Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,518, Moses Barron, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Barron Moses
S. 45,518
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19,329 R
New Hampshire Moses Darrow
of Hanover in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Gray of the regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall in the Mass tts . line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Hampshire at the rate of 6 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of June 1824
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th of Dec r 1824 and Sinto Bess Bicknell Esq. Hanover, N. Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1824, $ 22.93 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 March 1825 $ 48 ~ 2 mon: 26 / 35 $ 70.93
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } March 1. 1826.

State of New Hampshire Town of Haverhill Moses Barrow of said Haverhill is taxed for his poll and one cow and nothing else and we know of no property which the said Barrow has except a few articles of house & electman hold furniture May 30. 1823. John Kingsbury of Jonathan Wilson Jacob Williams Haverhill

Moses Barron -

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Grafton ss.)
ON this first day of May 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said
County personally appears Moses Barron aged sixty two years, resident in
Haverhill in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he the said Moses Barron enlisted in March 1776 in the State of Massachusetts
in the company commanded by Captain George W. Gray of the Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Marshall, Massachusetts Line
; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the month of March 1779
, when he was discharged from service in White Plains State of New York ; that he was in the battles of
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Ezra Bartlett
I, Ezra Bartlett a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Moses Barron  is in indigent circumstances & stands in need of assistance for support and did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Haverhill May 1st 1818.
Ezra Bartlett

State of New Hampshire Grafton ss. At the Superior Court of Judicature held at Plymouth within 4 for said county on the second Tuesday of November Anno Domini 1821
Present the Honorable Nathaniel Richardson Chief Justice Levi Woodbury } Justices
On this fifteenth day of November Anno Domini 1821 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record by the laws of this State established Moses Barron aged sixty five years a resident of Haverhill in said county of Grafton who being duly sworn in open Court doth on his Oath declare that he served in the revolutionary — as follows viz in the regiment of Infantry commanded by Colonel Marshall in Capt Grays Company Massachusetts line during the year of our Lord 1776 — That he applied for a pension that the date of his application is — Anno Domini 1818 That he never has received a pension certificate. And in order to obtain a certificate I do on my Oath declare that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 That I have not since that time sold transferred conveyed or put out of my hands or disposed any property real or personal with intent thereby so to diminish the same as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of the United States entitled an act to — for the relief of certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary war passed March 18 th 1818 And that he now has no other estate real or personal in his possession nor has any other person any estate or property of his or in trust for him except what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by him subscribed That I have no child in my family or any person who is bound to assist

me in my Support except my wife who is aged 63 years & of very feeble constitution & sickly from her confinement a farmer & was much troubled with the Rheumatism so as to be frequently unable to work and as we are old & infirm we must have the charity of our country or friends to enable us to live & be comfortable.
And I further say that all the property I have in the world is one cow of the value of fourteen dollars & a few articles of kitchen furniture of a poor quality & old all not worth ten dollars except my bed & bedding Moses Barron
Sworn & declared on this 15 day of November 1821 before the justice of said Court
Attest S. P. Webster Clerk copy examined att. S. P. Webster Clerk
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said county do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty four dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of the said Court on this sixteenth day of April Anno Domini 1824
S. P. Webster } Clerk of said Superior Court of Judicature

45518
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 45518
Moses Barron
Pri. Rev. War
Act: 18 March 1818 18 May 1820 / March 1823
Index: —Vol. 3 , Page 25
[Arrangement of 1870.]

To,
Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, Washington City

Haverhill N.H. 26. Nov. 1823.
Sir,
This accompanies the papers of Moses Beman applying for a pension under the Act of Congress of the 18. March 1818. The declaration of his services in the revolutionary war was made, before me, on the first day of May 1818; in which he stated his services in Col o Timothy Bedel's Regiment for one year viz t 1778, also one year's service in Col o Marshall's Reg t Massachusetts line viz t in the years 1776 & 1777: evidence of his services in Bedel's Reg t was furnished & together with his declaration of that service was transmitted to the War Department in the year 1818, where it was decided that Bedel's Reg t for the year 1778 was not considered on the Continental establishment: after notice of this decision the applicant, with much trouble & expense, procured some evidence of his services in Col. Marshall's Reg t , which, with his declaration, was forwarded to the war Department in Sep. 1821 and were soon after returned to have them

more fully authenticated and also for a schedule of his property: these not having been perfected until this time is the occasion of their not having been sooner forwarded.
There is still an error in the affidavit of Alexander Pixley where he states that "he saw the applicant in Col. Marshall's Reg t , at Monmouth, in the "year 1778" which should have been 1777 & was inadvertently written as it is by the Magistrate & the error not discovered until the deponent was gone and the applicant does not, at this time, know where to find him to have it corrected.
On the envelope covering his papers when they were returned from your Office there is this endorsement "Barron swears that his Captain was George W. Gray - his witnesses swear that it was Elisha S. Gray ;" Barron explains this discrepancy in this way, he says George W. Gray commanded the Company at the time of his enlistment and soon after he took the small pox & died at Boston and that his Brother Elisha S. Gray was advanced to the Captaincy & so continued during the residue of his period of enlistment.

This applicant confidently hopes that this trivial error will not longer debar him from enjoying the benificent provisions of this Act of Congress, and that after five years fruitless attempts, attended with much expense of time & money, he may now participate, with his fellow Soldiers, in his Country's munificence. —
I am, Sir, respectfully,
Your Obedt. Servt.
Ezra Bartlett
Hon. John C. Calhoun,
Secy of War. —

Alexander Pyle of Lowfall age before me say that he is in the service of the United States in the war of the rebellion in the 12th regiment Pennsylvania Heavy 65 th Thos. Marshall in Genl. Pattersons Brigade was well acquainted in the Battle of Seven Pines in which Marshall was severely wounded in the same Battle. That he well remembers during the war at the White Plains in the year 1862 again Pyle remembers seeing him in the same Brigade at Manassas in the year 1862 and that he was reported to be a good soldier at the time I was acquainted with him. Alexander Pyle
State of New Hampshire July 30 th A.D. 1823 on this day personally appeared John Fairfield Esq. known to me to be the person described in and who executed the above declaration before me. Subscribed to me this 30 th day of July 1823 George Woodeward Notary Public
State of New Hampshire
I George Woodeward a public Notary within and for said State duly commissioned & sworn do certify to whom it may concern that John Fairfield Esq whose name appears above under his own proper hand is a Justice of the peace within and for said county of Grafton in said State & that full faith & credit is due to his attestations as such Notary my hand & seal of Office This third day of July anno Domini 1823
George Woodeward

14-00057 I Alexander Perley of Lawfull age do depose and say that being in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution in the Regiment commanded by Col n Thomas Marshall in Gen l Patersons Brigade & was well acquainted with Moses Harmon an acting sergeant in a company of Artillery in the same Brigade, that I well remember seeing him at White Plains in the year 1776; again I well remember seeing him in the same Brigade at Monmouth in the year 1778 and that he was reputed a good soldier all the time all the time I was acquainted with him.
State of New Hampshire } Grafton ss } May 27 th 1824, then Alexander Perley the above signer, made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is just and true before
Me. Daniel Blairdell Justice of peace And I do hereby certify to whom it may concern that I have been well acquainted with the same Alexander Perley many years, and that his testimony is entitled to full faith and credit
Daniel Blairdell Justice of peace
State of New Hampshire } Secretarys Office } I hereby certify that David Blairdell Esq: whose name is above subscribed is a Justice of the peace for the County of Grafton in said State, duly appointed and commissioned and that to his acts and attestations as such full faith and credit are due
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the public seal of the state at Concord this 9 th day of June A.D. 1824 Sam l Sparhawk Secretary

I Jonas Durent of Carlisle in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, depose and say, that to my personal knowledge, Moses Barron, now of Haverhill in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire, served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war during one year, in Capt Elisha B. Gray's Company and Colonel Marshall's Regiment, from seven hundred seventy-six, to seven hundred seventy-seven. And further your deponent saith not.
Jonas Durent
Massachusetts, Middlesex County, December 27 th 1821. Then Jonas Durent above named, he being a disinterested & credible witness, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and made solemn oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed is the truth.
Blaney Abbot.

Have U.S.H. Octr 31 }
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Recd 6 Nov. 1824
Oct 11/24
Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secretary of war, Washington-city.

Haverhill N.H. 30. Oct. 1824.
Sir,
On the 10 th June last I addressed a letter to you from Concord in this State accompanying Moses Barron's papers made out conformable to your directions, and requested to have his pension certificate forwarded to me, at this place, if he should be found entitled to one, since which time I have had no return & the applicant is very anxious to know the result.
He has been peculiarly unfortunate in prosecuting & bringing his claim to a final result, having made his first application early in the year 1818 and has ever since been waiting a decision. If his vouchers are not yet satisfactory to you he wishes to know it and what further

further he must do to substantiate his claim. He confidently believed that during the recess of Congress an opportunity would have been afforded you to attend to his case & to inform him of the result: he waits im- patiently & will expect an answer as soon as your convenience will permit it. —
I am, respectfully,
Your Obt. Serv. —
Ezra Bartlett
Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secy of War. —

Mr."> Mr. Edward
Rec d 17 June 1824.

Council Chamber,
Concord, N.H., June 10, 1824.
Sir,
The inclosed affidavit of Alexander Pixley, taken in the case of Moses Barron of Haverhill N.H., was returned from your department to me for the purpose of having the Magistrate, before whom it was taken, certify as to the credibility of the deponent.
As the Magistrate before whom it was originally taken was not personally acquainted with the deponent I could not certify in the case; application was made to a Magistrate living in the same town with the deponent; the affidavit taken before him with the Secretary of State's certificate, subjoined, accompanies this.

If this applicant should be found entitled to a pension, please to make out his certificate & enclose it to me at Haverhill, N.H.
I am, most respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.
Ezra Bartlett
Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secy of War

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency William Eustis Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
W. Eustis
KNOW YE, That Blaney H. Wool Esquire
was on the twenty seventh day of December A.D. eighteen hundred and twenty one, a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
An Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this thirteenth day of November A. D. 1823 and in the forty eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR.
Elden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth.