Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16038, Asa Barrows, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Barrows, Asa
S. 16038
cardinal
CONTENTS

Maine 18077
Asa Barrows
of Oxford Co. in the State of Maine who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Bendon of the regiment commanded by Col. Cotton in the Massachusetts line for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of July 1830 and sent to T. Clark Paris Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1830 66.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. .. 16.66 $ 83.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M c Gaffield Clerk Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 4

9669 -
Asa Barrows.
12 th April 1838
By 5-14. 16.
P. 332
18 mts
$ 33.35
Thomas Clark Esq Paris Maine

BRIEF in the case of Asa Barrows of Pamlint Gore in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 87 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.   Years, Months, Days.     April In 1776 8 1 Private Capt. Benton Col. Cooten   Dec. 1776 1 12 " Capt. Perkins   Lat. of July 1780 14 " Capt. Churchill  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Plymouth Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Catts Examining Clerk.

Asa Barrows.
9669
Thomas Clark, agent

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford .
ss.
ON this 20 th day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate — now sitting, Asa Barrows , a resident of Hamlin Gore in the county of Oxford ,
and State of Maine, aged 81 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. That he enlisted  list in the service of the United States as a private , under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.  in April 1775, at Plympton , in the county of Plymouth , in the State of Massachusetts , his then residence, for the term of eight months , in the Militia company commanded by Capt Joshua Benson , in the regiment commanded by Col. Cotton ; and mustered at Middlebury , the joining town , marched to Roxbury , near Boston , where he was stationed under Gen William Heath ; at the expiration of said term was discharged by Gen. Thomas — which discharge he lost a long time since —
On an alarm in December 1776, he marched as a volunteer in the militia company from Plympton , under the command of Lieut Joshua Perkins to Barrington , in Rhode Island ; was there stationed & served about six weeks , at the expiration of which term he was verbally discharged — And on the last of July 1780, he marched as a volunteer in the militia company from Plympton aforesaid to Tiverton (under the command of Capt. Perez Churchill ) in Rhode Island — where he was stationed and served about two weeks , and was there verbally discharged — He has no documentary evidence, to prove his service as a volunteer as aforesaid, and he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service as volunteer as aforesaid —
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.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before,
Asa Barrows  Stephen Emery, Judge

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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. Said applicant having adduced the deposition of Francis Sturtevant, under oath, duly administered, in corroboration of his own declaration
Stephen Emery J. Judge
I Joseph G. Cole Register Clerk 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 Asa Barrows for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28 th day of August A. D. 1832.
CLERK
Joseph G. Cole Register

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a justice of the Peace and Notary Public, in and for the county of Oxford, Asa Barrows, who being first 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 period mentioned below, and all as a private soldier: viz: For ten months: and for such service I claim a pension.
Asa Barrows
State of Maine. Oxford ss. April 27. 1833. Then the above named Asa Barrows made oath to the truth of the above affidavit and subscribed the same in my presence - and I hereby certify that he is a man of truth and veracity -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my notarial seal the day and year afore said - Thomas Clark, Justice of the Peace & Notary Public in & for the County of Oxford in the State of Maine -

Rev. War Section. Aut Am
September 18, 1923.
Jessie H. Tuttle, 3730 Grand Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16038 , it appears that Asa Barrows , while living in Plymton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, enlisted April 1775, and served as a private eight months in Captain Joshua Benson's company, Colonel Cotton's regiment, Massachusetts troops.
He enlisted December 1776 and served six weeks under Lieutenant Joshua Perkins. The last of July 1780, he enlisted and served two weeks under Captain Perez Churchill.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, while a resident of Hamlin's Grove, Oxford County, Maine, aged eighty one years.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Sept 1923 Hill to peace H. Little cut.
P
16038
INVALID.
File No. 16038
Asa Barron
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 432
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3730 Grand Ave. Minneapolis, Minn.
Aug. 1-1923.
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir:—
Will you please send me record of pension claim of
Asa Barrows.
born July 28 (1750?) in Plymouth Co, Mass. married Feb 12, 1781 Content Benson died Oxford Co. Maine about May 1834 placed on pension roll (Maine) July 23 1833 aged 83. pension began May 4, 1831. Served in Massachusetts.
Thanking you in advance
I am yours very truly
Mrs. Jessie H. Tuttle

I, Francis Sturtevant, of Paris in the county of Oxford, in the State of Maine, a pensioner of the United States, on oath declare, that to my certain knowledge, Asa Barron, of Hamlin's Gore in said county, enlisted into the army of the United States, in the revolutionary war, on the continental establishment at Plympton, in the county of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts, for the term of eight months , in April 1775 - the company in which he served was commanded by Capt. Joshua Benson, and the regiment was commanded by Col. Cotton in the Massachusetts line - and was stationed at Roxbury near Boston under the command of Gen. Thomas - and I am satisfied that he faithfully served the term of eight months - Francis Sturtevant
State of Maine. County of Oxford ss. August 21. 1832. The above named Francis Sturtevant, to me known as a man of truth, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed - Before me -
STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Thomas Clark Esq.
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of Francis Sturtevant is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 28 th day of August in the year A. D. 1832.
R. Goodenow } Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

I, Francis Sturtevant, of Paris in the county of Oxford, in the State of Maine, a pensioner of the United States, on oath declare, that to my certain knowledge, Asa Barrows, of Hamlin's Gore in said county, enlisted into the army of the United States, in the revolutionary war, on the continental establishment at Plympton, in the county of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts, for the term of eight months , in April 1775 - the company in which he served was commanded by Capt. Joshua Benson, and the regiment was commanded by Col. Cotton in the Massachusetts line - and was stationed at Roxbury near Boston under the command of Gen. Thomas - and I am satisfied that he faithfully served the term of eight months - Francis Sturtevant
State of Maine. County of Oxford ss. August 21. 1832. The above named Francis Sturtevant, to me known as a man of truth , personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed - Before me -
Thomas Clark. Justice of the Peace.