Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16833, Samuel Barden, Conn. Continental
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3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
Continental
CONTENTS
Barden, Samuel
Mary
NUMBER
W. 16833.
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Massachusetts Roll
1,560

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Samuel Barden
4
Private
Connet Line & Warriers Regt 3 yrs, each
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of
8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 17th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818,
and sent to John Hooker,Esq.
Springfield, Massa

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818
4 months 18/30
$36.80.
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{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

⎬
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Samuel Barden

Admd
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I Samuel Barden a citizen of the United States now resident
in Westfield in the County of Hampden State of Mass
do depose & say that at Norfolk in Connecticutt of in
the spring of the year 1777 he enlisted with Capt
Titus Watson in the regiment commanded by Col Henson Swift, [inserted]in New Connecticutt line [end insertion] that he served during that time &
after the expiration of three years he enlisted for
three other years with Landrew Moor &
was put into the Company of Herman Allen Capt
in Col. Warnes regiment that during that term
he become an invalid & was placed in the Regiment of Invalids & on the 31st day of Decr 1783 he was
discharged by Genl Washington that said discharge
was given to the pay table office in Connecticutt on
the 4th day of Sept 1787 to obtain some wages which
were due me & that I then received the annexed
which is a true copy of the said discharge
and I further certify that I am in reduced circumstances in life & that in need of assistance from
my country for support
Samuel Barden

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Hampden SS BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the 17
day of
April A. D. 1818, came before me, JOHN HOOKER,
Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said
State, and including the said County of Hampden
the above named
Samuel Barden, applied to me to take the benefit of the Law of Congress
stated 'an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval services of
the United States in the revolutionary war' &
made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, and hereto annexed. I do thereupon hereby declare, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Samuel Barden the 
revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for more than nine months, on the
continental establishment, as set forth in his affidavit aforesaid, and that he is yet a resident
citizen of the United States, is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of
assistance from his country for support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court for the said county of Hampden
to be affixed hereto, this
17th
day of April 1818
I do therefore hereby certify the above & annexed as the testimony & proceedings had before me on the application aforesaid &
transmit the same to the Secretary of the department of war of the
United States
John Hooker
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Samuel Barden
1560 Westfield
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COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY of Hampden SS
On this eighteenth day of July 
1820, personally appeared in open court, before the State Circuit Court of Commonwealth Mass
the same being a Court of Record and so established by a Statute of said Commonwealth, said
within and for said county of Hampden by adjournment from the tenth day of July [illeg]

Samuel Barden
aged seventy five years, resident in Westfield
first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: Enlisted in AD 1777 into Company commanded by Capt Titus
Watson
Commanded by Col Swift marched to White River then unto Pennsylvania
and wintered  in Valley Forge then he returned onto North River & the White Plains thence West Point then 
to White Marsh & then returned to his quarters in Pennsylvania
[illeg]
I then waited for those Years Service & [illeg] Captain Walters Company &
and Saml B [illeg] Regiment then an examined by a board of Doctors pronounced unfit for further [illeg]
Garrison & received discharge from General Washington
which I gave in to the hands of Judge Hecter
Norman
in the state of Montreal
at Lapianarin in the state of Genl Washington
in  [illeg Secretary from [illeg] - my original application was made the 
10th day of April 1818 & my pension [illeg] is dated June 30th 1818 & numbered 1560
Samuel Barden 
Shoe maker but unable to labour at that or any other trade is rendered unable to walk but
little afflicted with grave  [illeg]  be of affable constitution whose forementioned {illeg] to the
[illeg] charity for Westfield [illeg] & lead him  about where he is able to go and as he is utterly blind except one eye of which
he has but little [illeg] He has been for years supported by Charity
And I do solemn
Was

of March, 1818; and that I have here that thy gift, sale, or in any
manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to do
to bring myself within the provisions
entitled
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.
SCHEDULE.
1 Table .50
3 Chairs .50
1 small Dish kettle .33
1 chest 1.00
1 Spindle .75
1 [illeg] .50
1 hoe .20
$4.18
Sworn to and declared on the Eighteenth
day of July 1820 before the Circuit Court of
Common Pleas [illeg] John Ingersoll 
John Ingersoll Clerk of the State Circuit Court of Common Pleas
do hereby certify, 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
Four Dollars and eighteen
Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this Nineteenth
day of July 1820
John Ingersoll
Clerk of the Court for the County
of Hampden
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New York
4253
Mary Barden decd
widow of
of Samuel Barden
who died in
1820
of Tioga County in the State of New York
was a private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Watson of the Reg. commanded
by Col Webb in the Conn Comp line for 2 years 
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80 Dollars - cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1831 and terminating on the 18th February 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of
June 1846 and sent to Hon W.V. Garow
[illeg] of Reps
Arrears to the 4th of
Semiannual allowance ending
Recorded by
Book
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Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836
Section the

Recorded by H Dickenson clerk

Book C Vol. 1 page 107


Reported
Payable to Mary Barden
Thom P Barden & Dorcaz
Kent Only surviving Children

Letter to Hon D. Dickerson May 14,
Same Aug. 5 1848
Papers copied &
sent to Hon D.S.
Dickenson Aug 5
1848.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
Conn. Continental
Bardon Samuel Mary
W.16833
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following named children in having been his only children his surviving and that each of them is of the age of twenty or [illeg] 
years and whereas [illeg] Thomas P Borden of Bickford Tioga County New York and Dorcas
[illeg Kent] who is the wife of [illeg] 
of Chardon Geauga County
to the said pension of Samuel Barden and his
widow Mary Barde. died in
in East Granville Hampton County Massachusetts
that the [illeg] which was satisfactory 
to the Court is herewith per the declaration
of Thomas P Barden [illeg] declaration and
application annexed and the annexed depositions of William
[illeg]
Barden
Hanson Munger, First Judge of Tioga County Courts Justice of said courts
Clark Hyatt
Saml Buragar

State of New York
County of [illeg] Personally [illeg] in a
Justice of the peace in and for said [illeg] County William [illeg] said county aged
Seventy years after was living 
[illeg]
February [illeg]

twenty one years and interest,
Thomas P Barden of Richford Tioga County New York and Dorcas who is the wife of [illeg]
County [illeg]
that from his deponent personal acquaintance
with the children of the said parties ever their birth & of their ages on [illeg] the attached [illeg] ages of their children [illeg] 

his mark X
William Knapp

27th day of
December
1845

William Slosson Justice of the peace

I certify that the above named William Knapp was [illeg]with [illeg]
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William Slasson Justice of the peace
State of New York
County of Tioga ss Personally appeared before the subscriber in [illeg] in said county aged seventy five years after being duly sworn
according to his [illeg] and [illeg] that being for more than fifty years [illeg] was well acquainted with Samuel Barden late a pensioner of the United States & has died in September 1820, eighteen hundred and twenty leaving as his widow Mary Barden who died his widow in
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183
Arad Joy
Ovid
Seneca Co. N. York
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Norfolk May 9th 1844
Sir I receivd yours of May 3d & with pleasure
give you the required information & certificate
with my signature  - Our Clergyman has nothing
to the with records of this kind, of course I do not
obtain his signature mine in this case is considered
by us as sufficient evidence in our Courts of Law
Respectfully yours
Auren Mays Town Clerk
I hereby certify that I find in my Office Book 2nd
page 39 the following record viz
Thomas P Bardin son of Samuel Bardin & Mary
his wife was born May 15th 1780
Dorcas Barker Daughter of Samuel Bardin & Mary
his wife was born October 11th 1783
Lorrile Bardin Daughter of Samuel Bardon & Mary
his wife was born July 21st 1786-
A true Copy of the record in my
Office-
Attest
Auren Mays Town Clerk
Norfolk May 9th 1844
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State of New York,
County of Tioga ss Thomas P. Barden appeared before me and made oath in due
form of law that he was personally acquainted with Samuel Barden late
a soldier in the War of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States
and who died in the year of our Lord 1821, eighteen hundred and twenty one
Granville Massachusetts, living his widow Mary Barden who remained his
widow till her death, and that she died in February (1839) eighteen hundred
and thirty nine, in Granville Massachusetts, leaving at her death the
following named children, her only surviving children, and that each of
then are of the age of twenty one years and upwards, to wit, Mary Barden
of Union Broome County New York, who was a daughter of the said widow
Mary Barden by her first marriage, being her only surviving child of
that marriage, Thomas P. Barden of Richford Tioga County New York
and Darcai Kent of Chardon Ohio, the only surviving children,
Subscribed and sworn before me
this 20th day of May 1846
Thomas P Bardon
William Belden Justice
I certify that the above named Thomas P. Barden is a respectable person
William Belden Justice
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State of New York 
Tioga County SS a
I Eliphalet Barden aged sixty seven years
appeared before me and made oath in the form of law, the person being  acquainted with
Samuel Barden late a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a
pensioner of the United States and who died in the year 1820 eighteen
hundred and twenty in Granville Massachusetts leaving his widow
Mary Barden who remained his widow till her death and that she died
February 1828 eight hundred and forty nine in Granville Mass
at that the following named children, being her only
surviving children and that each of them is of the age of twenty one
upwards to wit Mary Barden of Union Broome County
[illeg] who was a daughter of the widow Mary Barden by her
means being her only child of that marriage, Thomas P. Barden
of Richard King County New York and Dorcas Kent of Chardon Ohio
the only surviving Children

Subscribed and sworn before me
the 23 day of May
1846
Elisabalet -
Barden
S.N. White Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Eliphlet Barden
is a very respectable person
S.N White Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Tioga County 
Mary Barden aged Seventy five years personally appeared
before me and made oath in due form of law
that she was acquainted with Samuel Barden late a
Soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of
the United States, and who died in the year 1820 eighteen hundred and twenty leaving his widow Mary Barden who
remained his widow till her death, and that she died in
February 1839 Eighteen hundred and thirty nine in Granville
Massachusetts leaving at her death the following named
children her servicing, being her only children her surviving
and that each of them is of the age of twenty one years and
upwards to wit, Mary Barden of Union Broome County
and State of New York, who was a daughter of the said
widow Mary Barden by her first husband, being her
only surviving child of that marriage, Thomas P. Barden
of Richford Tioga County New York, and Dorcas Kent
of Chardon Ohio, the only surviving children of her second
marriage and being her only surviving children.
Mary Barden
Subscribed and sworn before me
this 13th day of May
1846

Effraim Haklerson Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above named Mary Barden
is a respectable person
Effraim Haklerson Justice
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State of New York
County of Cayuga SS On the 4th day of June 1846 in open
Court holden in and for said County at Auburn in said county it appeared to the satisfaction of the court, that Samuel Barden was a pensioner of the United States
and died in 1820 leaving his widow Mary Barden
who remained his widow till her death & that she
died in February 1839 eighteen hundred & thirty nine
and that at her death she left the following
named children her surviving being her only
children her surviving & that each of them is of
the age of twenty one years and upwards, viz
Mary Barden of Union Broome County & Thomas
P Barden of Richford Tioga County both of New York
and Dorcas Kent of Chardon Ohio, the proof
which was satisfactory to the court was the attached
affidavits of Thomas P Barden, Eliphalet
Barden & Mary Barden Subscribed in open
Court the day and date above written
B. Whitney
Charted &
presiding in said Court
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State of New York
Cayuga County Court of Co & Terminer 
I Philip Van Arsdale Clerk
of said County of of the Courts thereof do hereby certify that
at a Court of Oyer Terminer holden in and for said County
on the 4th day of June 1846 Bowen Whiting whose name
is subscribed to the within certificate was presiding Judge
that said certificate was executed in open Court
that the signature of said judge thereto is genuine and
that said Whiting was at the date thereof Circuit Judge
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my official
seal this fourth day of June 1846
Philip Van Arsdale Clerk
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Rev.  War Action
June 22, 1912.
Mrs. Harrietta Hardy,
134 W. Washington St.
Painesville, Ohio,
Madam: --

in reply to your letter dated the 17” and received the 18"
instant, you are advised that the papers in claim W. File 16,833
Rev. War, show that Samuel Barden was allowed pension on his application
executed April 17, 1818, while a resident of Westfield.
Hampden County, Massachusetts, and about seventy-one years of age,
He stated that he enlisted in Norfolk, Connecticut, in the
spring of 1777, under Captain Titus Watson, in Colonel Heman Swift's
regiment and served three years, after which he enlisted in Capt.
Walker's company, Col. Samuel B. Webb's regiment, from which he
was transferred on account of disability (date not given), to the
Invalid Regiment, and served until December 31, 1783, when he was
discharged. He was in battles at Montreal, Laprairie, and Germantown
Soldier married in 1779, Mary, born June 11, 1744;
he died September 11 1820, at East Granville, Mass., where she
ed in February 1839.
Their children were: Thomas P. Barden born May 15, 1780.
Dorcas born October 4, 1783, and Loritta Barden born October 21,
1786; and the widow's pension was allowed for the benefit of his
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Rev. War. W. File 16833.
children Thomas P. Barden and Dorcas wife of Gaos Kent of Charden
Geauga County, Ohio.
The widow's daughter by her first marriage ( name of husband not stated), Mary aged seventy-five years in 1839 testified in the
case.
Very respectfully,
JL [illeg]
Commissioner.
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Fiel No. 16833
Mary Barden
Wid of
Samuel Barden
Private Rev War
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Act July 4, 1836
Index: Vol. A, Page 36
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1912 June 22. Hist to
Harrietta Hardy C.
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No 6407
Mary Bardon-
NY
Arad Joy April 17th 1845
do to E Hathaway May 20. 1845
Act 4 July 1836
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East Granville Mass
2nd July 1824 
A. Joy Esq
Sir

I inclose Rev. Doct
Cooley's Certificate of the death of Mrs
Barden
Respectfully Justice James Cooley
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No 6407
February 21. 1845.
Mary Barden and
Widow of Samuel
NY
act 4 July 1836
M 79 c 20
Widow died 1839
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February


this 12th day of
February
1845
Mary Barden her X mark
William Slosson Justice of the Peace

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State of New York
Tioga County ss

I Moses Stevens Clerk the said County of Tioga Certify that 
William Hofson Esquire which name is subscribed to the above [illeg]
depositions was at the time of taking such depositions
a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid [illeg] in the said
County Commanded and sworn and duly authorized to take the
name and further that I am well acquainted with the said justice of such justice
and truly believe the signature to the said deposition is genuine And also that Alawon Munger first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said county of Tioga Clark Hyatt and Samuel [illeg]
Esquire Judges of said Court and County who sign their names to
Cerificates of the credability of the [illleg] was at the time of signing said  Certificate duly [illeg] and sworn and residing in said county and acting Judge of said County as aforesaid

In that [illeg] Whereof I [illeg] set my hand and 
affixed the seal of the said county of Ourga this 12th day of February 1845
Moses Stevens Clerk
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Thomas P Barden
Born May 15 1780
Dorcas Barden Born October 11 1783
Loritta Barden Born October 21 1786
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I Timothy M. Cooley of Granville in the
County of Hampden and Commonweath
of Massachusetts Pastor of the Church and
Congregation in the East Parish in said
Granville testify and say, that on the 3rd
day of Feby AD. 1746 and ever since, have
been pastor of said church and congregation and have kept a record of the deaths
that have occurred in said Parish.

That I was acquainted Mary Barden Widow
of Samuel Barden, a Pensioner of the United States that according to my record
of my Parishioners she was born June 11
1744, and according to my record
of her death, which was made at
or near the time, she died in the
year 1839, at the poor house. The month
and day are not recorded. Her name
is first in my Bill of Mortality for the
year 1839
further the deponent saith not
Timothy M Cooley
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden SS.
Granville 16th May 1845 here
Personally appeared Timothy M. Cooley to me
well known as a person of truth and veracity and made oath to the truth of the
foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Before me James Cooley Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
HAMPDEN, SS.
I, RICHARD BLISS, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of
Hampden, do certify, that
James Cooley
Esquire, whose signature is
affixed to the certificate of the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices
of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this
Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations
done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said James
Cooley
and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the
Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth,
Seventeenth day of
May
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five
Rich Bliss
Clerk.
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Discharge from the army
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By his Excellency General Washington Commander in
Chief of the United States &c
Samuel Barden Soldier in the Regiment of Invalids In 
having been certified by a Board of Officers appointed for the Examined
of the Invalids of the Army, as unfit for any further duty either
the Field or Garrison on account of the Rheumatism is hereby
discharged from the Service of the United States;
Given under my hand at Head Quarters
Newburgh this 31st day of December 1782.
By his Excellency's Command
G Washington
Ben Walker
AD6
Registered in the Book of the Regiment
Jon M Pugh Adjutant
The above is a true Copy of the Original on file in Pay Table Office
Certified this 4th day of Sept. 1787
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Eleazer Water Comte
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Payment to be made
at Albany
by T. W. Alcott Esq
Agent for paying pension
vis in the Agency of Albany
New York
Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book C Vol
and 1 Page 107 by
Th Rumpkin
Clerk.
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War Department
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 4th July, 1836, Mary Barden
deceased late of New York
widow of
Samuel Barden
who was a Private in the
War of the Revolution
was entitled to receive
a pension at the rate of Eighty dollars per
Annum
Commencing on the 4th day of March
1831
and terminating on the 1st day of February
1839, the day on which she died. The
amount due is payable

to Mary Barden
Thomas P. Barden
and Dorcas Kent only
surviving children

This certificate is issued
in lien of one dated 2nd August 1845, at
the same rate, which is cancelled

Given at the War Office of the United States
this 20th
day of
June
one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
Commissioner of Pensions
Secretary of War.
Examined and
Countersigned.
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No 4253 New York
Mary Barden deceased
widow of Samuel Barden
who died on the-
1820
of Tioga in the State of New York
who was a private in the
commanded
by Captain Watson of the Regt commanded
by Col Webb
in the Connecticut
line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N.Y
at the rate of 80 Dollars 0 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1831 and termination 1st Feby
1839 the day of her death
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of
August 1845
and and sent to
Arno Joy NY
Arrears to the 4th of $1133.33
Semiannual allowance ending
$1333.33

Recorded by
Book
Geo C Ames, Clerk
Book C Vol.1 Page 107
Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3@

Payable to
Thomas P. Barden
Dorcas Kent
let to A Joy  & Aloy Payt Oct 24. 1845
to Elliott Hathaway Nov. 3 1845
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Payment to be made
at Albany
NY
by T. W. Olcott Esqr
Agent for paying pensioners in the Agency of
Albany
N. Y.
Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book C Vol
same 1 Page 107 by
Geo. C. Ames Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 4 July 1836,
Mary Barden deceased
who was the widow of Samuel Barden, a private in the Revolutionary War,
was entitled
to receive a pension at the rate of Eighty dollars
per annum; and having died on the first day
of February 1839, the amount due from 4th March
1831 to the day of her death is payable to Thomas
P. Barden and Dorcas Kent, only surviving childern
of Mary Barden deceased

Given at the War Office of the United States,
this Second
day of August
one thousand eight hundred and forty-five
Commissioner of Pensions.
Secretary of War
Examined and
Countersigned. }
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May 1945
Samuel Barden
Massachusetts
Hon J. L Edwards Comm of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Cambden Guanga Co Ohio
May 12th 1845

Dear Sir
Dorcas Kent a resident of Chardon in said
Guanga has engaged us to investigate a claim that
she has to a pension due her mother she alleges that she is a
daughter of Samuel and Mary Barden and that her said
Father was a Revolutionary pensioner and died in Granby Hampden
County Mass September 1821 and that her said mother died in
said Granby, Sept 1840 that her said mother did not make any
Declaration for a pension and that her said parents was married
before 1780 and that her said Father served after married to her said
Mother, in the Revolutionary war and that her mother left the
following children being the only children of hers that survived her
and are now living towit, Mary Borden and Thomas P. Barden
residents of Tioga County State of New York and the aforesaid
Dorcas Kent of Guanga Co Ohio aforesaid. Now Sir we first request
you to inform us of the said Dorcas Kent can obtain her proportion
of the pension due her mother by her own declaration and the required proofs
in support of her claim or if it will be sufficient for one of
said children to make a Declaration supported by the required
proof to entitle the three children to a certificate in their favor for the
amount of pension due their mother at her decease said Dorcas
resided in Ohio at the time of the death of her said father and has been
informed that there was a half years pension due her said Father at his decease or that it had not been drawed at his death and that 
her said mother did not receive it she
has not received her portion of it upon her mothers death perhaps the Voucher was executed before his
death and the pension obtained afterword please to inform us
Respectfully Your O. B. servents
Hon J.L. Edwards Comm
of Pensions

Elliott S Hathaway
P. S. please to inform us whether or not the said Thomas P. Barden and
Mary Barden has forwarded to your office their declarations in the above
stated claim
E. S H
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X
Nov 12 1780
Reced May
Barden & Comp
Hon J L Edwards Comm of Pensions
Washington City
D. C
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Chardon Geauga County Ohio
November 3d 1845.
Dear Sir
Mrs Dorcas Kent one of the surviving children of
Mary Barden late of Granby, Hampden County Massachusetts
ingaged us early last spring to investigate a claim that she
the said Dorcas had to a pension that was due her
said mother we took some proof in the case not knowing
that there was any one except our selves ingaged for any
one of the surviving children. Mrs Kent alleged that she
had one brother Thomas P. Borden and one sister Mary
Barden living in Tioga County New York we addressed
a letter on the subject of said Pension to said Thomas P Barden
and did not get any answer we also addressed a letter to
your office on the subject of said pension on the 12th day of May
last stating the said letter that there was three children that
survived their mother the said Mary Borden widow of
Samuel Bride, and received your answer dated May 20th
1845. stating in reply to our letter, that Thomas P Barden
as one of the children of Mary Barden deceased had recently
made application for a pension under the act of July 4th 1836
through his agent Arad Joy of Ovid New York. Mrs Kent
had no doubt but what all the surviving children was
named in her Brothers Declaration untill of late it was
ascertained that a Pension Certificate was issued in favor of
the children of her said mother payable at Albany and
she made her moniker and sent it to Albany for her share
then supposing that her sister Mary was named in said
Certificate but on the 31st of last month a letter was received
from Albany stating that they had been instructed from
Washington not to pay said pension neither department have
learned that there was three children in lieu of two for the
benefit of Mrs Kent her wish you to inform us if the proper
measures has been taken to obtain a certificate in favor of the three
children and if so inform us when the Certificate bears date if
issued or if nothing further has been done please to inform us what
will be necessary for Mrs Kent to do in order to get her share of said
pension 
Hon J L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington County D.C.
Elliott S Hathaway
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Mary Barden decd
widow of Samuel
Vis
act 4 July 1836
Cancel this Certificate
and issue a new one
payable to Mary Barden, Thomas P Barden
and Dorcas Kent only
surviving children of
Mary Barden decd and
notify the agent
accordingly
send certificate to
Hon W.S. Garvin
House of Reps
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Payment to be made
Albany N.Y
by T. W. Olcott Esq
Agent for paying pension
ers in the Agency of
Albany NY
Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book C Vol
me 1 Page 107 by
Gro C Ames
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States
, of the 4th July 1836, Mary Barden decd
who was the widow of Samuel Barden, a private  in the Revolution
was entitled to receive
a pension at the rate of Eighty dollars
per annum, and having died on the first day
of February 1839, the amount due from 4th
March 1831 to the day of her death is
payable
to Thomas P. Borden and Dorcas Kent only
surviving children of Mary Barden deceased

Given at the War Office of the United States
this Second
day of August
one thousand eight hundred and forty-five
W.L. Marcy
Secretary of War
Examined and
Countersigned.J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

$632.50
Page 42

The error in reporting but 2 children in
the case here with, seems to have been entirely
un-intentional, as it was judged, by the witnesses
that the widow having been a widow when
she married Barden, with one child, that
that child not belonging to Mr Barden
who caused the Pension by his service, had
no part of lot in the matter, all is at
this time corrected 3 children & 3 only seems
to be the number-

House of Rep. June 9 1846
Sir
The accompany documents, as well as
the above, were enclosed to me for
the purpose of presenting to you, and
asking for your reply thereto
Respectfully yours
W. A. Garvin
J.L Edwards
Com of Pensions
Page 43

Death of [illeg -Mr] &
Mrs Bardon
J. Cooley
Esq.
Page 44

Died in Granville Mafs [Mass]
Sept 11 1820 Samuel Barden At. 75
Feby 1839.
died in the poor house
the wife of Samuel Barden At. 10
Extract from record of
mortality
Test time M. Cooley
Pastor of the 1st Church
Granville
Page 45

April 7. 1846
Reid [Received]
Mary Barden
Hon J.L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington DC
Page 46

Ovid N.Y. April 2d 1846
Dr Sir
The case of Mary Barden deceased
to whom, or to her children, you granted a
pension certificate No 4253, whilst there is
some mistory or something that squints towards
unfairness, I wish you to hold a tight raign
on the case, till I am able to explain it
or assertain to my own mind exactly [illeg]
the facts in the case are when I do this, I
will inform you, as no other person has any
right or agency in it, as I act with the
wish of the children, residence of this section
Respectfully I
am your Most Obl servd
Arad Joy

Hon J.L. Edwards
CommS of Pensions
Washington
D. C
It is entirely with reference to the
number of surviving children that I
ask it, that is the only unexplained
part of the case, all else is correct
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Oct  24 45 [1845]
Mary Barden
NY [illeg]
my all
Hon JL. Edwards
Comd of Pensions
Washington DC
Page 48

Ovid N.Y. Oct 20th 45
Sir
Having learned that there was an error
in the proof in the case of Mary Barden
widow of Samuel Barden, to whose children
you issued a pension certificate I therefore
write to inform you, that I am credibly informed that there is 3 children surviving &
not 2 as was proved, the eldest
child of the widow in some way was not thought
of or was a child of a former husband, or something of the kind, so as to be considered by the witnesses as not one to be entitled or not a child of Samuel Barden, I have not till
within a week had one hint of this fact & I
now refuse to collect the amount for the 2
children, unless the 2 will allow the 3d
be come in for the one third of the pension,
I will return the pension certificate if you
so direct, or I will draw it & pay the amt
to the 3 children, as if it had have been
granted to them, which shall I do, I am
bound to do honestly, this causes me to write as I have
Verry Respectfully Arad Joy
Hon J L Edwards
ComS of Pensions

Certificate No 4253
Page 49

Granville, Hampden County
Massachusetts 17th Sept 1838
Hon. J. L. Edwards-
Dear Sir
The widow of Samuel
Barden who now resides in this town
wishes to apply for a Pension under one
or the other of the acts of Congress in
favour of Widows her husbands pension
Certificate is in my hands-- Mrs Barden is
very poor, she cannot prove her husbands service and as she was married in a distant part of Connecticut
the expence of proving her marriage will be
considerable. My object is to
ask the favor of the Hon. Commissioner
to ascertain from the record whether
the name of Samuel Barden is
born thereon, and if her husbands
Certificate, with evidence of her identity and marriage and the proper
Declaration duly made will be sufficient

I shall be sorry to
obstrude or require unnecessary ser
Page 50

vice or improper communications from
your Office-
The Hon Commissioner
will therefore indulge in no farther
that is proper-- The inclosed paper
will be a sufficient guide in any
examination you may be pleased to
make
I have the honor to be
very Respectfully Your
most Obedient
James Cooley
Page 51

June 26, 1848.
[illeg]
Mary Barden

Hon J L. Edwards
Comd of Pensions
Washington DC
Page 52

Ovid June 20th 1845
Dear Sir
I beg leave to enclose proof of the
death of Mary Barden, I had, as I supposed
proved that she died in Feby 1839- I now
prove that the she died in 1839 to keep the
Government safe, you can record it as if
she died 1 July 1839
I enclose a record
of the birth of the children, not fully
authenticated, but when you have the old
record already on file with other proof, perhaps
this paper may remove any obejection as to
the date of the marriage
I never ask
any thing but justice, but I am fully
satisfied of the merits of this case
Respectfully Your Most Obedient Servt [Servent]
Arad Joy
Hon J L Edwards
Comd of Pensions
Washington DC
Page 53

6407
Oct 21 1845
Mary Borden
July 4 1836,
NY
Page 54

Ovid Feb 15th 1845
Dear Sir
I beg leave respectfully to enclose an
application for a pension for Mary Barden
under the law of 1836, as the day of the
month of her death was not known, if the
date be called the 1st day of February 1839
the Government could not be the sufferer
provided the proof be said of, & I suppose
it to be, I enclose it in good faith
Respectfully your
Most Obt Sevt
Arad Joy
I enclose James Cooley letter to me of the 2d July 1844 where including 
Rev Doct Cooley certificate, both of which I inclose to you
of the date of the death of Mrs Barden
Hon J. L. Edward
ComS of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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War Department, No 1560
PENSION OFFICE.
29th July 1828

Sir 
You are hereby informed that the
schedule of your property has been examined; and the Secretary
of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension
Roll.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
J.L. Edwards
To Mr. Samuel Barden
Westfield, Mass
Page 56

Mary Barden
Pensioner of N. Y.
Law 1836
a case of mine
from
Arad Joy
Page 57

No 6407
Mary Barder decd
Widow of Samuel
NY
Act 4 July 1836

Anno
2 years Pri [private]
$80.00 per annum
Commencing on 4 March 1831
and terminating on 1st Feby
1839 the day of her death
payable to Thomas P. Barden
and Dorcas Kent only surviving children of Mary Barden
decd
Arad Joy
Ovid New York
Page 58

RECORD DIVISION.
3 - 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.
19
In reply to your request of
received
for a statement of the military history of Samuel
Barden a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's ) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
W. File 16863
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
-
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Watson
COLONEL.
STATE.
Mass
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension, April 7th 1813
Residence at date of application, Westfield Mass
Age at date of application, 73 years died
Remarks [illeg]

Very respectfully,

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Commissioner,