Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,246, Barnabas Bates, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bates Barnabas
11.17.846
Barnabus
Sylvia
CONTENTS
Silvia

13504. Massachusetts
Danabur Bates
of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Lieut in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col [blank] in the [blank] line for 11 Days
Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of 131 Dollars 56 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of June 1883 and [blank] and [blank]
Arrears to the 4th of [blank] 800 58 1/2 Semi-ant. allowance ending [blank] 5 78 806 36 3/4
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [blank] Clerk, Book [blank] Vol. [blank] Page [blank]

Barnabas Bates 20667
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this Tenth day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Abel Root Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Wrentham within and for said County of Plymouth, Barnabas Bates a resident of Wrentham in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Eighty four 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. 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he entered the service of the United States sometime in the month of April in the year 1775 when he was appointed a lieutenant of a company raised especially for the protection and defense of the sea-coast around the head of Buzzards Bay commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Hammond of Rochester in said county of Plymouth and was stationed in Wrentham the most of the time upon a separate detachment of said company with nineteen men for six months. The period for which said company was raised. — On the 9th of May 1776 he commenced a tour of service in a company commanded by Capt. Stephen Uling as First lieutenant of the same with which he did duty three months at Roxbury. Judah Sear was 2 d lieutenant of said company and Simon Gary of Bridgewater Col. of the Regiment to which said company was attached. — In the year 1778 soon after the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne's army he was ordered to Boston where he served two months

as first lieutenant of a company commanded by Capt. John Barry of Middleborough in performing guard duty over the British prisoners — Andrew McCarley was 2 d Lieut. of said company and he believes that, Col. — Sims of Boston was the immediate commanding officer of the guard. Major Gen. Heath was at that time in command, at Boston and to whom the officers made their reports, and by whom they were discharged, when their term of duty was at an end. — In the month of September 1776 Being then commander of a small coasting vessel lying at Wackawaw partly loaded with cord wood for Newport in Rhode Island he together with his vessel were impressed into the service of the government of the United States by Col. — Sims of Boston to take troops and materiel from Sandwich in the county of Barnstable to New York. But on the way thither in Long Island Sound hearing that the British had taken possession of that city, they put into Norwalk in the State of Connecticut, where they discharged their passengers and materiel and were permitted to return to said Wackawaw with his vessel, making something like about six weeks that he and his vessel were thus detained in the service of the United States. — On the 6 th day of September 1778 being then First Lieutenant of a company commanded by Capt. John Gibbs of the 4 th Regt. in the county of Plymouth, commanded by Col. Ebenezer Dyer, marched on an alarm to Dartmouth in the county of Bristol and was there in service five days. — On the 13 th day of the same month of Sept. 1778 being 1 st Lieut. as aforesaid marched from Wackawaw under the command of Capt. John Gibbs on an alarm to Saltonstall in said county of Barnstable and was there in service five days. — On the 31 st day of July 1780 being 1 st Lieut. as aforesaid marched by order of the Executive Council of Massachusetts into the State of Rhode Island, where he was under the command of Lieut. Col. — White and served nine days.

In addition to this from the gloomy period of 1775 - until the full establishment and recognition of the independence of these States in '83 - he was engaged in raising men, loaning money from his own resources for advance pay and bounty, waiting as an agent for this place (Wachapreague) upon the Congress, as then called, which at that time met at Watertown, for advances to meet the demands then made upon the town, without receiving any compensation for his trouble. Whether this be a subject calculated to stamp his services with any additional value he leaves the agents (of the government legally authorized for that purpose) to determine. - There was also one tour of service he performed in the State of Rhode Island - subsequent to the time before stated but of what particular duration, or under what officer he cannot say. Hence he will name no time, and wait for a further disclosure of that testimony which may be thought important to establish his claims to the bounty and generosity of his country. In further addition to what is here stated he would observe, that on the first tour of service he performed at Boston or Roxbury, - which was the same thing he was taken sick - and remained so for about three weeks before he was enabled to return home - and during this time was attended by Andrew Meeker of said Wachapreague, who was surgeon of the Regt. and Nathaniel Gibbs of said Wachapreague who belonged to the Quarters Master or Commissary's Department,

The the said Barnabas Bates was born at Warham in the year 1748 the 20 th day of June A.D. and has always resided in said town. His birth in pre- cises is recorded among the records of said town, Barnabas Bates
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Attest Jacob H. Lord Register

We, Samuel Vott Jr a clergyman, residing in the town of Wareham and David Nye residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Barnabas Bates , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty four years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Samuel Vott Jr D Nye
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Samuel Vott Jr , who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Wareham and that David Nye Esq , who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
I, Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Barnabas Bates for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said office, this tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty Two .
Jacob H. Lord

206.67 Barnabas Bates Massachusetts
Leant 11 Mo & 19 days
$157.56
M c Laughlin
J. H. Lord Plymouth Mass

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 Barnabas Bates County of Plymouth Mass
   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.     1775 6 Lieut Capt Hammin Genl Heath Mass 84 years   1776 3 Wing Col Roxbury Wareham   1778 2 Barton Brigs Mass   1776 X 12 Lieut Gibbs Brigs New York Massachusetts   1778 10 Lieut Bristol {   9 " Barnstable {   X 11 10 Lieut  
X 11 10 provided for
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 he 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.
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.
[k] This traditional 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.

Massachusetts - 465
Sylvia Bates
widow of Barnabas Bates, dec d
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 7. 32 and who died on the 30 th Aug t 1835 of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts who was a Lieut t in the Battery commanded by Captain  of the Reg t commanded by  Carey in the Mass t line for 11 mos & 19 dys
Mass.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 15-1 Dollars 56 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Sept r 38, and sent to I. M. Knowlton, Plymouth, Mass.
  Arrears to the 4th of Sept r  $ 378.90    Semi-annual allowance ending  75.78         $ 454.68  
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 70
Sister Hon. O. Foster 23 rd Jan y 1850

Sylvia Bates.
deduction
V 455
Sylvia Bates M ra of Barnabus Mass.
Ad 7 July 1838
M arried 1787
Ad 1835
Allow d Sub. 11 mo 19 d $151. 56 per ann
no deduction
J H Lord Esq Plymouth Mass

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.
State of Massachusetts ss. - Plymouth County ss. -
On this third day of August in the year an thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me William Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts being a Court of Record.
Silvia Bates a resident of Wareham in the County of Plymouth aforesaid aged eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Barnabas Bates late of said Wareham deceased, - who was a Lieutenant of the Militia of Massachusetts in the service of the United States for a term of time during the Revolutionary War, - a proof of whose services are now among the Records in the Department of War at the City of Washington - and at the time of his decease was a Pensioner under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. -
She further declares that she was married to the said Barnabas Bates on the eighteenth day of January in the year nineteen hundred and eighty seven; that her husband the aforesaid Barnabas Bates died on the thirteenth day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January nineteen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated. -
Silvia Bates
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. -
Before William Wood J. Probate
I further certify that the Declarant by reason of age & bodily infirmity is unable to travel to a Court to make declaration
William Wood Judge of the said Court of Probate

Plymouth Yr. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Willis Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the within are his true & genuine signatures.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Pro- bate for said County this fourteenth day of August 1838.
Jacob H. Lord

I Charles W. Jenkins of Falmouth, County of Barnstable, and State of Massachusetts, Clerk of the Town of Falmouth hereby certify that the marriage of Barnabas Bates of Wareham and Lydia Crowell of Falmouth is recorded in the second Book of Records of the town of Falmouth page seventy-first as follows — "Married by Revd. Isaiah Mear January eighteenth Seventeen hundred and eighty seven Barnabas Bates of Wareham and Lydia Crowell of Falmouth," and I certify the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures thus (January 18. 1787) and I Charles W. Jenkins above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Falmouth and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me.
Charles W. Jenkins Clerk of the Town of Falmouth
Barnstable County July 28 th 1838
Sworn this day.
Before me Sam l P. Crandall Just Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Barnstable ss. To Timothy Reed Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Barnstable hereby certify that Samuel P. Groves Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid duly Commissioned & qualified and that I believe the within signature purporting to have been made by him is his genuine signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this fourth day of August A.D. 1838 Timothy Reed Clerk

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17246
Sylvia Bates Widow of Barnabas Bates Lk Ber War
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. 1, Page 37
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Sylvia V Bates Wid of Barnabas May Ad 7 July 1838 Sw. l. H. Souder Sept 8 1838

Barnabas Bates, Mass. act d June when last paid?
25 Sep 38
G.M.C.
Dec r 13 th Aug t 1835 / 3 rd that period
PH
17.246 File - — 4.65 Ctg
Sylvania Wid. of Barnabas Bates
The following rolls taken from this case and placed in Roll files
x Pay Roll Capt Gibbs C o 4 th Regt Mass.
Pay Roll Capt Gibbs C o Col
Ebenezer Sprout who marched on an alarm to Dartmouth the 6 th Sept 1778 made up agreeable to a Resolve of Genl 9 th May 1779
Pay Roll 5 th Co Mil 11 th Regt of the County of Plymouth who marched under the Command of Capt Gibbs on the alarm at Falmouth on the 13 th day of Sept 1778. made up according to the Establishments of Wages & Travel in first Settlements of pay in this State.
Pay Roll Capt John Gibbs 11 th Regt in the County of Plymouth commanded by Lt Col. White in service in the State of Rhode Island by order of Council in pay of the United States

Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay. }
The
Part of the New-England,
COUNCIL of the Massachusetts-Bay, in
Barnabas Bates Gentleman. Greeting.
YOU being appointed Lieutenant of a company whereof Stephen Wing is Captain in the Regiment whereof Simon Lang is Colonel raised by this Colony to reinforce the American Army until the first day of April next. By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly.—You are therefore carefully and distantly to discharge the Duty of a first Lieut. in leading, ordering, and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline. And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their first Lieut. and you are yourself, to obey and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from your senior Officers.
James Otis William Spooner Calvin Cushing Hughes Jed. Foster Zabriel Fisher John Wheatcomb Caleb Harkness J. Morton James Wadsworth David Taylor John Taylor Moses Gill B. White Joseph Gerrish
GIVEN under my Hands and the Seal of the said Colony, at Watertown the Tenth Day of February in the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Third, Anno Domini, 1776.
By the Command of the Major Part of the Council
Oliver Wolcott Secy

The CONGRESS of the Colony of the MASSACHUSETTS-BAY.
To Barnabas Bates Jun r
Gentleman, Greeting.
WE, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Courage and good Conduct, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you the said Barnabas Bates to be a 2 d Lieutenant of a Company of Foot, appointed by said Congress to be raised for the Protection and Defence of the Sea-Coast in this Colony ;
YOU are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a 2 d Lieutenant in leading, ordering and exercising the said Company in Arms, both inferior Officers and Soldiers ; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline ; and they are hereby commanded to obey you as their 2 d Lieutenant and you are yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from your superior Officers, (or from those who are or may be appointed to have the Direction of the said Company or Companies in the several Towns or Counties where you may be stationed) according to Military Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust reposed in you.
By Order of Congress,
John Warren President.
Attest. Sam d Freeman Sec'y.
Dated the first Day of August A. D. 1775.
AM
BT

Major Part of the Massachusetts-Bay. }
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England,
To Barnabas Bates Esq r Gentleman, Greeting.
YOU being appointed First Lieutenant of the fifth Company, whereof John Gile is Captain, of the fourth Regiment of Militia in the County of Plymouth, whereof Elkanah Dyer Esq r is Colonel. By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly.—You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a first Lieut t in leading, ordering, and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline:—And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their First Lieut t and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Major part of the Council, or Your Superior Officers.
(Decorative flourish signature)
GIVEN under our Hands and the Seal of the said Colony, at Watertown the Ninth Day of May — in the Year of our LORD One Thousand Seven Hundred & Twenty Six
By the Command of the Major Part of the Council }
ROGER MORRISON Clerk
James Otis William Spener Ezra Cushing William Dyer Richard Dyer Francis Dyer John Whitecomb Isaac Foster Blood Taylor Samuel Dyer Samuel Dyer Moses Gill Michael Dyer Zabdiel Dyer B. White

Salisbury Hitchman Deposition —

I Salisbury Hitchman of Wareham in the county of Plymouth & commonwealth of Massachusetts now in the eightieth year of my age, do testify and say, that that in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five soon after hostilities commenced between the English and Americans, a company of men was required to be raised in the Regiment commanded by Col. Sproat to guard and protect the sea coast at the head of Buzzards Bay, in Wareham and Rochester in said county. I enlisted into a company commanded by Nathaniel Hammond, Joshua Briggs was first Lieutenant, and Barnabas Bates of Wareham was second Lieutenant. I served in said company and under said officers for the full term of Six months in guarding said sea coast. I was then and ever since have been well acquainted with the said Barnabas Bates and that he the said Bates served, as second Lieutenant in said company for the full term of Six months, at the time and place aforesaid,
Salisbury Hitchman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. August 1 st , 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Salisbury Hitchman and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
Before me Seth Miller Jr. Justice of the peace
I certify that the said Salisbury Hitchman is a man of veracity & a credible witness. Seth Miller Jr. Justice of the peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Seth Miller Jr. Esq. is a Justice of the Peace & that his name within subscribed is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Probate Court for said County this seventeenth day of December A. D. 1832.
Jacob H. Lord

I William Bates of Wareham in the County of Plymouth of lawful age to give evidence on oath do hereby say that I was well acquainted with Barnabas Bates, late of said Wareham gentleman deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. Said Barnabas Bates died at said Wareham on the thirteenth day of August in the Year Eighteen hundred & thirty five. I was not present at his death but attended his funeral. He left a widow whose name is Silvia Bates now living at said Wareham & she is the same person to whom he was married in early life. Wm Bates
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. Aug. 13. 1838. William Bates appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit before him subscribed before me the undersigned; and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the affiant, and that he is of good character for truth. G. J. Morton Just Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Charles J. Holmes Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this fourteenth day of August 1838 Jacob H. Lord

William Bates of Ulenham in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts of law- ful age do an oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with Silvia Bates the widow of Barnabas Bates late of said Ulenham deceased who at the time of his de- cease was a Pensioner of the United States, and that she has not been married since the decease of said Barnabas but has not since been and still remains single and unmarried.
Ulenham September 17 th 1838 W m Bates.
State of Massachusetts Plymouth County —
ss September 17 th 1838 Then the above named William Bates, whom I certify to be a credible witness, made oath in due form of law that the foregoing deposition, by him subscribed, is true
Before me Seth Miller, Jr., Justice of the Peace Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Seth Miller Jr. Esquire is a Justice of the Peace for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of the Court of Probate for said County this twentieth day of September 1838. Jacob H. Lord

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Sept 24.
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James L. Edwards Esq. 2 Cornhill Washington D.C.

Plymouth Mass Sept 20, 1838
Sir
I enclose you an affidavit that Silvia Bates has not been married since the death of her husband Barnabas Bates dec. Your letter stated that her claim would be allowed as soon as that fact was proved
Respectfully Your Obt. Servt.
Jacob W. Loud
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions Washington D. C.

Barnabas Bates
Mass.
Wid F. 17.246
Thirteen receipts dated 1775, 1776, 1778 and 1779 for money received from Barnabas Bates
Two orders to Lt Barnabas Bates to pay wages dated Dec. 7 and Dec 25. 1775
An order to Lt Joshua Briggs and Lt Barnabas Bates to pay wages, dated Dec. 30. 1775
These papers have been removed from this case and will be forwarded to the War Dept.
M. B. H.
Mch. 21. 1911.
Sent to War Dept. Jan. 16, 1913