Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14908, Barzillai Yeats, Mass. R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. R.I.
Yeats, Barzillai For Yates
S. 14908
CONTENTS
carded

New York. N o 28,613
Barzillai Yates Yeats.
Genesee Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Reed in the Mass. Troops time for 14. months 1/2 day and R.I. Militia
aw Aug. 3. 08
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 146 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of April 1834 and sent to Isaac Wilson Linden Genesee Co. N. York
Arrears to the 14th of March 1834 140.31 emi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sep. " 23.38 $163.69
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4 Page 127

G. Thayer affix
Barzillai Gates

State of New York County of Genesee ss.
On this 15th day of October 1832. personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Isaac Wilson William Mitchell James Saggart James Saggart & Robert Earl Jr. Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, now sitting, Barzilla Bates a resident of the Town of Gainesville in the said County of Genesee & State of New York. Aged seventy five years the 12th day of October last. 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 7th. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated.
* Marched to Stillwater N. York. Aposition in the capture of Gen. Burgoyne. 4 some time after Marched South to White Plains where he was dismissed having some service (four months) the full period of his enlistment.
1st That he enlisted about the 1st of May 1775 at Uxbridge in the State of Massachusetts in a Company commanded by Capt. Seagraves in Col. Joseph Reed's Regiment of the Massachusetts State Troops & Marched from Uxbridge to Boston was stationed at Roxbury during the Bunkerhill battle and continued near Boston during the Campaign. That he was in a skirmish at the taking Light house islands and taking 40 British Prisoners and at the expiration of his enlistment was regularly, though verbally dismissed having served eight months the full period of his enlistment.
That in the year 1777. does not remember the exact time, entered the service as a substitute for Simons then after the taking of Blake of Uxbridge  Hampden Worcester County Mass. in Capt. Job Knapp's Compy Col. Cushing's Regt. Mass. St. Troops for 4 months.*
That in the Spring of 1778 Volunteered into Capt. Reed's Company in Col. Tyers Regiment of the Massachusetts State Troops and marched to Providence Rhode Island where was stationed one month and was then regularly although verbally dismissed having served one month .
That in the fall of 1778. can't recollect the precise time, was a Volunteer in Capt. Knapp's Compy Col. Garnet's Regiment of the Massachusetts State Troops & Marched from Uxbridge to Providence where he continued in service one Month and was regularly dismissed.
That in  about the spring of the year 1779 as far as he can recollect, Volunteered into Capt. Martyn's Company does not remember the name of the Col who commanded the Regiment of the Massachusetts State Troops & Marched to Providence where he was stationed one month and was dismissed having served the period of his engagement.
Yea verily

Gen Sullivan retreat from Rhode Island That about the 23 or 24 days before, as near as he can recollect was hired by Daniel Morey Esq. of Smithfield Rhode Island as a sub- stitute for a Quaker, of the Rhode Island Militia the one half of which was then called into service & was attached to a company commanded by Capt Ebenezer Danks. does not recollect the name of the Colonel. That he mar- ched from Smithfield and joined the Regiment on Rhode Island - where he was regularly dismissed after having served out the term of his engagement 20 which was Twenty days. —
That on an alarm in July the year that Lord Cornwallis was taken  two days before  the  Sullivan  was the  Regiment  was  called out into a company commanded by Capt Barzillai Danks. does not recollect the name of the Colonel commanding the Regiment of the Massachusetts State Troops and marched from Uxbridge to the Mouth of Taunton river, between 40 and 50 miles where he was stationed a few days & was regularly dismissed and returned home, having 10 been out about ten days. Having served in these several terms 16 as a soldier of the Revolutionary War at least sixteen months . That he has no documentary Evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can prove who can testify to his service except Gideon Maynard whose affidavit is here unto annexed. In answer to the interrogatories of the Court he states his age as before, born at Uxbridge County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts, 1757 Has no record of his age except in a family Book. That he was called into service as stated & that since the close of the Revolution any war has resided at Uxbridge aforesaid about 7 years next in Versailles, Orange Co. Vermont 16 years, where he now resides Gainesville General Co. about 26 years.
That he never rec d a written discharge. That Mr. Benjamin Dukes of Bristol a blacksmith and John Brown of Gainesville are his neighbors & one of them a townsmen & can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. And He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the pension & 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 before me in open court Barzillai Danks Timothy Fitch Clerk

We residing in the Town of Gainesville in the County of Genesee & State of New York & of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Barzilla Yates who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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 named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Benjamin Lathrop is a clergyman of Bristol in Genesee County who signed the annexed Certificate & that John Brown of Gainesville who has also signed the same is a credible person that their statement is entitled to Credit.
Isaac Wilson James Faggart Robert Dail William Mitchell
Judge of Common Pleas
I Timothy Fitch Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Genesee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Barzilla Yates for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this fifteenth day October 1832.
Timothy Fitch Clerk
Yours truly Timothy Fitch

Isaac Wilson First Judge of Oneida County Courts do hereby certify that I have been many years acquainted with Banziller Yates Esq. who made the foregoing Declaration & that he is an respectable old man & fully entitled to credit. And I beg leave to add that the the Certificate of the justice recently obtained by Mr. Yates as to the credibility of the witness is not so satisfactory in form as could be wished but it is hoped it will be deemed sufficient in substance .
Isaac Wilson
I certify that I am acquainted with the within named Banziller Yates that he sustains the reputation of being a man of truth & honesty & I do believe that implicit credit may be reposed in his statement
B. L. Dray late member of Congress from Gen County NY
Coatstown NY June 29. 1833
Banziller Yates Declaration for Pension

of New York Livingston County 3 d P:
I Gideon Thayer, residing in the town of Lima in the County of Livingston and state of New York hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Barzillai Yeates who resides in the town of Gainesville in the County of Genesee and state aforesaid, and who at the time of making this certificate is present before me; I know him to have been a soldier of the Revolution; I was myself a soldier of the revolution and during a part of the time served with the said Barzillai though not in the same regiment - The said Barzillai served in the Massachusetts State troops in the year 1775 in Capt. Edward Leagraves Company of which Job Snapp was Lieutenant and Peter Dast Ensign, in Colo. Joseph Reed's regiment, in Gen. Thomas' Brigade; that I understood at that time that the said Barzillai enlisted for the term of eight months, and I well recollect having seen him from time to time as often as once a fortnight in the service, during the most of said term of eight months - I was myself attached to the State troops of Rhode Island, in Gen l Green's Brigade, Colo. Hitchcock's regiment and Capt. William Aldrich's Company - The said Barzillai enlisted in the town of Uxbridge in the County of Worcester state of Massachusetts and marched from that place to Roxbury and while the said Barzillai was at Roxbury the Regiment in which I belonged was stationed at Prospect Hill - I was in one Skirmish with the said Barzillai on the Light house island so called in the vicinity of Boston - the said Barzillai was discharged at Roxbury about the same time that I was - In the year 1776 I well recollect that the said Barzillai entered the service again as a substitute for a person of the name of Blake who resided in Mendon in Worcester County aforesaid, in the Company then commanded by Capt. Job Snapp in Col. Cushing's regiment, and Gen l Warner's Brigade of the Massachusetts State troops for the term of 14 months as I then understood and marched to Stillwater in the State of New York, that I lived at this time in Mendon aforesaid and the said Barzillai in Uxbridge and I was then well acquainted with him; soon after he returned from the last term of service I saw and conversed with him and was then and still am perfectly satisfied that he served out faithfully the whole of that term - I have also long since conversed with him repeatedly in relation to the capture of Burgoyne and I am fully convinced as well from what he has told me at different times as from information obtained from others who were present at the taking of Burgoyne that the said Barzillai aided in that capture - I am in my 78 th year of age and have been acquainted with the said Barzillai from his youth until the present time - I believe that he is of the age of seventy four years - Sworn and subscribed Gideon Thayer

This 21st. day of August A.D. 1832 Before me
Melancton W. Brown
a Justice of the Peace of the County of Livingston, State of New York and I certify that the statement contained in the preceding certificate is entitled to credit-
State of New York
Mr. M. Brown Justice &c.
Livingston County
I Chauncy R. Bond Clerk of said County do certify that Melancton W. Brown Esq before whom the within & foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn & whose signature appears to the same was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace of said county legally authorized to act as such.
And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & verily believe that his name subscribed to said affidavit is his own proper hand writing & signature.
Witness My hand & seal of office at Geneseo this 22 d day of August 1832
Ch. R. Bond Clerk (brant) By S. G. Hauen Schick
G. Thayer Affix Berylles Yates

Barzilai Bates Confidential
10207
v
Isaac Wilson age
Linden Genesee Co. N.Y.

I Benjamin Luther Clergyman Residing in The Town of Castile in the County of Genesee and State of New York and John Brown Residing in the Town of Gainesville and County aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Barzilla Gates Residing in said Town of Gainesville who is about to make A Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress Passed June 7 th 1832 that we believe him to be as he Declares Seventy years old fore last October the 12 Day that he is reputed and Believed in the neighbourhood where he Resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn and Subscribed this 10 th day of October 1832 Before me Joseph Lucas Justice of the Peace Benjamin Luther John Brown
State of New York, Genesee County ss, I Timothy Fitch Clerk of the said County of Genesee do hereby certify. That Joseph Lucas before whom the foregoing affidavit of Benjamin Luther and John Brown purports to have been taken was on the day of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Genesee and that full faith & credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity and that I am well acquainted with the signature of the said Justice & verily believe that the signature of the said Justice subscribed to the said affidavit is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 19 th day of October 1832 Timothy Fitch Clerk

X 16207
Barzillai Yates Genesee county New York
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Refu d to E. D. Bangs for proof Admitted Powawa 14 mo & 1 day
Isaac Wilson Linden Genesee co N. York

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF WAR
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 25 1833
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 shew 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, shewing the Service of Bassillai Yates, Genesee New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1775 8 private Capt Seagraves Col Reed Light House island to Boston 75 Ubridge Mass. tradition   enlisted for Simon Lake 1777 4 9 Capt Knapp Col Cushing Saratoga to Stillwater   Volunteer 1778 1 22 Capt Reed Col Tyler to Providence living witness proves his different tours   do — 1 Capt Knapp Col Larned Rhode Island   do. 1779 1 Capt Martin do   20 Capt Trask Spitfield   1781 10 Capt Traft to Farmington   14 1   14 1  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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 this law:
 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, musicians 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 } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. 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
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[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 of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &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 and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 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 certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &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

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 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? 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 in 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 traditional 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.
[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 the war when he served.
[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 precise length 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:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; 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 credible 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
awt
July 21, 1925
Mabel I. Cummings 26 Buena Place Rochester, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 14908, it appears that Barzillai Yeats was born October 12, 1757 at Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
While residing at said Uxbridge, he enlisted May 1, 1775 and served eight months in Captain Edward Seagrave's Company, Colonel Joseph Read's Massachusetts Regiment, and was in a skirmish at the taking of Light House Island.
From December 8, 1776 to January 21, 1777 in Captain Read's Company, Colonel Tyler's Massachusetts Regiment.
From April 17, 1777 to May 7, 1777 in Captain Isaac Martin's Company, Colonel Wood's Massachusetts Regiment.
From September 15, 1777 to November 30, 1777 in

Captain Job Knapp's Massachusetts Company Regiment and was at the taking of Burgoyne.
In 1778, one month in Captain Knapp's Company, Colonel Larned's Massachusetts Regiment.
Also in 1778, twenty days in Captain Ebenezer Trask's Rhode Island Company and was in General Sullivan's Expedition to Rhode Island.
In July 1781, ten days in Captain Bezaleel Taft's Massachusetts Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1832, while a resident of Gainesville, Genesee County, New York.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
miss Wilson Old service - used state report-

INVALID.
File No. 14.908
Barzillai Yates Rev Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 421
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1925. July 21- Hist to Mabel D Cummings - see letter in Nathan Fuller W. 19301-awj.

4 Rev. B Act 7. June 1832
Suspended
Barzillai Yates
See letter to Isaac Wilson Linden N. York 29. Oct. 1833

Dear Sir,
Barzilai Yates.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan y 1 st 1834
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Berzilla Yeats as a private is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt Edward Seagraves Company. in Col. Reads' Regt. where he is allowed from May 4 th to the 1 st of August 1775. for services and travel m. d. three Months and five days. — — — — — 3 = 5
Berzilla Yeats' name is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Sam l Reads' Company. Commanded by Lt Col. Tyler. where he is allowed from Decem r 8 th 1776. to Jan y 21 st 1777. One Month and Nine days. 1 = 9
Berzilla Yeats' name as a Serjeant is borne on an Abstract of Bounty due to Capt Isaac Martins' Company. in Col. Woods' Regt. where he is allowed from April 17 th to May 7 th 1777. for services and travel twenty two days. — — — — — = 22
Berzilla Yates' name as a private is found on a Pay Abstract of Bounty due to Capt. Col. Knap's Company. where he is allowed from Sept 15 th to Nov 30 th 1777. two Months and twenty four days. 2 = 24 8 = 00

Amount brought Over
m d 8 = 0
Barzillai Yates claims for further services under Capt Edward Seagrave in '75. the Rolls of which after the 1 st of August in 1775. are not found in this Office.
Edward D Bangs. Secy