24th 1839 in
Plesant Prairie
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December 5, 1939
BA-J/MCS
Abner Barlow, W.3819

Mr. A. H. Wilkinson
110 E. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of November 3, 1939, requesting information in regard to Abner Barlow, a Revolutionary War soldier who was
born in Bennington, Vermont, served with the Green Mountain Boys, was captured and taken to Quebec, later lived in Westfield, New York, and died in Wisconsin.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 3916, based on the military service of the only Abner Barlow who lived in Wisconsin that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this
office.
Abner Barlow was born in April, 1757, in Stratford, Connecticut, and
in 1772 he moved with his father to Stratford, New Hampshire. The names of
the parents of Abner Barlow are not shown.
While a resident of Stratford, New Hampshire, Abner Barlow enlisted in February, 1777, as private in Captain Aldrich's Company in Major Benjamin Whitcomb's Independent Corps of New Hampshire Rangers under Colonel
Hazen; he was in the battle of Bennington and at the capture of Burgoyne at Saratoga and about October 20 or 22, 1781, was taken prisoner by a party of "British Indians " on "Onion River near Lake Champlain," was taken
to Montreal and held prisoner until the summer or fall of 1783.
In 1808 or 1809, Abner Barlow moved from Stratford, New Hampshire, to
Catskill, New York, From there he moved to Deerfield, Oneida County, New York, from there to West Canada Creek, Herkimer County, New York, from which place he moved in 1914 to Chautauqua (later Westfield ), New York, and
from there he moved to Mill Creek, Erie County, Pennsylvania.
 This is Moses Hazen 2nd Canadian Regt
Tredor said served under Levi Aldrich
but according to Heitman p 65
was Geo Aldrich
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Abner Barlow was allowed pension on his application executed
June 5, 1818, at which time he was living in Mill Creek township,
Erie County, Pennsylvania,
In 1820, he was living in Ellicott, Chautauqua County, New York,
and he then referred to his son, Sebastian C. aged fourteen, and to his daughters aged eleven and nine years but did not give their names. From Ellicott, New York, Abner Barlow moved to Westfield, New York, and
was living there in 1832. He died June 4, 1836, at Pleasant Prairie,
Racine County (then Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Territory,
Abner Barlow married in Northumberland, Grafton County, New Hampshire,
December 15, 1784, Eunice French,
As the widow of Abner Barlow, Eunice Barlow was allowed pension on her application executed February 19, 1841, at which time she was seventy-four years of age and was living in Pleasant Prairie, Racine County,
Wisconsin Territory. She was living there in 1851. In 1855, she was living in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
In 1841, Eunice Stevens stated that she was the eldest child of Abner and Eunice Barlow and that she was born in March, 1786; one Daniel
Stevens, and fifty-three years in 1841, testified in that year in behalf of the widow, Eunice Barlow, but it is not shown whether he was husband of Eunice Stevens,
In 1841, Abner Barlow, the son of the soldier and Eunice Barlow, was forty-one years of age and was living in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
Territory. He married "at Ellicott " September 18, 1823, Polley Strunk and
they had the following children:
Lafayette born August 19, 1824 in Ellicott
Sophia born July 1, 1826 in Ellicott
Elizabeth born October 14, 1827 in Ripley, New York
Margaret H. born august 20,1829, in Ellicott
Mary born February 26, 1831, in Ellicott
Eunice born October 1, 1832, in Poland, New York
Byron born August 6, 1834, in Poland, New York
Dominia (?) A. born June 9, 1836, in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
Brainard born May 23, 1837, in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
William H. born July 24, 1839, in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
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In 1841, the widow's sister, Anna Schoff, wife of Jacob Schoff, was living in Maidstone, Essex County, Vermont, and was then eighty-one years of a
One Volney French was living in Southport, Wisconsin Territory, in 1841, and he was living in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1851, but it is not
shown whether he was related to Eunice French Barlow,
There are no further discernible family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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State of New York ⎬ ss
Chautauque County ⎬
Abner Barlow of the
town of Westfield in said
County aged 77 years, being duly sworn doth
depose and say, that he was born at
Stratford in Connecticut in the month of
April 1767, that in 1772 this deponent moved
with his father to the town of Stratford State of
New Hampshire, on the Connecticut
river, that in January or February 1777
he enlisted as a private soldier, during the
war under a continental officer by the name of
Benjamin Whitcomb, who was called
Major, and who commanded a core
of rangers, that the core was raised
for the purpose of defending the frontier
settlement, as that was then a new
settled county and much exposed to
the incursions of Indians from Canada, that his captains name was Aldrich
Jonas Butterfield Lieut and Taylor Ensign
that in March of that near as he believes for
they went on snow shoes, this deponent
and said core or corps marched to Ticonderoga
& State of New York, that in
July of that year they left Ticonderoga being
drove away by the British, that they retreated
before Burgoynes army, that at
Saratoga they made a stand, that this
deponent before the surrender of Burgoyne
obtained a furlough from Major Whitcomb
on account of the fever and
ague, and returned home to New Hampshire, that he remained sick with
the fever, and ague four or 5 months
at his fathers in Stratford, generally called
the Coos Country, that in the spring of
the year 1778 he was ordered to March
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to Rutland on Otter Creek, that at that place
he joined again Major Whitcombs Corps,
which consisted of 40 or 90 men that Col.
Warners Regiment or the greater part of
it as there that he remained there
during the season, making many reconnecters
during that time, in small parties of from 4 to 12 to ascertain whether
there were hostile indians around
that in their scouts he generally marched
under a Sargeant Lerned though sometimes, under a sargent Danforth, that
or Christmas day he left Rutland and
marched to Haverhill New Hampshire,
that in marching from Rutland to Haverhill they almost perished with cold and
hunger, that two of their number did
freeze to death, namely Thompson & Smith,
that in 1779, 1780, and a part of 1781 he remained at Haverhill aforesaid under the
command of said Whitcomb, that
they occupied an old court house,
that they drew rations, pay and arms
from Government, that during
said time, they exercised some, but
were principally engaged in scouting
that during said time the Sargeants names
under whom he made his scouts, were
Danforth, Mosebrooks and Lodge
that on the 10th of October 1781, this deponent
and a hunter by the name of John
Gibson were ordered by said Whitcomb
to Lake Champlain to reconnoiter, to discover if there were any indians that could
be heard of in that region of country,
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that on that day they started for the
Champlain country, that on the 22nd of
that month this deponent and said
Gibson were made prisoners by a
party of British Indians, composed of
about [fifty] on the Onion river about 20 miles
from its mouth, that the indians tied
them & took them down the river 2 or
3 miles where they found the main body
consisting of 5 or 600 indians, that an indian took this deponents shirt off and
put on his own which was very dirty,
and lousy, that this deponent was taken
to the Isle Le Nove in Lake Champlain, where
he remained about 15 days, and was
fed on food that the indians dogs
would hardly eat, that the indians took
him from said Isle Le Nove to St Johns, then
to Chamblee & from thence to Montreal,
that he remained in Montreal till the
fall of the year 1783, having remained
a prisoner almost two years, when
he was discharged and returned home
to New Hampshire- That in 1809 or so 
to be with his family left Stratford aforesaid and came to Cattskill, State of New York, that he resided there about 2 years
that he then moved to Deerfield, Oneida
County staid about 2 years, that
he then moved to West Canada creek in
Herkimer County and staid about 2 years &
that he then in 1814 moved to the then town
of Chautauqua, now Westfield, staid about 2
years, then moved to Mill Creek, Erie County
Pa staid about 2 years, then moved to
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the town of Ellicott Chautauque county, that
he lived in the town of Ellicott about 12 years, that for about 2 years he has resided
in the town of Westfield where he
still resides-
He does positively deny that he acted with the enemy during the Revolutionary war, but on the other hand the swears that he was a true &
faithful and soldier in the cause of
American freedom & Independence, and
used his utmost exertions to obtain the
liberties of the States - And further this
deponent saith not.-
He therefore prays that he may be
restored, and that the Honorable the Secretary
of War will see fit to replace him
on the Pension list--
Abner Barlow
Sworn & subscribed this 20th day of January 1834-
E. T. Foote First Judge Cham Con Pleas
Chautauque County Ss Rufus Pier, James Prendergast and Samuel Barrett
being duly sworn do & verally depose and
swear that they have been well acquainted with
Abner Barlow the above deponent
for about fourteen years, that they have
always considered him to be a man
of strict truth and veracity, and an
honest man, and that full credit ought
to be given to his testimony,
Samuel Barrett
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1906 Dec. 10 History to
Mrs Belle S. Leach
1939. Dec. 2. hist. to Mr
A. H. Wilkinson
MCS
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3919
Eunice Barlow 
Wid
Abner Barlow
Pri Rev War
---
Act: Revy
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 29
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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CLERK' S CERTIFICATE.
TERRITORY OF WISCONSIN, Ss
I, Albert G Knight [Henry F Cox Jr] Clerk of the District Court of Racine County in the Territory aforesaid, do hereby Certify
That Hiram Tuttle Esq whose name is subscribed to the  certificate of acknowledgment or proof of the annexed affidavit and thereon written,
was, at the time of taking such acknowledgment or proof, an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly elected and sworn and authorised to take the same--that his signature thereto is genuine,
and that full faith and credit are due and of right should be given, to all his official acts as such.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 2nd day of January A. D. 1846.
Albert G. Knight
Clerk.
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United States of America
Territory of Wisconsin
Racine County SS
Be it known that before me Hiram Tuttle a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid
formally appeared Eunice Barlow
[illeg]
the 3d March 1843
on account of the Revolutionary service of
her husband the late Abner Barlow at the rate of
$80 per annum. The [illeg] now makes this affidavit for the purpose of desiring
a pension under the act of Congress passed on the 17th of June 1844 entitled an act to continue the pensions of certain widows that the she has not intermarried, but continues to be a widow; that the she now resides in Pleasant Prairie in the have in the County & Territory aforesaid & has resided there for [illeg]
of nine years - and that previous thereto she
resided in  Chautaugue County State of
New York
Eunice Barlow
Sworn & subscribed to this 1st day of January 1846
In presence of
Volney French
Before me⎬
Hiram Tuttle Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me and
that she is the same individual who drew pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit Hiram Tuttle Justice of the Peace
Page 33

Southport March 17. 1846.
Dear Sir
Your favor of the 19th ultimo was duly
recd. I think you must have misunderstood the nature of my inquiry.
In relation to Mrs. Barlow, the
amount of her pension had lain so long in the pension office, that the Pension Agent at Milwaukie declined paying it & reported us to your department as an unclaimed Pension-- I enclosed the papers as I supposed properly authenticated for that purpose & the form
used was precisely the same as the Blank form
enclosed by you to me.
in relation to Mrs. Susannah Daniels I
wish to be instructed by forms or otherwise the manner to proceed in order to make the proofs of her decease. By refering to my letter of previous date you will perceive the inquires made.
In this new County with a share population & Courts at a great distance & sitting not often, we labor under much embarassment-- Consequently it is important
that we have all information in order to make
out the papers correct in the first instance
I am Sin Yours 
Very Respectfully
Volney French
J.L. Edwards Esq
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STODDARD & FRENCH,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS.
I. N. STODDARD,
VOLNEY FRENCH.
SOUTHPORT, WIS.
S. & F. will attend to professional business in the South part of
Wisconsin, and in the North part of Illinois.
Court of Record (jurisdiction unlimited are held in
Racine County, Wis. 2d Mon. in Apr. & last Mon. in Oct
Walworth 4th M. in Apr. & 1st M. after 4th M. in Oct
Milwaukee 2d in June, & 2d Mon. in Nov.
Waukesha 3d  in Feb. & 3d in Aug.
Lake Ill. 3d " in April 1st in Sept.
McHenry 4th " in April & 2d " in Sept.
Chicago in Feb., March, May, Aug., Oct. & Nov.
Chancery courts at the same time.
Justices Jurisdiction $50.
DIRECTIONS AND INFORMATION TO CLIENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS.
-
Demands for collection should be in hand at least twenty days before Court, and so much earlier as is practicable to obtain precedence
on the Calendar, and to prevent excuses for a continuance.
If the demand be on an account and a suit is anticipated, the items should be sent in the first instance, as a bill of particulars is required
to be filed with the declaration.
The names of witnesses by whom it can be proved, if disputed, should be given, and the name and place of official business of some
competent judicial officer before whom to take their depositions on notice, no exparte affidavits or depositions being allowed.
The names of all parties and persons should be given in full, as well as the style of firms, plainly and distinctly
Judgement records should be authenticated as required by law of Congress.
Explicit directions in what manner to remit should be given.
When security may be taken, its nature, period of extension, and rate of interest to be secured interest in Wisconsin may be agreed on
at 12 per cent) should be explicitly stated.
Executions issue forthwith, but in justices courts may be stayed two months on good security,
Writs of attachment may issue on proper cause shown by affidavit, to be certified by a Probate Judge, and in such case the creditors
of the debtor may be garnisheed.
Demands on contract are not barred by the statute of limitations until the creditor has resided here six years, no matter where they arose,
or what time may have elapsed elsewhere.
No particular form for Deeds or other conveyances has been prescribed by law.
There is no published abstract of our collecting laws, but we shall keep our correspondents advised of all changes.
One of us will regularly attend the sittings of the above mentioned courts, and the other will be regularly at our office. No communications
will be neglected or answers delayed. We have trustworthy agents in different parts of Wisconsin in constant correspondence
with us, and through whom correct information can at all times be obtained; and we will attend personally to the securing and collection
of demands in the cities of Chicago and Milwaukee, and in the counties above mentioned.
Attention to the foregoing information and directions in the first instance, WILL GREATLY FACILITATE BUSINESS AND COLLECTIONS AND PREVENT ANY MISUNDERSTANDING
LAW AGENCY AND COLLECTING OFFICE OF
STODDARD & FRENCH.
Southport, Wis. July 10, 1847.
Dear Sir,
I write to you for the purpose of ascertaining some certain & fixed rule or form in order to draw a little pension from it
agent at Milwaukee - I have drawn his pension alluded to in it enclosed papers
as agent for the last six years, but have always had to make an extra [illeg]
or two in order to meet the presumed & assured ninety of Mr. Potter & pension agent. Mrs. Barlow is an extreme old lady & lives a number of miles in the Country
& it is with extremely difficulty that she now can execute any papers or hardly
understand them-- By making unnecessary delays & very great expenses in getting business done over two or three times to see good & faithful public servants but at some time I cannot reckon pevishness & captiness in my office as a sine qua non to the faithful discharge of their duties, M. P. is well aquainted
with all the persons in this matter & has been
what want is this, as Mr. P. is well acquainted with all the persons in this matter & has been for years.
What I want is this, as Mr P cannot point our my defects, is to have you examine the enclosed papers, & if they are correct & [illeg] with the
spirit of the Law to [illeg] with your letter to certifingly, if they do not
[illeg] make the necessary amendments in paniel, in order that we may [illeg] hereafter
Yours very truly Volney French

J.L. Edwards Esq
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Southport June 10 1839
J.L. Edward Com Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir.
A day is not since I wrote to you respecting the unpaid pension
of Mrs. Eunice Barlow Since 4th March 1848
Yesterday I recd a letter from Mr. Potter saying
that Mrs. Barlow name now not included
in the list of pensioners in the State.
From the Acts of Congress I do not see why or how the class, she belongs to should be coopted & thinking there might be a mistake
concluded to drop another line
Truly your Obt St [sincerely your obedient servant]
Volney French
Page 36

Southport July 25th 1849
Col. J. L. Edwards
I wish to ascertain, if it is
necessary on application of Mrs. Eunice Barlow
widow of Abner Barlow decd to obtain
a pension under the Act of Feb. 2nd
1848, to prove her marriage again, with
her decd, husband.
She draws or drew a pension under the Act of
July 7th 1838 & the evidence of her marriage is
on file in your Department.
Please state also what is the
balance due her under the latter act.
Mr. Potter seems to be out of funds
Truly your obt St
Volney French
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Southport Wis. Sept. 13th 1849
⎬
Col .J.L. Edwards,
Sir
The pension agt at
Milwaukee informs me that he has no
authority to pay the pension of Mrs. Abner
Barlow, because her name is
not furnished him on the pension list
There are now two years pension due
on the 4th of this month. It seems that she
has not been able to get it, although
has often applied for this length of time
Can she now draw it at Milwaukee
or will she be obliged to make her application at
Washington for the last year?
But again Mr. Potter says even if her
name is sent, she cannot get it, for
the department have not furnished the
necessary funds to pay
the widows pension in this state
Hoping to recieve a reply soon upon this subject
I am very truly your obt svt
Volney French
Page 38

E Barlow
Act 2 Feb 1848 fr 4 March 1848
Southport Wis
Sep 27
Col. J.L. Edwards
Comr Pensions
Washington D.C.
FREE
Page 39

Southport Wisconsin Sept 26/49
Col J. L. Edwars
Enclosed find papers in reference to pension for Mrs A. Barlow [illeg] the Act of 2nd Feb 1848
Truly Your obt st
Volney French
Page 40

Pleasant Praise Wisconsin
March 20th 1850
Sir Mrs Eunice Barlow
widow of Abner Barlow a revolutionary soldier
wishes information with regard to her
pention [pension], she has received 80 dollars
per year but has heard that she
is entitled to ninety six dollars
by the provision of some late act of
Congress. Mr Barlow did not receive
any bounty land is his widow
entitled to any if so how much
pleas inform her
and oblige yours
S.S. Derbyshire
Hon Geo. W. Crawford
Scitary of War
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Kenosha Mar. 31, 1851
Hon James E. Heath
Com Pensions
Dear Sir
Enclosed find the papers in case of Mrs. Eunice Barlow I have furnished no evidence of the marriage, services & death of the soldier he [illeg] her oath, doing it unnecessary this proof viz
on file in your office

Very respectfully
your obt. st
Volney French
Page 42

Kenosha Wisconsin Sept 6 1854
Hon L. P. Waldo Com of Pensions
Dear Sirs
Eunice Barlow, Widow of Abner
Barlow who was a Private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, and the date of the Certificate in her possession issued from Department of the Interior is Oct. 6th 1849.
I wish to call your attention to the facts in her case which can be clearly substantiated and ask your opinion if she is not entitled to $96 per annum instead of $80
Abner Barton served in the Revolutionary War. In the term of six years and under the act
of June 7th 1832 received a pension of full pay ($96) up to the time of his death which occurred some time in the year 1836
Eunice Barlow was married to the said Abner previous to January 1st 1794-and has not intermarried since
the his death -
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I wish to call your attention to the act of June 7, 1832 relating to the Pensions of Revolutionary soldiers and also to the Act of February 2nd 1848, and to the Act of July 29th 1848, relating to the pensions of Widows.
If you shall be of the opinion that she is entitled
to a pension "of equal amount per annum, that her husband would be entitled to if living", as expressed in the Act of July 29. 1848. Will you do me the favor to suggest the proper mode of getting her name placed upon in the pension list
for the proper sum which she is entitled, and about what proofs are necessary to be made, and
trly Yours Respectfully
H. Tuttle
---
Atty for Eunice Barlow
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Kenosha Wisconsin Sept. 14. 1855
Hon. J. Minot
Comr of Pensions
Dear Sirs
Eunice Barlow, Widow of Abner Barlow who was a private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty Dollars
per annum under Act of February 2nd
1848, for which she now holds the proper
Certificate from the Department - I wish to
ascertain, if she is not under subsequent
act of Congress, entitled to an increase of
Pension, and if so, under what act,
and the requisites of the application to
be made therefor to the Department.
By giving me the above desired information
you will oblige
Yours Respectfully
H. Tuttle
Kenosha
Wisconsin
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Kenosha Wisconsin March 14. 1856
Hon J Minot
Comr of Pensions
Dear Sir:
Enclosed please find a certified Copy of the Rolls and Documents in the Office of Secy of State of New Hampshire, under the Seal of the State to prove the service of Abner Barleow in
the Revolutionary War
Please file the enclosed as proof to sustain
the claim of Eunice Barlow (widow of Abner)
No 123.518, for Bounty Land under act of 3 March 1855 and
oblige Yours Respectfully
H. Tuttle
Atty for claimant
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123.573
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Kenosha Wisconsin, May 2d 1855
Hon S. P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
Dear Sir
Enclosed is the Declaration & application of Eunice Barlow for bounty land under the act approved March 3. 1855
Please enter the same
on file for action in its proper order
and when warrant is issued direct 
the same to care of
Yours [truly]
H. Tuttle
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Page 48

Eunice Barlow
upon
Claim No 123.513
Record proof from office of
Secy of State of
New Hampshire
Page 49

State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State's Office
I do hereby certify, That from an
examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services
in the war of the Revolution, which
remain in this office, it appears that the
name of Abner Barlow is borne
upon a Book Labeled "Reid's N.H.
Regt 2d regt, 229th Page.
"Abner Barlow" "War ". "Stratford"
"Paid by the Continent in 1777. 12,
"ditto 1778 L 4, ditto in 1779 24/ 5 4
"an order on the Treasurer for $120-- 3,00
1780 June 23 to a Certificate for the Balance dcd Majr Whitcomb 20 & 51 L72
"1786" Feby. 16 Gave a certificate to John Young" "19"
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"1776" "Contra"
"Cn"
"Dec 30th "By 3 years Service to 1st Jany 1780 a 40/p. mo 72
Prisoner "
Oct 15, 1780"
-
By 9 1/2 months in 1780"--
19,
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said State,
this sixth day of March AD. 1856
Lemuel N. Pattee Secy of State
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U. S. S. Derbyshire
Julyy 23. 1850
Let H Tuttle 
September 14/54
20 Sep 25 1855

Reg 3 m 55 123813
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6277
Wisconsin
Eunice Barlow widow of Abner Barlow decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 4th June 1836
of Racine Co. in the territory of Wisconsin
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain--
of the Regt commanded
by Col. Whitcomb in the New Hampshire
line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Wisconsin
the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. June
1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of July 1841 and sent Volney French Southport Wisconsin
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $380.00
{Act July 7,}
1838.
Recorded by
DD Addison Clerk
Book A Vol 2 Page 228

let 11 Augt 1841
to V. French
do to to same Sept. 6. 1841-
do to Hon H Dodge Jan 31. 1842
Let to Volney French June 24
1842. do. to Hon. H. Dodge H.R.
July 29. 1842 -- Letter to Page
& V. French Sept 21. 1842 do to
Pagt. Oct 22. 1842
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of the 6 April 1838 from
4. June 1836 to 4 June 1841 Act
notified 23d Feby 1843
let to S.S. Derbyshire Sept 7. 1843
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1 Cafe.
John Vincent, judge
Erie,or Presque isle

Pennsylvania
5 June 1818

Received 22d: July, 1818

Not on Continental
establishment
Inadmissible
Served in Whitcomb's
Rangers nearly
four years. See Roll
Correct
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Wisconsin 5792
-
Eunice Barlow
widow of Abner Barlow
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
1st day of July 1844 and sent to Volney French
Southport, Wisconsin Territory
Recorded in Book A.
{Act of March 3, 1843.}
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1,
Page 24
Refr
let to V French Mar 20 45
same person Feb 19. 1846.
same person April 1846.
July 20 1847
Aug. 8. 1849
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Eunice Barlow
of Abner
Wisconsin
-
Suspended
-
See let 22d April
1841 to V. French
let. 28 May 41 to do
Act 7 July 1838
7739
Eunice Barlow
of Abner
Wisconsin
Admitted

Private 2 yrs $80
Major Whitcomb N.H
died 4th June 1836
Act 7 July 1838
Volney
French
Southport,
Wisconsin
Page 56

19616
Rev Army
Eunice Barlow, Wisconsin Roll, act 1838, at $80 per Ann
Be pleased to say to what time paid if at all
Pension Office ⎬
June 24, 1842

no payments as far as returns
have been recved
JH
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Abner Barlow, Act March 18, 1818, New York
or Albany doll
Be pleased to say to what time
he was last paid
Pension Office
June 30 1840.
p of 4th March 1836
JH
123513
Eunice
Barlow
and Abner
Boyntons
KENOSHA Wis Mar 15
Hon. J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
On Official Business
FREE
Page 58

123.513
KENOSHA Wis May 2
Official Business
Hon Loren P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Page 59

State of Vermont

Essex County Ss
I William Gates Clerk of the
County Court within and for
the County of Essex do hereby certify that Oliver Ingham Esqr whose
name is affixed to the within
certificate was on the day of the
date therof a Judge of the County
Court within & for the County of
Essex aforesaid acting under the
authority of the state of Vermont
and that his name thereunto subscribed
is his own proper signature
-
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the county seal
this 19th day of August AD 1820-
---
William Gates Clerk of
Essex County Court
Page 60

Abel Leonard of lawfull age testifies and says that in the year 1778 that he was a sergeant in Maj'r Benjamin Whitcomb charge of 
Rangers and that Abner Barlow belong'd to sd'd charge and that he was more than nine months in s'd service
/s/Abel Leonard
Canaan Essex County State of Vermont 
July 14th Day AD 1820
then personally appear'd Abel Leonard Esqr of s'd Canaan and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit which he Subscrib'd
before me /s/Oliver Ingham Chief Judge of the County Court within and for s'd County
Page 61

State of New York
Saratoga County}ss: John Perry of Galway in the County of Saratoga, aged sixty years being duly sworn says that he was well acquainted with Abner Barlow; & that in the beginning of the year 1777 this deponent found the said Abner Barlow an enlisted soldier in the Revolutionary War, in a company called "the Rangers" & commanded by Capt. Whitcomb, afterwards Major Whitcomb. that this Deponent saw the said Abner Barlow very frequently & knows that he served in the said company of Rangers about two years after the beginning of the year 1777 and this deponent was informed by the said Barlow (& which he believes to be true) that the said Barlow enlisted in the year 1776 & served in the Revolutionary war about five years, but this deponent cannot say from his own knowledge that ['that' crossed out] the said Barlow served more than the two years above stated, though this deponent was well acquainted with the said Abner Barlow, both  before & after his enlistment - 
/s/John T. Perry
Sworn this 21st day June 1820 - before me
/s/James Thompson first judge of Saratoga County
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State of New York
Saratoga County}ss. Pelatiah Nichols of Galway in the County of Saratoga being duly sworn says that he has been acquainted with John Perry within named about thirty years, and consider him a man of truth and veracity - 
/s/Pellatiah Nichols
Sworn the 17th day of October 1820. 
before me /s/James Thompson first Judge of Saratoga County
Saratoga County ss. I certify that I have for a few years acquainted with Pellatiah Nichols, the above deponent and consider him entitled to credit on his oath, and am thereby justified that the within statement of John Perry is entitled to belief 
/s/James Thompson first Judge of Saratoga County 
State of New York
Saratoga County Clerk's Office} ss. 
I Huntothe W Palmer deputy clerk of said county do certify that James Thompson was at the time of taking the same first Judge of the court of common Pleas in and for the said County acting under the authority of this state duly commissioned and sworn and that the above and within are his signatures
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 17th day of October 1820. 
/s/H. W. Palmer Dept'y clerk
John Perry's afft.
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I Benjamin Whitcomb of Canaan in Grafton County State of New Hampshire aged eighty three years a pensioner of the United States do Depose & say that I enlisted Abner Barlow into my Company of Light infantry called New Hampshire Rangers in the month of February AD 1777. That he continued to serve in said Company until the month of October 1781 when he was taken prisoner on Onion River near Lake Champlain by the Indians 
I was kept by them in Canada until the Close of the war in 1783 when he returned home he was inlisted for during the war & was one of my best soldiers - 
My Commission as Captain & as Major were issued from Congress & said Company he served in was a part of the Continental establishment 
I am well acquainted with Abel Leonard Esqr of Canaan Vermont he is a respectable credible man & was another of my Soldiers - In 1783 all said Company were discharged - 
/s/Benj Whitcomb
Grafton ss October 9th AD 1820 Then personally appearing the said Major Benjamin Whitcomb & made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him signed is Just & true and I do certify that he is a credible and respectable witness
before me Sam'l Hutchins {Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss. Court Common Pleas Clerk's Office Oct'r 10, 1820
This certifies to whom it may concern that Samuel Hutchins Esq'r whose name appears, under his own hand, to a certificate on the other side of this sheet. is a Justice of the peace within & for said county of Grafton duly qualified to take affidavits and that full faith & credit to and ought to be given to his attestations as such. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of said court the day & year above written
/s/R. O. Woodward Clerk
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Hon: Sec'y of War
Washington
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[handwritten letter]
Jamestown Chautauqua Co. N.Y. - 
Jan'y 28, 1834 - 

Hon. Sec'y of War.
or J. L. Edwards Esq - 
Sir - Yours of the 27th ult, stating that you had rec'd information that Abner Barlow acted with the enemy during the Revolutionary war, came to hand, and immediately after I wrote to him, and he has lately called on me, and he has made out proof which appeared to me must be satisfactory to convince you that the charge against him is absolutely false - Mr Barlow resided for a number of years, within 2 or 3 miles of this village, during which time I drew his papers and he got on the pension list 2 or 3 years ago he moved to Westfield in this county, a distance of about  30 miles, but still has frequently visited this place, so that the persons who swear in his behalf have been well acquainted with him for about 14 years - I do not know what evidence you have to strike Mr Barlow from the roll, but expect it is no more that the assertion or charge of some person (and who he is Mr Barlow cannot conceive) who for malicious purposes has made the charge, and without even the sanction of an oath - Mr. Barlow ever since we have known him has sustained an irreproachable character as the affidavits of Judge Prendergast's, Messrs Barnett & Pier, as well as the certificates of Judges Foote & Campbell, fully show, and in addition we have the affidavit of a very worthy old gentleman Mr Blodget who has known him since '77, and who sustains not ['duly' crossed out] only his ['good' crossed out] character, ['but his' crossed out] for truth, but also his character as a faithful soldier in the cause of his country during the
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[handwritten letter]
Revolutionary war - The affidavit of Major Whitcomb Mr Barlow's commandant is on file as your offices, to which we beg leave to refer to prove his services, but to prove his character and his fidelity in the cause of his country we cannot obtain the affidavit of the said Whitcomb as we understand he is dead, nor does Mr. Barlow know of any one who is a living, who serve with him, to dispel the charge against him - Under the late law the Sec'y has allowed the affidavit of the ['complainant' crossed out] applicant, supported by the testimony of two witnesses as evidence sufficient to put a soldier on the pension roll - By a parity of reasoning, (not knowing what your rule is) we have supported Mr. Barlow's character by the testimony of the first citizens of this country - I beg leave to refer you as to the character of the witnesses as well as Mr. Barlow's character, to the Hon: Mr. Hazeltine our representative in Congress who is well acquainted with all the parties - Now the questions is submitted to you, whether this respectable & venerable old man shall in ['old' crossed out] his old age be deprived of the pittance of his country has seen fit to give him, on the mere charge, without even the affidavit of the accuser, or whether you will restore him, on the evidence herewith forwarded - If he is restored he pleased to forward your letter to me, if he is not let us know the name of his accuser, at least, so that we may know what & whom we have to meet -
Page 68

[handwritten letter]
The charge of being a pilot for the enemy during the war with Great Britain, is one that even rumour never whispered against him here, and we were all astonished to hear that charge - 
Be pleased to write as soon as convenient after the receipt of this, also let me know what you have done in the cases of Jesse Skinner and Asa Moore, applicants for pensions under the late law - Their papers have been before you more than a year.
Yours very Respectfully
/s/Sam'l A. Brown
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[handwritten letter]
House of Representatives
Feb. 8, 1834

Hon. J. L. Edwards, 
Dear Sir,
I herewith transmit the papers of Abner Barlow, recently received from Samuel A. Brown, Esqr. Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York. Mr. Barlow, it seems has been stricken from the Pension List, on the representation of some individual unknown to him. As his agent, Mr. Brown has in his letter mentioned my name in connection with the witnesses in this case, I feel bound to say, that I am acquainted with Messrs. Prendergast, Foote, Campbell, Barrett, & Pier, and that they are among the most respectable individuals in the community in which they live, all of them holding official stations excepting Mr. Prendergast who is an aged citizen possessing great wealth and weight of character. I know Mr. Barlow well, and have never before
Page 70

[handwritten letter]
heard of any imputation upon his character. 
So far as I know, he has always stood fair. I have even supposed him an inoffensive, quiet, honest man, and never before heard an intimation of any suspicion in relation to his revolutionary services. 
I have the Honor to be &c. 
/s/Abner Hazeltine -
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[handwritten letter]
Washington, D.C. July 27, 1834

Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Comm'r of Pensions, 
Sir, 
I beg leave to call your attention to the contents of the enclosed letter, from a respectable citizen of Southport, in the Territory of Wisconsin, relative to the pension of Mrs. Eunice Barlow. And I will thank you to give me such information upon the subject as will be useful to her. 
very respectfully, Your obd't serv't
/s/Henry Dodge
P.S. - Please return the letter of Mr. French.
Page 72

Nov 3d
to ['Emi' crossed out] Abner Barlow Wisc. Ter.
Abingdon Ill
Oct 18 1837
2949
['20' crossed out]
To Secretary of the Pension department - or whom it may concern
Washington City
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[handwritten letter]
Oct 16 1857
Pleas't Prairie Racine County Wisconsin Seretary
To the Secretary of the pension department or whom this my concern
I as atty for Mrs Eunice Barlow the widow of Abner Barlow forwarded her papers for the [illegible] of the pension due her. they were sent back for a Seal of the County and then returned to Washington again Since then we have heard nothing from them
The old Lady is very poor and of Record is any thing coming to her it is very desirable that it should come on soon if consistent 
Please let me know what the difficulty if any or whether it has been sent or not
/s/Lerner(?) R Stone
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: F. 133 pge 3_Septr 8
W. French
8 September 1840.
Ans'd Sept 7, 1840
Pension Office
Wis:Ter.]
[postmark: SOUTHPORT W.T. AUG 27]
Hon. J. R. Poinsett
Secretary War
Washington D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Southport Racine Co. Wisconsin Territory
August 26th 1840

Dear Sir,
Yours of 30th June was duly received, respecting, the Pension of Eunice Barlow widow of Abner Barlow deceased. I am now waiting for the session of our next Court to obtain the necessary vouchers to send on in order to draw the ballance due from Gov't since the death of her husband. 
In regard to her application for a pension under the act of July 7th 1838, you stated that a copy of that act was enclosed & sent to me - it was probably omitted through mistake as that act was not among the papers sent to me. If the vouchers are required to be in different forms from those under other circumstances (with their proper adaptation) please state.
Mrs. B. was married in 1784 & the Com. of Pen. says if so she is entitled to a pension under the act of 7. July 1838. Inasmuch as the name of Abner Barlow stands upon the pension List & has drawn a pension several years, is it necessary in order to get her pension under that act, that papers be again forwarded of his rights to draw a Pension? Or will it be sufficient for the widow
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to verify the Certificate under which her husband drew his pension?
Please inclose the act referred to with instructions if my accompanying that act & also a reply if necessary to my laeason, send to Green Mountain State, to gather up proof of her marriage. It was at an early day in the settlement of Vermont & it is quite doubtful of of there being a written record. Ast enquiries. 
An early reply is solicited as she wishes before navigation closes for the Snd those that knew of her marriage are fast going to the "Land of Spirits"
Very Respectfully I remain Yours &c. 
/s/Volney French
Hon. J. R. Poinsett
Sec'y War.
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To J. L. Edwards
Com. Pensions
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[handwritten letter]
Southport. Racine County 
Wisconsin Territory Feby. 25. 1841.

Sir,
Enclosed I send you the papers of Widow Eunice Barlow wife of Abner Barlow deceased, in order for that lade to obtain a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838. These directed to the Third auditor relate to the balance of the Pension yet due from the U.S. to the widow of the deceased pensioner. 
She has constituted me Attorney for her in both instances and should it be allowed the money can be transmitted to me in the usual way. If there is any informality or want of proof in either of the cases, please give specifick directions for we are so isolated here, that it is quite hard to obtain the facilities of information necessary to be entirely correct. 
You will observe that the bible record herewith transmitted, & sworn to conditions also the records of Abner Barlow Jun'r but that the marriage of his father was copied in his presence from the original record in the old bible - & that the old one was worn out or nearly so & lost.
Very Respectfully Yours &c. 
/s/Volney French
J. L. Edwards
Com. Pensions.
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: Caveat 
P.O. [illegible]]
Lunenburg Vt Free ['18 3/4' crossed out]
August 18
Secretary of War
Pension Office
Washington City
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[handwritten letter]
Lunenburg Vt.

Dr Sir - 
In investigating the claims of those applying for pensions in the County of Essex of Vermont I was inform that Abner Barlow of Portland Chatauqua County New York was now in receipt of a pension. If so I can furnish abundant proof that he acted with the enemy during the revolutionary War and acted as a pilot for them in their incursions against our  defenceless frontier inhabitants
Yours Respectfully
/s/Wm Gates
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[handwritten letter]
Southport May. 15. 1841. 

Sir,
Yours of April 22d came duly to hand, I have seen Mr. Abner Barlow Jr. and herewith send you his affidavit properly authenticated I believe, which speaks more fully as to the time of the transfer of the record of his father's marriage. 
I have sent to Northumberland N.H. to have the records searched - but there is nothing to be found of marriages at so early a date. I enclose the affidavit of Tirzah Day. It has been sent to me without being authenticated as I expected. Should it be necessary I will cause it to be done. 
Should there be wanting more testimony please inform me on the receipt of this or as soon as convenient - 
I shall go to New England in August - & I may there find some one that may know more about it - tho I have caused inquiries to be made of all that we think would be most likely to know or remember the events of one half a century since
Very Respectfully Yours &c. 
/s/Volney French
J. L. Edwards Esq'r 
Com'r Pensions
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I Anna Schoff of Maidstone in the County of Essex & State of Vermont depose & say ['that' crossed out] That I am wife of Jacob Schoff of said Maidstone who is a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States - I am eighty one years of age. I further depose that Eunice Barlow widow of Abner Barlow deceased who now lives at or near Milwaukee in the Territory of Wisconsin is my sister. The maiden name of my said sister was Eunice French & my maiden name was Anna French. 
I further depose that on the ninth day of December in the year of our Lord ['Seventy' crossed out] Seventeen hundred and eighty four I was confined by the birth of a child and while I was so confined my said sister as I then and have always since understood was married to said Abner Barlow by Jeremiah Eames Esq Justice of the peace of Northumberland in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire at the residence of said Evans in s'd Northumberland Even after said marriage as I understood took place my said sister lived with said Barlow most of the time at Stratford New Hampshire till they moved to the Western part of New York over thirty years ago. They had four or five children when they moved from this country to the West. I always understood that said Abner Barlow was a soldier in the War of the Revolution & I was acquainted with him while he was out in said war - 
/s/X her mark Anna Schoff
Witness /s/Wm Heywood Jr.
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State of Vermont
Essex County ss} At Maidstone in said county on this 3d day of June A.D. 1841 - 
Then Anna Schoff personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed before me - 
And I further certify that I am well acquainted with said Anna Schoff & that she is a credible witness
/s/William Heywood Jr Justice of peace
State of Vermont
Essex County ss} I Lucius B Webb Clerk of the County Court in & for said County of Essex do hereby certify that William Heywood Jr is a Justice of the peace within & for said County of Essex duly sworn & authorised to administer oaths that his Commission is dated October 29th A.D. 1840 & will expire on the last day of Nov'r A.D. 1841 & that his signature above written is genuine - 
[court seal affixed] In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court & subscribed my name at Guildhall in said County this 4th day of June A.D. 1841 - 
/s/Lucius B Webb Clerk
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[handwritten letter]
Southport June 26. 1841.
Racine County Wisconsin Territory.

Sir.
Enclosed I send you the dep'o of Anna Schoff in relation to the application of Widow Abner Barlow for a Pension. Yours of April 22d was duly received. Since that time I have forwarded to you the amended affidavit of Abner Barlow, jr. I have also sent to the State of Vermont & procured the enclosed. The records were thoroughly searched, but no further record can be be formed, other than the one sent. The affidavit of Tirzah Day sent back to be authenticated contains nothing further than what is deposed to, in the enclosed one of Mrs. Schoff. On receiving this I have countermanded the ['further' crossed out] sending that again, deeming unnecessary, as all the facts there sworn to, are fully set forth in the enclosed; So the best evidence is sent of the facts upon which the claim is founded. 
If it would not be too presumptuous, may I look for an answer soon? 
If there be not sufficient evidence will the department have the goodness to point out, in what respects proof is wanting?
Very Respectfully I am Yours &c. 
/s/Volney French
J. L. Edwards Esq
Washington.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 2d, 1841. 

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 Abner Barlow dec'd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and [blank] Cents per ['annum' crossed out] month under the law of the 18th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 4th June 1836. 
Respectfully yours, 
/s/Albion K. Parris
Comptroller. 
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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[handwritten letter]
Southport July 26, 1841. 
Racine County. Wisconsin Territory. 

Sir - 
As I am intending starting for the State of New Hampshire in a few weeks, & might there if it shall be necessary, take some farther testimony in the case of Widow Eunice Barlow, I should be happy to hear if the department has made a decision in that lady's case yet. 
The last letter received on the subject, relative to a final decision was dated, April 22d last, in which you say, that the "papers were filed among the pended cases" since which I have forwarded more proof as to the marriage of Abner Barlow to his widow - the Petitioner. 
Very Respectfully I am Yours &c. 
/s/V. French
J. L. Edwards Esq
Com. Pensions
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[handwritten letter]
Albany N.Y. Sept'r 3d. 1841. 

Dear Sir,
I have once more to trouble you respecting the pension of Wid. Abner Barlow. Knowing the Pension Agent S. B. Knapp Esq. to be of doubtful "fiscal" reputation, on receiving the certificate of that lady's pension I immediately wrote to Mr. Knapp to know of him in what funds it would be paid in, & also whether it would be promptly paid should I bring proper vouchers to his office at Mineral Point. I done this more particularly because it is nearly 150 miles from Southport & a  journey to that place would be very expensive, the way we were obliged to travel. It was two weeks beyond the usual time for letters to go & come from Mineral Point when I started from Wisconsin & no answer was received. In the mean time the Bank of Mineral Point blew up & legal process instituted against - that rotten institution to wind up its concerns. Mr. K. figured largely in this Bank & was one of its principal officers & stockholders. 
When coming down on the Great Western from W.T. I received information from a Lawyer of DuBuque Iowa (a stranger to me) that Knapp was taken a day or two previous to his starting by the officers in pursuit, near the Mississippi River - That he had ran away with the
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[handwritten letter]
remaining available funds of the Bank - How much truth there is in this I am unable to say, but from what I know of the concern I am led to believe it. 
The object of this letter then is to enquire whether this last pension the same as the first may not be drawn upon the Land office at Milwaukee, Mineral Point even providing the pension fund "has not taken unto itself legs" is at a distant part of the Territory & somewhat hazardous in carrying correct money through as yet an unsettled Country. I am now on my way to Vermont & North shall be at Southport in about Six weeks. Will you address me a letter to Southport Wisconsin, as soon as convenient, so that I may have it on my return?
It may be that I have been misinformed in regard to Mr. K's absquatulation - & in that case the procuring the funds of Gov't but such are the opinions of those know him & have live nearer him than myself. 
Very truly yours
/s/Volney French 
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
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[handwritten letter]
Washington D.C. Jan. 29, 1842. 

Sir,
I received yesterday a letter from a Mr. Volney French, dated "Southport (W.T.) Jan'y 15, in which he says:
"More than a year ago I obtained a pension, under the act of July 1838 I think, for widow Eunice Barlow. The amount is $400. I have the certificate, drawn upon that notorious financier, Sam'l B. Knapp, of Mineral Point, who was then the agent for paying pensions in the Territory of Wisconsin. I have not been able to get this pension on account of the defalcation of Knapp. The old lady has but a brief time to live, and she needs this money for her daily support. I think if you would do me the favor of calling upon the Comss'r of Pensions, he would send a draft for the amount upon the Land office of at Milwaukee. I am her agent, known in the business, and having corresponded considerably with the Comss'r, he will recollect the case without any further voucher than the papers on file."
Will you be so kind sir as to inform me if Mrs. B. can be assisted in the manner suggested by Mr. French - or in what way she can be most speedily relieved.
very respectfully Your obed't serv't
/s/Henry Dodge
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comss'r of Pensions}
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[handwritten letter]
Southport June 13, 1842. 
Dear Sir,
I am compelled once more to trouble you with a letter respecting the unpaid pension of Wid. Abner Barlow. From what I saw in the newspapers I supposed Mr. Potter of Milwaukee was prepared to make payment to pensioners, & made a journey to that place on purpose. 
Mr. P. informed me that he could not pay over any moneys until he had got instructions, and also the list of ['unclaimed' crossed out] unpaid pensioners and other papers from Sam'l B. Knapp. He also informed me that he had made application to Knapp for these documents but had not received them. The night before I got there Mr. Knapp passed through the place & took  Boat for the East. Mr. Potter did not know whether he had received his letter before he started, or whether it was his intention to not deliver to him the papers. In either case it must be sometime before, Mr. P. can be prepared to make payment, & the  particular object of my writing also this time, is to ascertain whether, you would not deem it expedient to specially direct Mr. P. to pay Mrs. Barlow the am't of her claim.
['Present' crossed out] Will she not be entitled to draw interest from the date of the allowance of her claim at the rate of Seven per cent? If so please mention the fact to Mr. Potter. 
Yours Very Respectfully
/s/Volney French.
J. L. Edwards Esq'r
Com. Pensions.
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[addressed envelope]
Eunice Barlow
Wisc Roll '38
[postmark: SOUTHPORT W.T. SEP 12]  FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq'r
Commissioner Pensions
Washington D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Southport Sept. 12, 1842. 

Dear Sir,
The last letter I rec'd from you, you mentioned of Mr. Bates of the Senate & Mr. Tuney of the house being about to introduce a joint resolution respecting the law of July 7, 1838 - I saw the papers of through the Senate and not having the debates in full I am not apprised of its passage in the House. 
Will the Com'r have the goodness to advise me of the fact - if so I presume the payment of Mrs. Barlow's pension will be not withheld longer than is necessary to produce the vouchers. 
Her friends have urged me to write this at this present time. 
I am Sir Respect'y Yours,
/s/Volney French. 
J. L. Edwards Esq
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GIDEON, PRINTER
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
January 10th, 1843. 

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," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time withing which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Eunice Barlow, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Wisconsin Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars ['and [blank] Cents' crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of June 1836, to the 4th June 1841 - 
Respectfully, yours, 
/s/Albion K. Parris
Comptroller. 
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.
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Pleasant Prairie Wis.
August 27. 1843
S. S. Derbyshire
Pension case of Mrs. E. Barlow
D110. Rec Septem 6, 1843
Pension Office. 
Eunice Barlow
Wis Terr.
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[handwritten letter]
Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin Ter
August 27 AD 1843

Dear Sir
Mrs. Eunice Barlow of this place widow of Abner Barlow deceast has requested me to write to you to ascertain whether she is intitled a pention under the acts of the last or any previous Congress that she has not received.
You will see by referring to document in your department that I was appointed attorney by Mrs Barlow to receive a pention that she has had through your office
You with sincere respect 
/s/Sidney S. Derbyshire
Hon Secretary of War
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: 6105. June 24, 1844 Wis Ter Mar 3 1843 Eunice Barlow. $80 per ann]
[postmark: SOUTHPORT W.T. JUNE 14] Free
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner Pensions.
Washington, D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Southport June 14, 1844. 
Dr. Sir.
Enclosed are the papers of Mrs. Eunice Barlow authenticated according to the forms sent to him by the department. Her Pension is under the accorded act of July 1838 granting half pay to widows & orphans. 
I am with great respect Your obt. Servant
/s/Volney French
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner Pensions.
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State of Wisconsin
County of Racine}ss: On this 12th day of September A.D. 1849 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the Town of Southport in the County & State aforesaid Eunice Barlow a resident of the Town of Pleasant Prairie in said County & State aged Eighty two 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the Second February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Capt. Benjamin Whitcomb's Corps of Rangers in the Army of the Revolutionary war - and that under an act passed June 17th 1844 she received the annual amount of pension of Eighty Dollars - She further declares that she is still a widow
/s/X her mark Eunice Barlow
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me}
/s/Hiram Tuttle Justice of the Peace, Of the County of Racine and State of Wisconsin
In Presence of 
/s/A W Dimis(?)
/s/Volney French}
I certify that the above named declarant Eunice Barlow is personally known to me. and that from infirmities of age She was unable to sign her name.
/s/Hiram Tuttle Justice of the Peace
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State of Wisconsin
Racine County ss I Isaiah G. Parker Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said county do hereby certify that Hiram Tuttle is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified, that he was elected on the first Tuesday of April 1849 and that his term of Office will expire in two years from that date, and that his signature to the within is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of court at Racine this 20th day of September A.D. 1849. 
/s/Isaiah G. Parker Clerk
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State of Wisconsin
County of Kenosha} ss: On this 31st day of March A.D. 1851 personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within & for the County & State aforesaid Eunice Barlow aged Eighty-three years & upwards a resident of the Town of Pleasant Prairie in the Said State of Wisconsin who being duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the widow of Abner Barlow deceased who was a private in Major Benj'n Whitcomb's Corps of Rangers so called - that from her present remembrance the Company was a company especially organized for the purpose of scouting & watching the movements of the enemy. But who the superior officers were the undersigned does not now remember if she ever had the information - This Company was organized in the States of New Hampshire & Vermont during the Revolutionary War and that her late husband enlisted on or about the first day of January A.D. Seventeen Hundred & seventy seven - that he enlisted at Maidstone Vermont for the term of during the war and continued in actual service until the close of the War - That sometime previous to the end of the war, but the undersigned cannot now remember what time her said late husband was taken prisoner of the Indians, carried to Canada & continued there until peace was declared; & was then or shortly before exchanged. The undersigned would further declare that she is unable to state whether her said husband ever received a discharge or not - that some years since her said husband was placed upon the pension list - & she respectfully refers the department to the papers on file in reference to the evidence of his enlistment, service & discharge. 
She further states that she was married to the said Abner Barlow in Northumberland, Coos County New Hampshire on the 15th day of December Seventeen Hundred and Eighty four as near as she can now recollect by one Jeremiah Eames a Justice of the Peace,
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and that her name before he said marriage was Eunice French - that her said husband died at the Town of Pleasant Prairie where she now resides, on the Fourth Day of June Eighteen Hundred and thirty six and that she is still a widow. 
She further states that she has no documentary proof of her marriage & that she does not believe there is any in existence - that she has claim a pension under the acts of July 7th 1838, March 3, 1843 June 17th 1844 & Feb. 2nd 1848 and that for proof of the marriage and death of her late husband, she refers to the evidence now on file on her application for her pension as aforesaid. 
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty Land ['Land' crossed out] to which she may be entitled under the "Act passed September 28th 1850"
/s/X her mark Eunice Barlow
In presence of
/s/Ann S. French
/s/Volney French
/s/Hiram Tuttle}
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day & year above written} 
/s/Hiram Tuttle Justice of the Peace
State of Wisconsin
Kenosha County} ss: I, Oscar F. Dana, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and state aforesaid do hereby certify that Hiram Tuttle whose name is subscribed to the certificate of acknowledgment or proof of the annexed application for Bounty Lands and thereon written was at the time of taking such acknowledgment or proof, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected and sworn and authorized to take the same, that his signature thereto is genuine, and that full
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faith and credit are due and of right should be given to all his official acts as such, and that the same is executed and acknowledged in conformity with the laws of this state and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record having general Jurisdiction
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 31st day of March AD 1851. 
/s/O. F. Dana Clerk County Court
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/s/James Prendergast
/s/Rufus Pier
Sworn & subscribed January 20th 1834 Before me
/s/E. T. Foote First Judge of Chautauqua Com Pleas
I certify that foregoing deponents are among the most reputable inhabitants of this town - Two of them are magistrates & the other has been a Judge of our Court of Common Pleas. I should also concur in the testimony of the Deponents from an acquaintance with Mr Barlow for many years in this town.
Jamestown January 20th 1834
/s/E. T. Foote Judge Chau Com Pleas 
Chautauqua Co ss. 
Levi Blodget aged sixty nine years being duly sworn doth depose and say that he became acquainted with Abner Barlow the above deponent in the year 1777. in the State of Newhampshire that he has been well acquainted with him ever since. That he ever has been and still is an honest man and a man of strict truth and veracity, and farther this deponent believes the said Abner was a good true and faithful soldier in the cause of his Country during  the time of his services in the revolutionary war - 
/s/Levi Blodget
Sworn and subscribed before me Jan'y 23rd 1834}
/s/T. B. Campbell Judge of Chau. Com pleas} 
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Levi Blodget and know him to be a reputable man and entitled to credit, I also concur with him in relation to the Character of Abner Barlow so far as has come to my knowledge. I have know him about fifteen years - 
/s/T. B. Campbell Judge of Chau. Com pleas
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State of New York 
Chautauqua County Clerk's Office} ss. 
I James B. Lowry Clerk of said County Do Certify that Elial T. Foote & Thomas B. Campbell Esquires before whom the foregoing affidavits purporting to have been sworn and by whom the foregoing Certificates purport to have been made, were on the date of the several affidavits & certificates Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly Commissioned & Sworn. 
And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said judges and verily believe the signatures of "E. T. Foote" & "T. B. Campbell" subscribed to the said sworn affidavits & Certificates are the proper handwriting & signatures of the said Judges. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 25th day of January A.D. 1834. 
/s/Jas. B. Lowry Clerk
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6105
Widow's declaration
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Territory of Wisconsin
Racine County} ss On this 8th day of May A.D. 1844 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace of the Town of Southport in the County and territory aforesaid Eunice Barlow a resident of the Town of Pleasant Prairie in the County of Racine in the Territory aforesaid aged seventy six years who being first sworn according to Law doth ['depose' crossed out] 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 of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Abner Barlow and served in Capt. Levi Aldrich's Company of Rangers in the New Hampshire line, which company was under the Command of Major Benjamin Whitcomb. Deponent further says that she drew a pension under the act of July 7th 1838 and that the annual amount of the same was Eighty dollars. Deponent further declares that she is still a widow. 
/s/Eunice Barlow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me 
/s/H'm Tuttle} Justice of the Peace In and for the County of Racine & Territory of Wisconsin 
Territory of Wisconsin
Racine County} ss I Hiram Tuttle the person who took the foregoing affadavit, do hereby certify that Eunice Barlow the declarant and the persons who subscribed the same was at such time personally known to me. 
Southport May 8th 1844.} 
/s/H'm Tuttle Justice of the Peace
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Territory of Wisconsin
Racine County ss} I, Henry F. Cox Jr Clerk of the District Court in and for the county of Racine and Territory aforesaid, do hereby certify that Hiram Tuttle whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and thereon written, was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county aforesaid duly elected, and sworn, and authorised to take the same and that his signature thereto is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our District Court at Racine this 12th day of June AD 1844. 
/s/Henry F. Cox Jr Clerk for Isaiah G. Parker, Depty
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I Abner Barlow of the Town of Pleasant Prairie in the County of Racine and Territory of Wisconsin do depose and say that I am the son of Abner Barlow deceased and gave my affidavit touching the application of the Widow of said Abner Barlow for a pension, some time in February last. 
The transfer of the marriage of my father & mother from the old to the new family Bible was made some time in the Spring of Eighteen Hundred and Twenty Seven. I was present and saw it done. The name of the person who done it was James Livingston. Mr. Livingston at that time came to my House to do some writings and while there, he being a good penman I requested him & he made the transfer. The old family Bible had been previously given to me by my mother. I know it was an exact copy from the old Bible. The new Bible upon which this record was made by Mr. Livingston, has been kept by me ever since. The reason of the transfer being made, was because the old family Bible had become nearly worn out & I wished to preserve the record. I do not know that the old bible is now in existence & believe it to be entirely worn out. 
/s/Abner Barlow
Territory of Wisconsin
Racine County} ss: Personally appeared the above named Abner Barlow and made oath according to Law that the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed are true. 
/s/E. T. Till Just. 
Dated Pleasant Prairie
May 4th 1841.
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CLERK'S CERTIFICATE - Printed by J. O'Rourke, Milwaukee.
Territory of Wisconsin, 
RACINE COUNTY,} ss. 
I, HENRY F. COX, Jr. Clerk of the District Court of Racine County, in the Territory aforesaid, Do hereby certify, That Elisha T. Till whose name is subscribed to the certificate of acknowledgement  or proof of the annexed affidavit and thereof written was, at the time of taking such acknowledgement or proof, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn and authorised to take the same; that his signature thereto is genuine, and that full faith and credit are due and of right should be given, to all his official acts as such. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Seventh day of May A.D. 1841.
/s/Henry F. Cox Jr. CLERK.
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Territory of Wisconsin
Racine County ss 
Before me Andrew G Miller, Presiding Judge of the District Court of the said County of Racine personally appeared Abner Barlow aged forty one years, who on his oath say that he is the son of Abner Barlow late a pensioner of the United States now deceased and Eunice Barlow. That said Abner Barlow his father died at his house on the fourth day of June eighteen hundred and thirty six, in then Milwaukee County, now Racine County Wisconsin Territory. That he knows of no record of their marriage but the record in the family bible of which the following is a copy except that words are used for figures in the dates
{Abner Barlow married to Eunice French December fifteenth seventeen hundred and eight four - 
Deponent further states that the said Eunice remains the widow of said Abner and has not since married - 
/s/Abner Barlow
Sworn to and subscribed the 19th day of February AD 1841 before /s/And'w G. Miller
At the same time and place personally appeared before me Andrew G. Miller Judge aforesaid Daniel Stevens aged fifty three years who being duly sworn oath depose and say that he has been well acquainted with Abner Barlow late a Pensioner of the United States and Eunice his wife since he
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recollects any persons and he further states that he believes them to be recognized and known and to have lived together as husband & wife before January seventeen hundred and ninety four - They continued to reside together until the death of said Abner on the fourth day of June eighteen hundred and thirty six. He further states that the said Eunice since the death of her husband has not married - 
/s/Daniel Stevens
Sworn to and subscribed the 19th day of Feby AD 1841 before - 
/s/And'w G. Miller
At the same time and place appeared Eunice Stevens aged fifty five years who being duly sworn doth say that she is the oldest child of Abner & Eunice Barlow, that she was born in March seventeen hundred and eighty six - They raised a family of children - she further states that she knows them to be living together before January seventeen hundred and ninety four
/s/Eunice Stevens
Sworn to & subscribed the 19th Feby Ad 1841 before
/s/And'w G. Miller
I certify that the above named affiants Abner Barlow, Daniel Stevens, Eunice Stevens are persons of good character for truth and worthy of credit - 
Witness my hand Feby 19. 1841
/s/And'w G. Miller
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[typewritten letter]
WISCONSIN SOCIETY, 
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
[logo: SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION]
G. N. TREMPER, PRESIDENT
HARRY C. MCDERMOTT, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
PAUL D. SIMPSON, SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
A. H. WILKINSON, SECRETARY 
ROBERT B. HARTMAN, TREASURER
EUGENE S. COOPER, REGISTRAR
RUSSELL L. PARKS, HISTORIAN
ADD'L MEMBERS OF BOARD OF MANAGERS
DR. M. KELLOGG MOOKERJEE
RALPH SARASY
CAPTAIN HARRY M. CREAGER
EDMOND C. BREESE
J. R. SMITH, JR.
DR. FRANK W. MACKOY
REV. WARREN F. GOFF, CHAPLAIN
COLONEL R. P. DAVIDSON, DELEGATE AT LARGE
FRANK E. NOYES, DELEGATE
COLONEL HORACE M. SEAMAN, DELEGATE
[illegible handwritten margin note] 
A. H. WILKINSON
SECRETARY
LIBRARY AND OFFICE
10 E. WISCONSIN AVENUE
PHONE DALY 4420
MILWAUKEE, WIS. 
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED NOV 27 1939 MAIL SUB-DIV Reader No. 17 VETS ADM]

November 24, 1939

The Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
The Wisconsin Society, Sons of the American Revolution, is endeavoring to officially establish the service records of Revolutionary War soldiers, buried in Wisconsin, in order to provide care for the graves and place markers thereon.
The Registrar General, DAR, advised us that the record of Abner Barlow was accepted because of his pension record on file with your department. They state that Abner Barlow served as a Private under Captain Ball, Colonel Davidson, Massachusetts.
If you will refer to my letter to you of November 3, 1939, you will see that the information we previously had regarding the service of Abner Barlow was as follows:
Born in Bennington, Vt.
Joined "Green Mountain Boys". Captured and taken to
Quebec. After discharge, he went to Westfield, N.Y.
and in 1835 came to Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.
This additional information just received from the DAR
office may aid you in locating the data we seek.
Very truly yours,
/s/A. H. Wilkinson
Secretary
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[typewritten letter]
WISCONSIN SOCIETY,
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
[logo: SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION]
G. N. TREMPER, PRESIDENT
HARRY C. MCDERMOTT, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
PAUL D. SIMPSON, SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
A. H. WILKINSON, SECRETARY
ROBERT B. HARTMAN, TREASURER
EUGENE S. COOPER, REGISTRAR
RUSSELL L. PARKS, HISTORIAN
ADD'L MEMBERS OF BOARD OF MANAGERS
DR. M. KELLOGG MOOKERJEE
RALPH SARASY
CAPTAIN HARRY M. CREAGER
EDMOND C. BREESE
J. R. SMITH, JR.
DR. FRANK W. MACKOY
REV. WARREN F. GOFF, CHAPLAIN
COLONEL R. P. DAVIDSON, DELEGATE AT LARGE
FRANK E. NOYES, DELEGATE
COLONEL HORACE M. SEAMAN, DELEGATE
A. H. WILKINSON
SECRETARY
LIBRARY AND OFFICE
10 E. WISCONSIN AVENUE
PHONE DALY 4420
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED NOV 6 1939 MAIL SUB-DIV Reader No. 17 VETS ADM]

November 3, 1939

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
The Wisconsin Society, S. A. R. is endeavoring to officially establish the service record of Abner Barlow reputed to be a soldier of the Revolutionary War, in order that his grave in Wisconsin may be given proper care and marked. Will you kindly check your records to ascertain if a pension was granted for the Revolutionary War service of
Abner Barlow. The information we have is: He was born in Bennington, Vt. He joined the "Green Mountain Boys, was captured and taken to Quebec.
After an honorable discharge, he went to Westfield, N. Y. He later came to Wisconsin, where he died.
Very truly yours,
/s/A. H. Wilkinson
Secretary
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O.W.&N.

366 Prairie Av.  Kenosha, Wis.
12-3-1906.

Pension Office,
Washington D.C.

Kindly give me what information you can concerning Abner Barlow--my grandfather--who was a soldier of the Revolution.  Would like to know where he was born, what command he served in company, etc.  He died here in 1836, June 4, aged 79 years.  His wife
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Eunice Barlow died in Milwaukee Dec 28  1859 aged 93 years--and drew a pension until that time and thincking you may still have the records of that transaction would be very glad to get a certificate of the same, and any other information you can give.

Respectfully,
(Mrs.) Belle S. Leach--

[stamp]
U.S. PENSION
A
DEC
4
1906
OFFICE.