Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15740, Ebenezer Barsto, [BLANK]

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Barsto, Ebenezer  S. 15740
Carded

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No. 18353
Vermont
Ebenezer Barsto
of Chittenden Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a Pr. V Sargt in the company commanded 
by Captain Bacon of the Regt commanded 
by Col. Chester on the Conn Troops
line for 13 months Sargt.
11;; Pr.
65.00
36.66
$101.66

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 101 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of August
1833 and sent to N.B. Haswell
Burlington Vt

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  
Semi-anl. allowance endeing 4 Sept. 1833
203.32
50.85
$254.15

[Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3  Page 53

Paid at the [illegible]
the Act of the 6 April
1838 from 4 March 1834 to
13 March 1834.  Agt notified
5 Decr 1838.

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No. 18353
Vermont
Ebenezer Barsto
of Chittenden Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a Pr. V Sergt. in the company commanded
by Captain Bacon of the Regt. commanded 
by Col. Chester in the Connt Troops
line for 13 months Sergt.
11 ""  Pr.
65.00
36.66
$101.66

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 101 Dollars 66 cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of August
1833 and sent to N.B. Haswell
Burlington Vt

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833
203.32
50.85
$254.15
[Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 3  Page 53

Paid at the line as [illegible]
the Act of the 6 April
1838 from 4 March 1834 to
13 March 1834.  Agt notified
5 Decm 1838.

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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 1, 1838

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 children of Ebenezer Barsto, dec'd
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Burlington, Vt. Agency, at
the rate of 101 Dollars and 66 Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th [illegible], 1832 have 
been paid at this Department, from the fourth of March 1834
to the thirteenth March 1834
Respectfully, yours, 
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County
Burlington May 6. 1833

Personally appeared before
me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the county
of Chittenden Ebenezer Barstow of Shelburn to me
known as the same person who made his declaration before
the Hon. Chittenden County Court, on the 17th day of August
AD 1832 for the purpose of obtaining a Pension under the
Act of Congress of June 7. 1832, and who being duly sworn 
makes the following statement in addition, [illegible] explination
of said declaration above described viz
My first enlistment was 25th June 1776 for abt 4 months} discharged or dismissed near Philadelphia December 25, 1776- 
from Philadelphia I returned home to Canterbury in Connecticut
and in the spring of 1777 April 1 I enlisted into Captain
Abner Bacons Company for nine months, served out my full
time and was discharged at Valleys Forge by reason of old
age and the consequent Caps of memory.  I may have been
mistaken in my first duration as to having belonged to Durkees
Regiment, we were Connecticut troops, and I well recollect
that at the battle of Germantown, two Companies from
Susquehannah joined our regiment the names of the
Captains were Simon Spalding and Ransom (his
Christian name I do not recollect) - Ensign Griswald
who belonged to Captain Abner Bacons Company commanded
the section I belonged to, while in the Battle of Germantown
and he was wounded in that battle - when I 
first enlisted I served as waiter to Captain Abner Bacon

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but the latter part of my service was a soldier
I am wholly unable to procure any documentary testimony
as to this service.
On the first of March instead of the latter part 
of March 1782 as stated in my first declaration I enlisted and
was discharged April 1.1783 having served thirteen
months - the only documentary testimony I am able to
obtain is that of Benjamin Adams - which accompanied
my first declaration, and further saith not.
Ebenezer Barsto
Sworn and Subscribed
May 6th 1833 and I
hereby Certify that the above
[illegible] Ebenezer Barsto is a
man of truth and veracity
Before me
Nathan B. Haswell Justice of the Peace

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6666 or 6444
Ebenr Barston
Ebenezer Barsto
Admit
13 mo's Sergeant
11 "" private

65.00
36.33
$101.66

N.B. Haswell
Burlington
Vt

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[handwritten] 27 April [/handwritten] 183 [handwritten] 3 [/handwritten]

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of [handwritten] Ebeneser Barstow of Shelburn Vt. [/handwritten]
[Column headings: Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant’s service. Years. | Months. | Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported. |]

[handwritten] 1776 | - | 6 | - | Col John Charter | Seventy three years of age - lived in Canterbury when I [illegible] | James Leaches Deposition (additional Document) |
1777 | - | 9 | - | [illegible] | I think Col [illegible] Commanded but may be mistaken and [illegible] in Captain Abner Bacons. company - |
1782 | [blank] 13 | - | - | Lt Col Confields [illegible] in Capt Charles Miles Company | [blank] | supported by the deposition of Hon Benjamin Adams of South Hens County of Grand Isle VT and who I know has obtained a Pension for same service |
[end columns]
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J .  L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pension.
[handwritten] Mr. Barstow is a gentleman of good standing in this community, and I should think would not be inclined to make a wrong statement, or [illegible] any information upon the Government. N. B. Haswell
Mr. Eben Bartow
The name is still sometimes with the W and sometimes on Barto [/handwritten]

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms “Continental Line,” “State troops,” “militia,” and volunteers,” all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, muscians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of  Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of [blank] County of [blank] } ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,  town or country and State in which he resided when he entered and the country through which he marched. [right pointing finger icon]  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. [blank]

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are wll acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
 Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificates is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person

[a single close parenthesis is hand drawn in left margin framing the last two paragraphs]
[hand drawn arrow from second paragraph immediately above to following statement] [handwritten] Not on the rolls [illegible]
in this Reg cannot be received without proof [/handwritten]

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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. { To a Soldier . { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
6. { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed iin the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court  or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[footnotes]
[a]  The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b]. The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c]. The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d}. The declarant must mention the period or periods of war when he serviced.
[e]. Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the lengthy of his service; but according to the best of his  recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:[blank] For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank], For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension.”
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case,be clearly shown under what officers the applicant  served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i]  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j]. In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two creditable witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant’s entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[right-pointing finger icon] The notes from [a] to [illegible] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k]  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l]  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

[handwritten] The last stated relative to [illegible] Canfields office satisfactory. [/handwritten]

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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
STATE OF VERMONT,
Chittenden County, ss.

On this seventeenth day of August A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable County Court for the County of Chittenden, now sitting, Ebenezer
Barstow a resident of Shelburn in the County of Chittenden
and State of Vermont, aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to
law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, That he entered the service of he united States under the following
named officers, and served as herein stated.

I enlisted about the latter part of June 1776
into Captain Asa Bacons Company in Colchesters
Regiment of Connecticut Troops for six month and
served out the full period of my enlistment and was
dis[illegible] on the Banks of the Delaware near Philadelphia on Christmas Day 
about the first of April 1777 I enlisted at Canterbury
into Captain Abner Bacons Company in Col John
[illegible] Regiment of Connecticut Troops for nine months
and served out the full period of my enlistment and
was discharged at Valley Forge.  I believe we belonged to
the Continental Troops - in the latter part of March 1782 I enlisted
into Captain Charles Miles Company for thirteen months in Lieutenant
[illegible] Cenfields Regiment of Connecticut Troops.  I served as a Sergeant and
was discharged in April 1783
In my six month service in 1776 I was at New
York at the time of the [illegible] of our army after the
battle at Flatbush from New York we went to
Kings Bridge, and from there to Valentine Hill
and from there to White Plains, I was there during the
engagement from there we went to the North Castle on
the Hudson and from there through the [illegible] to the
State of Pennsylvania and was discharged near Philadelphia
In 1777 I was in the Battle of Germantown, Gen Washington
commanded - I do not recollect that I received a discharge
except for my services in Captain Miles Company in 1782.  In [illegible] company
I received a Sergeants [illegible] and a written discharge - but there have
both been destroyed by fire, my whole [illegible] was twenty eight months

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I was there in Canterbury (Conn) Sept 17. 1756 - I  [illegible]
[illegible] of my age - when I [illegible] the service I lived in
Canterbury (conn) since the Revolution I live [illegible] the [illegible]
part of my time in Vermont living [illegible] for the last forty
years in Shelburn, which is the place of my present [illegible]

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and
declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State.

Sworn to and Subscribed
the day and year aforesaid,
{signed] Ebenezer Barsto
Before
[signed] Nathan B Haswell Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after
putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above name applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, - And the Court further certify, that it appears to them, that Ezra Newl and Lewis MackDonald - 
who have signed the annexed certificate and who are residents of the town of Shelburn are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and that Lewis McDonald is a Clergyman

Attest
[signed] Eli [illegible]
[signed] John VanSickler 
Judge of Chittenden County Courts

STATE OF VERMONT,
Chittenden County, ss.

I Nathan B. Haswell Clerk of
Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify, that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said 
Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer
Barsto for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal of office, this 17 day of August
A.D. 1832.
[signed] Nathan B. Haswell

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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
December 26, 1923.
Mrs. F. W. Pettibone,
Lumberton, Miss.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 15740, it appears that
Ebenezer Barsto was born September 17, 1756, in Canterbury,
Connecticut.
While living in Canterbury, Connecticut, he enlisted
June 25, 1776, served six months as a private in Captain
Asa Bacon's Company, Colonel Chester's Connecticut Regi-
ment, and was in the battle of White Plains.
He enlisted April 1, 1777, served nine months in Cap-
tainAbner Bacon's Company, Colonel Durkee's Connecticut
Regiment and was in the battle of Germantown.
He again enlisted March 1, 1782 and served thirteen
months as a Sergeant in Captain Charles Niles' Company,
Lieutenant Colonel Canfield's Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 17, 1832, while living in Shelburn, Chittenden

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County, Vermont, and he died March 30, 1834, leaving
children whose names and that of his wife are not on
record.
Respectfully, 
Acting Commissioner.

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15740
INVALID.
File No. 15740
Ebenezer Barsto
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:-Vol 1, Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1923 Dec. 26 - Hist. to Mrs FN. Pettibone

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STATE OF VERMONT,
Chittenden County, ss.
I Nathan B Haswell Clerk of
Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify
that, Levi Comstock & NB Haswell Esqr.s
before whom the annexed affidavits are
taken, was at the time thereof, Justices of
the Peace, duly qualified, acting under the 
authority of this State, and that I believe
their names thereto subscribed, to be their own
proper signatures
In testimony wherof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court, at Burlington, this 17th day of August A.D. 1832
Nathan B. Haswell

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MRS. W.F.PETTIBONE
LUMBERTON, MISS.
The Pension Office,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
In Draper's Index to Applications for
pensions on file in U.S. Pension Office, file
No. S15740, included reference to Ebenezer
Barstow.  Please give me data of service and sur-
vivor to be used in becoming a D.A.R.
He was supposed to be in service in
May 1776 and June 24, 1777.
Any information will be greatly appre-
ciated.  Yours truly,
Lumberton, Miss.,  Mrs. F.W. Pettibone
Nov. 12th, 1923

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County

Clerks office
Burlington May 6th, 1833
I hereby certify that the papers
hereto attached marked ABC&D
are the same documents originally
forwarded to the Pension Office to sub-
stantiate the Declaration of Ebenezer
Barsto made on the 17th day
of August AD 1833 before the honorable County Court
for Chittenden County, and that since this returns
from the Pension Office the additional documents
marked N 1 & 2 have been added.
In returning whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said court
at Burlington this 6th day of May AD 1833
Nathan B Haswell

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Burlington May 7. 1833
J.L. Edwards Esq
I return  [illegible] the papers
of Ebenezer Borsto. - with an addition at
destination and the deposition of James Leach
which he issued soon after his first [illegible]
was made.  You will please [illegible]
the Certificate if granted.
Yours Respectfully
Nathan B Haswell

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Ebenezer Barsto

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County

We the undersigned inhabitants
of Shelburn in the County of Chittenden do
hereby certify on oath, that we are well acquainted
with Ebenezer Barstow of said Shelburn and
we believe him to be about seventy six years of age
and that he is [illegible] and believed in the
neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary Soldier
and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and Subscribed
this 10 day of August
AD 1832, and I hereby
Certify the above [illegible]
are credible witnesses

Ezra Meech
Louis McDonald

Levi Comstock Justice of the Peace
I hereby [illegible] certify [illegible] Louis McDonald
who has signed the foregoing certificate, is a clergyman
in regular standing
Levi Comstock  Justice of the Peace

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I, James Leach of Pawlet, in the County of Rut-
land, in the State of Vermont of lawful age, being
seventy three years old, & being duly sworn, do
depose & say, that in the year 1776 I was in the
service of the United States, having enlisted in
the State of Connecticut under the government of
that State, sometime in June, & went to New York
at which place I Served in the army, & in the
neighborhood, until Christmas, a time of six
months, I belonged to the Company of Capt. Asa
Bacon, in the Regiment commanded by Col.
Chester of Weathersfield.  I enlisted in Canterbury my
native place, in Windham County, State of Con-
necticut.  I also know that Ebenezer Barstow, now
of Shelburne in the County of Chittenden, in the 
State of Vermont, enlisted in the same Company
& Regiment, & went to New York & there in its
neighborhood, served in the Army of the United
States; but whether he served the whole time out,
till Christmas I do not remember, thought I
believe he did & I know he served the greater
part of that term & farther [illegible] not.
Pawlet July 31. 1832
James Leach

State of Vermont
Rutland County

Personally came James Leach
the signee of the above affidavit & to me well known
& made solemn oath to the truth of the same.  Before
me this 31st day of July AD 1832
N. Harmon Just Peace
for Rutland County

No. 2

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State of Vermont
Rutland County

I Robert Pierpoint Clerk of the County
Court for the County of Rutland do certify
that Nathaniel Harmon Esq is a Justice of
the Peace for said County duly Commissioned
and that the written signature is his hand
writing.
In testimony whereof I [illegible] [illegible] set my hand and
affix the Seal of said Court at Rutland this 22 day
of August AD 1832
R Pierpoint

Pawlet VT
8 [illegible] 1832
M Ebenezer Barstow
Town of County of Chittenden
Shelburn State of Vermont
[illegible] for immediately

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Eben Barstow, Shelburn
No 6444
28 May
{illegible] Bacon Co Chester Reg
3 mo 8 days  [illegible] Rolls

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I Benjamin Adams of South Hero in the
County of Grand Isle & State of Vermont, being now
age sixty seven years of age and being duly sworn
testify, depose & say; that I enlisted at Simsbury
in the State of Connecticut, where I belonged in the 
Regiment of Lieut. Col. Canfield raised by the author
ity of the State of Connecticut, for the the term of
thirteen months; that immediately after my enlist
ment, which was in the first part of March 1782,
I joined the Regiment which was then stationed at
Stamford arriving in said State and there became
acquainted with Sergeant Ebenezer Barstow; that
the war was then, and continued afterwards, to
officiate as Sargeant in the Company of Capt. Charly
Miles of the same Regiment, and according to my
best knowledge and belief, remained in the service
[illegible] the first day of April 1783 when the Regiment
was discharged, and further the [illegible] saith
Benj Adams

State of Vermont
Chittenden County
August 17. 1832
[illegible] personally appeared
Benjamin Adams the [illegible] of the above
deposition, to me well known & made solemn
oath that the [illegible] contained the truth and noth
ing but the truth, and I hereby certify that the [illegible] named
Adams is a person of truth and verocity
Before me
Nathan B Haswell  Justice of the Peace