Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37569, Daniel Barnard, Continental (Mass)

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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental (Mass)
 Barnard, Daniel
CONTENTS
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NUMBER
S. 37569

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8054
Maine
Daniel Barnard
Bridgeton in the State of Maine
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Poor
of the Massachusetts
line, for the term of one year

Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist of Maine
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 28th of April 1818-

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of March 1879
and sent to A.R. Parris, Esqr
Paris, Maine

Arrears to 4th of March 1819        81.03 1813
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819
                                                       48.00
                                              _____________-
                                                     $124.83
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Cumberland County

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Daniel Barnard St
Col. Poor's Mass Regt
1776 - 1 year
Dec.
28th April 1818
Admitted

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
To the Honorable Albion K. Parris Judge of the District
Court of the United States of America for
the District of Maine Humbly shews Daniel Barnard
of Bridgeton in the District of Maine that he served as a
private soldier in the war of the Revolution on
the Continental establishment that he is yet a resident
citizen of the United States at said Bridgeton and that
by reason of your applicants reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country,
and your applicant represents aforesaid he belonged in his said
capacity as a private
aforesaid to the Company
commanded by Capt Saultridge and 
the Regiment commanded by Lt. Enoch Poor of the company commanded by 
Capt Kimball that he entered the service on or about the first day of January AD 1776 and left said service on the last day of December of the same year
& was honorably discharged at about that time.  wherefore in as much as your applicant verily believes comes under the provision of the act entitled "an act to provide persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war
he prays your honor to institute
an inquiry into the circumstances of his case and that such further proceeding may be had touching 
in the premises as are prescribed
by law in order that your applicant may be
be placed on the pension list of the United States
Dated at Portland this 28th
day of April AD 1818
Daniel Banard

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Nathaniel Howe Esq.
of Bridgeton and Asa Cummings
esqr of Albany
in the District of Maine
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at
Portland in said District, on the twenty eighth day of April
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Daniel Barnard of Bridgeton in said District presented
an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private
in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against
the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and
that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress
passed March 18, 1818, entitled " An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service
of the United States in the revolutionary war, in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said
United States:--And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of
sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the
town of Bridgeton and Albany
aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested
in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at
the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you,
touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service,
the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the
service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such
depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of
the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court.
without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Portland in said District, the day and
year first mentioned.
Albion K. Parris
Judge of the Unit States in and
for the District of Maine.

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I, Abner Abbot of Albany in the County of Oxford
do testify and say that I am well acquainted with
Daniel Barnard of Bridgeton in the County of
Cumberlin we were formerly Townsmen together
belonging at the time of our inlistment in the
Town of Andover in the County of Essex said
Barnard enlisted in the year 1775 and went
into actual service the first of January 1876
at Winter Hill near Boston and joining the
Newhamshire horses, said served as a solder
.
Capt Soltridges Company in Col. Enoch Poor's regiment and Col. Sullivan's brigade
near the last of November of the same year I when
said Burnand marched from Mount independent
to Mary N.Y. and said Barnard served  a year
as a faithful Soldier. further the deponent saith not.
                                Abner Abbot

Oxford SS. Albany May 7th 1818 Personally appeared
Abner Abbott who is a man of truth and veracity
and made oath that the above Deposition by him
subscribed was the truth
Before the
Asa Cummings Justice Peace

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
I, Isaiah Ingalls Esqr of Bridgton in the District of Maine
do testify and say that in the year of our Lord seventeen
hundred seventy five I lived in Andover in the State of
Massachusetts and that Daniel Barnard of Bridgton
aforesaid yeoman then, was a neighbor and intimate
acquaintance of mine, that I was then informed that said
Barnard enlisted in the service of the United States for one year and
in the latter part of the summer in the succeeding year
met the American Army at Ticonderoga retreating
from Canada and the said Daniel Barnard
was the
first man that met my eye which I could recognize
as my townsman I was told that the rest of his company was deceased that his name was Sattridge and attached
to the Regiment commanded by Col. Enoch Poor of the New Hampshire line I frequently saw said Daniel Barnard
on duty in said Company and Regiment till the month of
November then next when and saw the said Barnard
march from 
Ticonderoga with his said Regiment for
Albany (son then said) according to the best of my
recollection said Barard enlisted and entered the service in the ┃
month of December in the year aforesaid and I always under
stood that said Barnard faithfully served out the term for which he enlisted and was honorably discharged,
And further saith not.
                                   Isaiah Ingalls

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.
District of Maine, Cumberland SS. May 6th AD.
 Then personally appeared before me the subscriber, one of the Justices
of the Peace for the County of Cumberland aforesaid Isaiah Ingalls
 Esqr of Bridgton in said County, who is a man known for truth and veracity and who after being questioned made solemn oath to the truth of the
within deposition by him signed. Taken at the request of Daniel Barnard of Brighton aforesaid and by the appointment
and authority of the Honorable Albion K. Parris by Didmus-Potestaton; Dated at Portland in said District of Maine on 
the 20th day of April which is returned herewith

Nathaniel Howe, Justice of the Peace

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty eighth
day of April
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen, personally came
Daniel
Barnard the applicant named in the papers hereunto
annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the
several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my
presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the deposition
of Abner Abbot
and
Isaiah Ingalls, both
soldiers in the Revolutionary
Army
taken before
respectable magistrates of
the State of Massachusetts
by virtue of a Declimie
Potestatem by me issued
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible
witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory
proof to me that the said Daniel Barnard the applicant, served as a
private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy,
of the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further
certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear
that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support
; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to
the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled " An Act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my
Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion K. Parris
Judge of the United States in and
for the District of Maine.

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In reply to your request of ________
received ______________
for a statement of the military history of Daniel Barnard
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.
S. File 37,569
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
1 January 1776
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
One year
RANK.
Private
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Shortridge
Kimball
COLONEL.
Poor
STATE.
Continental
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, and
Date of application for pension, Apl 28,
Residence at date of application, Brighton
Age at date of application,
Remarks.
317936510 - 07
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

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Record Division.
Miss Mary A. Todd,
11 Violet Street,
Madam:
June 17, 1911.
In response to your letter dated the 12"" and received the 15"" instant, you are herewith furnished the history of Daniel Barnard of Maine
(Sur. File No. 20, 386, and advised that the Revolutionary War pension
records fail to show that a claim was ever filed for John Berry described
by you.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

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Rev War
37569
INVALID.
File No. 37
,569
Daniel Barnard
Pri
Rev War
18th March 18
Index: - Vol. 2
Page 28
Arrangement of 1870.}
19 June 17. Hist. to Miss Mary
A. Todd-

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DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
REGISTRAR
MISS MARY A. TODD
11 VIOLET STREET
LYNN
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: Will you please send me record
John Berry of Machias Maine
a Revolutionary
Soldier, said to have
drawn a pension
also that of Daniel Barnard of
New Hampshire
of Maine.
Yours respectfully

(Miss) Mary A. Todd
11 Violet St
Lynn, Mass.
Mary


June 12 -1911