Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,558, for Barnabas Rich, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass
Rich Barnabas
NUMBER
S 33,558
CONTENTS

33 558 Reg INVALID.
File No. 33,558
Barnabas Rich
Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 341
[Arrangement of 1870.]

8349
Massachusetts Roll
Barnabas Rich
of Wilbraham in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Bailey of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1813.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of March 1816 and sent to the Honble John Hooker Esq. Springfield Mass s
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 m \frac{25}{30} \frac{14}{31} - 26:30 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th M ch 1819 - 48: -
Continued $134:36
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
See letter to A. Brooks Jr. 7 th April 1831 do. to E. Clark Oct. 8. 1831
let to Hon. G. Fremont H.R. Mar 20, 1832
Barnabas Rich, Private, Col. Bailey's Regt. Mass. line. Pension $134.36. Certificate of Pension issued March 25, 1816.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. Springfield April 11 th A.D. 1818
Personally appeared before me John Hooker one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Hampden. Barnabas Rich now resident in Milbraham in said County and made solemn oath that at Poughkeepsie on Cape Cod in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy five on the twenty fifth day of December he was enlisted for the term of one year in the Company of Captain Wadsworth of Colonel John Bailey's Regiment of the Massachusetts line of Infantry, & served as a private soldier in the American Revolutionary army against the Common enemy until the middle of October following when he was taken sick & remained in the New England Hospital until at Norwalk in Connecticut, unfit for duty, until the expiration of the term of his enlistment.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampden ss. B E IT REMEMBERED, That on the Eleventh 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 Barnabas Rich the Applicant of the said John Wadsworth & John Bailey, respectively, 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 Barnabas Rich the applicant did serve in 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 Eleventh day of April 1818
I do therefore hereby certify & transmit the above & annexed as the testimony & proceedings had before me on the above application to the Secretary of the Department of the United States.
John Hooker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden Co.
Springfield April 11 th A.D. 1818
Personally appeared before me John Hooker one of the Justices of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Hampden. Barnabas Rich now resident in Milbraham in said County and made solemn oath that at Dover on Cape Cod in the year of our Lord one thousand and seventy five on the twenty fifth day of December he was enlisted for the term of one year in the Company of Captain Wadsworth of Colonel John Bailey's Regiment of the Massa- chusetts Line of Infantry, & served as a private soldier in the American Revolutionary army against the Common enemy until the middle of October following, when he was taken sick & remained in the New England Hospital at at Norwalk in Connecticut, unfit for duty, until the expiration of the term of his enlistment that he never received any other discharge than an acquittance from the Hospital Surgeon in last and that by reason of his reduced circumstan- ce in life he stands in need of assistance from his country.
Barnabas Rich
April 11. not
I Abel Bliss Just of Milbraham Mass ts do testify & say that I have known the said Barnabas Rich for five or six years past, he living in my neighbourhood, & have heard him, long before the passing the late law of bounty under which the above application is made relate his serving in the revolutionary army substantially as he has stated in his above affidavit - and that he maintains the reputation of a man of truth I have no reason to doubt the truth of what he has above deposed.
Abel Bliss Just
I John Russell of Milbraham do depose the same as is contained in the affidavit of the said Abel Bliss Just
John Russell

Kingston December 28 th 1878 in the County of Plymouth
I do hereby certify that I was a Lieutenant in a Company commanded by Capt. Roger Wadsworth (Since General Wadsworth) in the 2 nd Massachusetts Reg t commanded by Col. John Bailey in the year 1876. and that the within named Barnabas Rich to the best of my knowledge and belief was a soldier enlisted for one year in said Company and to the best of my recollection he served the full time for which he had enlisted. And I do not remember any thing in his conduct during said term inconsistent to the character of a good Soldier.
Col. Andrew Major in 4 th Mass t Regiment of Infantry in the Late Revolutionary war — and now one of the Justices of the peace for the County of Plymouth
I do hereby certify that I was Sergeant in the above named Company & that I recollect the within named Barnabas Rich and can certify to what is above written David Bradford
Plymouth 28 January 1879 then the above named David Bradford made solemn Oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed before me Andrew Justice of the peace —

I Tom Hooker with named do hereby submit this application with the additional testimony of both the Dues and Officer in said Regiment of David Bratton a Sergeant in the Company in which said Dues the applicant served.
Springfield Jan'y 20 th 1917 W. Tom Hooker
Filed Clerk
Benson Rd.
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I do hereby certify that Mr David Bradford the a fore said Deputant, is a man of a good character, as to his moral conduct and of undoubted veracity.
Seth Dyer Justice of the peace for the county of Plymouth
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss John B Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County do hereby certify that the Drew Signature is a true copy of the hand written of for said County duly qualified to administer oaths & take depositions and that the signature to the foregoing attestation is the true signature of the said parties
In testimony whereof I have hereunto at my hand I affixed the seal of the Court this sixteenth day of January A.D. 1849
John B Thomas

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25 March 1819
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COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY of
ss.
ON this _____ day of _____ 182_____, personally appeared, in open court, before _____ Court _____ the same being a Court of Record and so established by a Statute of said Commonwealth, said Court being now in session at _____ within and for said county of _____
_____ aged _____ years, resident in _____ who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
_____ manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An 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.
Sworn to and declared on the _____ day of _____ before _____
_____
Attest _____
John Ingersoll Glolsh
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid 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 _____ Dollars and _____ Cents.
opinion of the list of Debts
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this _____ day of _____ 182_____
Windsor
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John Ingersoll
Clerk of the Courts for the County of _____