Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7749, Barnabas Hilliard, Conn.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
C

Hilliard, Barnabas
Martha

NUMBER
W. 7749
B. L. Wt. 27669-160-55

CONTENTS
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3.694
Connecticut,
Martha Hilliard widow of Barnabas Hilliard Connecticut who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued 15th day of Feby 1854 and sent to,
J. E. Hassler,
Present.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853. Page 60. Vol. H
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84.232 } Act March 2/53
                       April 20 /53

Martha Hilliard, wid of 
Barnabas Hilliard, Pvt

Claimant is a pensioner under act of Feby 3 1853

Rev War

comm May 53 - 36 ys

AW:160 acr May 20th /5620156
Boyton

W. H. Buell
Clinton let.

Vol H2 - 9

Cin W. H. Buell Nov: 13th 1855
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84.232
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United States of America.  Clinton April 14th 1855

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, Middlesex COUNTY, - S5

Be it known, that before me a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared, Martha Hilliard and made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical person named in an original certificate in her possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:

DEPARTMENT of The Interior
WIDOW'S PENSION.

I CERTIFY, that in conformity with the 2d Section of the act of February 3d 1853 Martha Hilliard, Widow of Barnabas Hilliard who was a private in the Revolutionary War, is inscribed in the Pension list at the rate of Twenty six Dollars and 66 cents per annum commencing on the 3rd of February 1853 and continuing for life, unless she should again marry in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior this fifteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty four 
R.M. Lelland
Secretary of the Interior
Executed and Countersigned
L Piraido Commissioner of Pensions.

That she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the above mentioned Barnabas Hilliard that she now resides in Clinton in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut and has resided there for the space of fifty years past and that previous thereto she resided in said Clinton in the truth of which statement I am fully satisfied.

She further states that she is 87 years of age and that she makes this Declaration for the purpose of Obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the 8th Section of the Act of Congress passed on the 3rd of March 1855 granting Bounty Land to the Officers & Soldiers of the Revolution and to their widows if living, and she further sears that she has never before made application or received Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress and that she is now a Widow.
Martha Hilliard
In presence of George B. Hilliard

At the same time personally came George B Hilliard & Harriet N Hilliard both residents of Clinton in the State of Connecticut who upon their oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by said Marth Hilliard in our presence and that we know from acquaintance and from the statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and they further depose & say that they know from acquaintance that said Martha Hilliard is now a Widow and that they have no interest in said Claim.
Geo. B. Hilliard
Harriet N. Hilliard
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and that she makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the 8th Section of the Act of Congress passed on the 3 of March 1855 granting Bounty Land to the Officers & Soldiers of the Revolution and to their widows if living. And she further swears that she has never before made application or received Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress and that she is now a widow.
Martha Hilliard

Appearance of George B Hilliard
at this same time personally came George B Hilliard, Harriet N Hilliard both residents of Clinton in the State of Connecticut. Who upon their oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by said Martha Hilliard in our presence and that we know from acquaintance and from the statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and they further depose & say that they know from acquaintance that said Martha Hilliard is now a widow and they have no interest in said claim.
Geo B. Hilliard
Harriet N. Hilliard

The foregoing declaration & affidavit were sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible witnesses; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; that I am personally acquainted with the applicant & that I have no interest in this claim.
Wm. H Buell
Notary Public
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Pen Off Nov 13 1855
I hereby certify I know that Wm H Buell, who verified the enclosed paper was a notary public on the day of the execution thereof.
S. C. Boynton
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State of Connecticut
County of Middlesex

Probate Court 
District of Killingworth

On this twenty third day of March AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty three. Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the district of Killingworth Martha Hilliard a resident of Clinton in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut. Aged 85 years. Who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed Feb 3 1853; that she is the widow of Barnabas Hilliard who was a Private in the Revolutionary War in the service of the United States in the Connecticut Militia or State Troops. That he was on the expedition to White Plains and is believed to have been in the Connecticut Troops in active service in the year 1776 for the period of six months. That he was a private (or a Warrants Officer) in a company which was raised in Killingworth (now Clinton) or vicinity for the purpose of joining the Continental Army in the year 1777 and marched to the northward and was at the taking of Burgoyne and is believed to have been in actual service for the period of six months. It is believed that he over staied the
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first period of his engagement and was in actual service for the period last above stated. That he was a Private in the Coast Guards of the State of Connecticut in Captain John Crane Company in the year AD 1778 and was in actual service for the period of eight months at Killingworth aforesaid. That she the said Martha Hilliard was born and has always lived in that part of the town of Killingworth which is now Clinton and lived in the time of the Revolutionary War in the same school district with her husband the said Barnabas Hilliard and well knew said Hilliard in time of the Revolutionary War. She further declares that she was married to her husband the aforesaid Barnabas Hilliard on the seventeenth day of January AD eighteen hundred and seven. That her husband the aforesaid Barnabas Hilliard dies on the twenty eighth day of April AD eighteen hundred and fourteen aged 58 years. That she was married to him at the time above stated. She further swears that she has ever remained the widow of said Hilliard, that she was a widow at the time of the passage of the Act and is still a widow. That in consequence of the great length of time it is believed that the soldiers who served with her husband are now dead with the exception of Mr. Jonathan Wellman of
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Killingworth whose testimony is hereunto annexed. That she has often heard her husband the aforesaid Barnabas Hilliard say that he was in the Revolutionary service of the United States for the periods above stated. She has heard soldiers of the Revolution tell her often of being with her husband the said Barnabas Hilliard in the service. but these are now dead. Among other she would name Abraham Scranton of Madison in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut whose widow is now living and who is a Revolutionary Pensioner. That in consequence of the unfavorable Acts of Congress she did not secure the testimony of living witnesses and that she has no further papers in relation to the service of said Barnabas Hilliard. That she has never before made application for a Pension. 
Martha Hilliard

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written. 
State of Connecticut 
County of Middlesex
Alfred Hull Judge

I John Hull Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Killingworth do hereby certify that Alfred Hull before whom the above declaration was made is judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Killingworth in the State and County aforesaid and that the above is his true and genuine signature. The testimony wherof I recounted my hand and in the seat of this court attended this eighteenth day of April AD 1853
John J. Hull Clerk
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State of Connecticut County of Middlesex SS

I James D. Moore Pastor of the Congregational Church in the town of Clinton do hereby certify that "Barnabas Hilliard and Martha Redfield were married on the seventeenth day of January AD eighteen hundred and seven."
James D. Moore Pastor

I James D. Moore Pastor of the Congregational Church in the town of Clinton and County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut depose and say that I hold the office of Pastor of the Congregational Church in the town of Clinton aforesaid. And that the above is a true extract from the words of this Church with the exceptions of the dates which is expressed on the record in the handwriting of the Reverend Achilles Mansfield at the time pastor of this church in fair legible figures as follows under the heading marriage 1807 January 17th "Barnabas Hilliard with Martha Redfield"
James D. Moore Pastor

State of Connecticut
County of Middlesex SS

On this twenty fourth day of March AD eighteen hundred fifty three. Before me Mr. N. Buell a Notary Public duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the state and county aforesaid personally came James D Moore and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed and I certify that James D More aforesaid
[seal to the left of this statement]
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is pastor of the congregational church aforesaid and that the above is his true signature.
Wm. H. Buell Notary Public

State of Connecticut
County of Middlesex }ss Court of Probate
District of Killingworth

On this eighteenth day of April AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty three. Before me Alfred Hull Judge of the County of Probate for the district aforesaid. Personally came Ely A Elliott aged 61 years and Charles Stevens aged 61 years. Both residents of the town of Clinton in the County of Middlesex and state of Connecticut. Who being duly sworn according to law depose and say. Each for himself that he knew Barnabas Hilliard late of Clinton deceased. That he knows Martha Hilliard of said Clinton the person who makes the accompanying declaration. That said Barnabas Hilliard lived with the said Martha Hilliard as his lawful wife. That said Barnabas Hilliard always treated the said Martha Hilliard as his lawful wife. And was so considered by the community where they lived. And witnesses verily believe them to have been married on the seventeenth day of January AD eighteen hundred and
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Sworn as set forth in the accompanying declaration. That said Barnabas Hilliard died on or about the twenty eighth day of April AD eighteen hundred and fourteen. That said Martha Hilliard has ever remained, and was on the third day of February AD eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and is now the widow of said Barnabas Hilliard. Witnesses have always lived in the same town with said Barnabas Hilliard and said Martha Hilliard and witnesses swear they are wholly disinterested.
Ely A Elliot
Chs Stevens

Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year above written before me. and I hereby certify that Ely A Elliot and Charles Stevens are credible witnesses.
Alfred Hull, Judge
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State of Connecticut
County of Middlesex }ss
Probate Court
District of Killingworth

I John L Hull Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Killingworth do hereby certify that Alfred Hull before whom the above deposition was taken and subscribed, is Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Killingworth in the state and county aforesaid. And that the above is his true signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this court this eighteenth day of April AD 1853.
John L Hull, Clerk
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O.W. AND N. DIVISION    3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.,
,190_

In reply to your request of __________, received for a statement of the military history of ____________a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in [crossed out "his (or" end of crossed out portion] his widow's application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT

LENGTH OF SERVICE

RANK

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN   COLONEL
[faint writing illegible]

Battles engaged in, [too faint to read]
Residence of soldier at enlistment [too faint to read]
Date of application for pension [too faint to read]
Residence at date of application [too faint to read]
Age at date of application [too faint to read]

Very respectfully,
_________________
Commissioner.
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This document is very faint, and difficult to read.
[?] 1854
[?]
Dear Sir 
I have before me a letter [?] addressed to F.E. Hassler Esq [?] in January [?] as his Mother was Martha Hilliard for a pension as the widow of Barnabas Hilliard for the pension that was not sufficient [?] of the service [?] commissioner [?] claim. In reference to the actual service [?] The revolutionary war have not the least [?] unable to be recited [?]
during
the vicinity of New York at [?] in 1776.  He was [?] captured at Burgoyne in 1777.

I think in 1834 Congress an act enhancing a [?]
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This document is very faint and difficult to read.
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This document is very faint and difficult to read
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This document is very faint and difficult to read
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Revolutionary 
Claim for pension
of widow of
Barnabas Hilliard
Connecticut

Act of 1853

Filed 30 Apr 1853
F. E. Hassler
Washington
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Power of Attorney
Know all men by these presents that I Martha Hilliard of Clinton in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, do hereby make constitute and appoint irrevocably F. E. Hassler of Washington DC. my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name and for my benefit. to demand and receive from the United States government officers all my rights in any manner to Pension or Bounty Land or arrears of Pension that may be due me as widow of Barnabas Hilliard deceased. Hereby authorizing my said attorney to prosecute my said claims as effectively as I could do if I were myself present. and satisfying and confirming all that my said Attorney may lawfully do in prosecuting said claim. And authorizing my said Attorney to employ one or more substitutes under him.

I hereby revoking and countermanding, any other Power of Attorney or Authority heretofore given by me for the above specified purpose. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty third day of March AD Eighteen hundred and fifty three.
Martha Hilliard

In presence of Wm. H. Buell
George B. Hilliard
Witnesses
State of Connecticut County of Middlesex SS. on this Twenty third day of March AD Eighteen hundred and fifty three before me Alfred Hull Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Killingworth personally came Martha Hilliard signer and sealer of the above power of attorney and under oath and the same to be her act and deed.
Alfred Hull, Judge
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Private

Hon Loren P Waldo
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[written sideways overtop the above address]
Martha Hilliard
Barnbabas Boynton Comm
Feb 10/54

April 30 1856
Appl of Martha
Hilliard widow of 
Barnabas
[?]
Connt.

Act 3rd Feb 1853
$26.66/100 per anum
Feb: 3d 1853
Rev

F. E. Hassler
Present
Priv 87 mos

[typed sideways on the bottom and cut off]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pension Office, Official Bu
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No 1132 [? smudged]
Martha Hilliard
widow of Barnabas
Connt

Let to F. E. Hassler
21 June 1853

Act Feb 8/53
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[left side of page]
[2 lines too faint to read]

1932 Apl 25 hist to M.
Elizabeth Hilliard - Eu
Letter in W. 20412 Ara Say

[right side of page]
Revolutionary War
WIDOW, &c.

File 7149
Martha Hilliard
Wid.
Barnabas Hilliard
Pri Rev war

Act Feb 3 1853

Index: - Vol A, Page 334

(Arrangement of 1870)
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27669

Per Anum
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Clinton, Conn.
Sept. 16, 1911

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:-
I wish to obtain a statement of the services in the Revolutionary War of my ancestor, Barnabas Hilliard, of Killingworth or Clinton, Conn., as shown in the application for pension of his widow, Martha Hilliard.
If any family records were filed in support of the claim, I should be glad if they could
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be returned to the family. If this is not possible, I should very much desire a full copy of such family record.
Respectfully, 
Mary E. Hull

Address
Miss Mary E. Hull
Box 108
Clinton
Conn.
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84.232

W. H. BUELL
FIRE, MARINE & LIFE INS. AGENT
CLINTON, CT

FREE [stamped]

Hon L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[stamped]
CLINTON CT
APR 18
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84.232
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Connecticut Clinton April 18th 1855
Hon L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

Dr Sir
In behalf of Mrs Freelove Hull, widow Joseph Hull of the Revolution. Ruth Davis, widow of James Davis and Martha Hilliard widow of Barnabas Hilliard. I forward you their claims for Bounty Land. Please give them a preference (if consistent) over those of later wars and very much the applicants
Very Truly Yours
Wm H Buell

PS will your Honor be so kind as to certify for the official character and signature of Mr Thomas L. Brown of Hebron Conn and much oblige
Yours Truly
Wm H Buell
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Brief in the case of Martha Hilliard. widow of Barnabas 
Middlesex County and State of Connecticut
act. 3 February 1833

Claim ("original") [strikethrough] or “for ?” [strikethrough]

Proof exhibited (if original)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either state the substance.
Husband was a private for 8 months in the war of the Revolution, and served at least 9 months in Ct: [?] proof of service.  [?] her husband died in 1812

Recon Davis

[?]
(If for increase)

Has addition evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
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State of Connecticut
County of Middlesex SS

On this twenty second of February AD eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared Before me Alfred Hull, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Killingworth Jonathan Wellman aged 90 a resident of Killingworth in the State of Connecticut and County of Middlesex aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is the identical Jonathan Wellman who is a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of thirty six dollars and sixty six cents a year, by Pension Certificate No 30433 dated the twenty fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six. And furthermore that he lived in Killingworth aforesaid on that part of the said town which is now called Clinton in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut in the year AD seventeen hundred and seventy eight and was a private in a company of Connecticut Militia under the command of Captain John Crane and served in said company as a Coast Guard in the service of the United States for the term of eight months in the Town of Killingworth aforesaid from the first day of April A.D. one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight to the first day of December A.D. one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight as he verily believes. And he further deposes and says that he knew Barnabas Hilliard of Killingworth aforesaid now deceased who was the husband of Martha Hilliard of Clinton aforesaid in the State of Connecticut who makes the accompanying declaration. And he further knows that the aforesaid Barnabas Hilliard served in the aforesaid Company of Coast Guards commanded by Captain John Crane
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aforesaid in said Killingworth during all the time that he the said Wellman was a member of said company of Coast Guards which was from the first day of April A.D. one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight until the first day of December A.D. one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight. That he knew the said Barnabas Hilliard well and was often with him on duty as a Guard during said year of seventeen hundred and seventy eight in said war. He has this knowledge from the fact that said Hilliard was a neighbor of him the said Wellman, and from being present with the said Hilliard at muster and on Guard. And he further deposes and says that he knew the aforesaid Barnabas Hilliard after the close of the Revolutionary War and that said Barnabas Hilliard died in Killingworth (now Clinton) and that the before mentioned Martha Hilliard whose name before her said marriage was Martha Redfield deponent lived at one time a near neighbor of said Martha Redfield before and after her marriage with said Hilliard and that said Martha is the widow of the aforesaid Barnabas Hilliard.
Deponent further declares and says that the aforesaid Barnabas Hilliard did serve in the Northern Army at the taking of Burgoyne in year A.D. 1777 according to his best knowledge and belief and that said Barnabas Hilliard had the reputation of being a soldier in the Revolutionary War
Jonathan Wellman

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written. And I hereby certify that the aforesaid Jonathan Wellman is of sound mind and is a man of truth and veracity. 
Alfred Hull 
Judge