Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,401, Barzillai Howard, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Howard Barzillai Parmenter Hannah
NUMBER
S. 34.401 B.L. Rej.
(Former widow)
CONTENTS
This woman was pensioned on account of the service of her last husband, Levi Parmenter (Mass.) W. 5477 - B.L. Wt. 40703 - 160-55

Massachusetts Roll.
1,570
Barzillai Howard, Massachusetts Private, Capt Packard Line 1777. 6 yrs 3 months
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818, and sent to the Hon. Isaac Parker, Worcester, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Service rendering
4 months 22/30. $37.86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
continued
Brookfield, Worcester
Notification sent Nov 3 rd 1820 to Elizabeth Bagley the sister of the deceased

State of Massachusetts } County of Worcester } ss
On this sixth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Hannah Parmenter, aged eighty two years, who is now unmarried and a widow; a resident of Hubbardston in the State of Massachusetts, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she was the widow of Bathsheba Howard deceased, previous to her marriage to the late Levi Parmenter, now deceased, and that her said former husband Bathsheba Howard, was a private in the regiment com- manded by Col. Benjamin Tupper and also in the regiment commanded by Col. Calvin Smith, in the war of the Revolution, and continued in actual service in the said war, for a period of more than fourteen days; and that as she believes he enlisted or entered upon the said service at Brookfield in the State of Massachusetts, at or near the beginning of the said war and served therein until the close of the said war, and was honorably discharged; But the name of the Captain of the company in which he served, and the precise time and place of his dis- charge she is unable to state, and for further particulars of the said service she refers to the accompanying

certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of Massachusetts. She further declares that her late said husband Barzilla Howard for about six or seven years previous to his death was in the receipt of an annual pension from the government of the United States, but his certificate therefor she is unable to produce.
She further states that she was married to the said Barzilla Howard in the town of Warren (then Western) in the State of Massachusetts on the twenty-eighth day of November A. D. one thousand eight hundred and two  two by one Danforth Heyes a Justice of the Peace; and that her name before her said marriage was Hannah Mundell; that her said husband Barzilla Howard died at Oakham in the State of Massachusetts about the seventh or eighth day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. She further declares that after the death of the said Barzilla Howard she was married to one Levi Parmenter, and that the said Levi Parmenter died at Hubbardston in the State of Massachusetts on the 12 th day of July 1837 as set forth by her in another declaration this day made for the purpose of obtaining bounty land for the military services of the said Parmenter. And she declares that she is now a widow.
She further declares  states that after due inquiry

She is unable to find any public record of her marriage to the said Barzilla Howard, or of the death of the said Howard neither has she any family record of the same; but for proof of these facts she refers to the affidavits which she herewith transmits.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855 the second section of which provides that the widow of a deceased soldier "shall be entitled to receive a certificate or warrant for the same quantity of land that such deceased person, would be entitled to receive under the provisions of this act if now living" and that "a subsequent marriage shall not impair the right of any such widow to such warrant if she be a widow at the time of making her application"
And she prays that her certificate or warrant for the same may be sent for her to Dr Samuel Taylor of Petersham in the State of Massachusetts
Her Hommock Poormen mark
We Mary Mundell and Isaac Mundell residents of Hubbardston in the State of Massachusetts upon our oaths declare that the foregoing

declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Parmelee in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and we know from personal acquaintance and from living in the same neighborhood that at the date of the foregoing application (March sixth 1856) she is unmarried and a widow, and it is also within our personal knowledge that previous to her mar- riage to her last husband, Levi Parmelee, she was the widow of the late Barzilla Howard named in the foregoing declaration; And we have no interest in this claim
Mary Mendenhall
Isaac Mendenhall
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year written in the foregoing declaration.
And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, that she is now a widow and that I have no interest in this claim
W m Bennett Jr. Justice of the Peace
240.440.

declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Parmelee in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and we know from personal acquaintance and from living in the same neighborhood that at the date of the foregoing application (March sixth 1856) she is unmarried and a widow, and it is also within our personal knowledge that previous to her marriage to her last husband, Levi Parmelee, she was
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, Joseph Mason Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, which is a court of record for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that
M c Bennett Jr Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the Certificate on the paper hereunto annexed, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth to take the acknowledgement of deeds and administer oaths, that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity, and that his SIGNATURE to said CERTIFICATE is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, this twenty seventh day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- six
J. Mason Clerk.

Barzillai Howard
15 10
Western - June '18
[Large handwritten signature, possibly "W" or "M"]
Common Pleas, Middlesex, ss. and for the County of Middlesex, ss. hereby certify that J. WILLIAM BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of
before the said Court proven to and delivered of the

Schedule of the Estate of Parzillai Howard of Western in the County of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of May 1. 1820.
In possession but have no legal deed or any legal title to half an acre of land, and a small poor old house which cost me $46.- but would not sell for $30. $30.00
  2 old tables - 1 1/2 case Knives & Forks 1 3 pt. pewter Pason  1. 26    1 old cracked earthen plates - 1 set Tea cups & Saucers  .. 30    3 old earthen platters 2 small Glass Tumblers 1 pt mug  .. 43    5 Pewter & Iron Table Spoons 4 qt Glass Bottles  .. 39    2 pt Bottles 2 five qt. Pails - one pail full pot  1. 18    Gal. Pot 1 Iron Kettle half-pail 1 Iron pail Cracked  1. 09    Kettle 1 Great Wheel - 1 foot wheel 2 old chests  2. -    5 Chairs poor and old 1 Oct. Bible - 2 vol. Village Sermons, one  2. 83    Psalm Book one Gun 1 Iron Shovel - one Hoe 1 iron  3. 42    Spade - one poor axe one scythe & Smith, one Rake  1. 70    2 half Barrels - one Butter firkin - one Lantern one Sickle,  1. 48    2 shoe maker knives, Hammer, strap & stone 1 doz poor lasts  .. 50    1 bow one Surn worth $24 - Shovel & tongs, 42 1 old looking Glass  24. 67    and am indebted in the sum of 50 dollars  $ 71. 67    Error in the value of s d Bible  1. 50  
$ 73. 17
I have a Wife who is infirm and weakly aged 47 years - a little girl aged 7 years who is of a slender constitution - I am myself infirm, and unable to labour but little - and am by occupation a shoe maker
Parzillai Howard.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this twenty first day of June , 1820,
personally appeared in open Court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, Barzillai Howard aged sixty seven years, resident in Western in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as
follows: From some time in the Spring of 1775. and served 8 months from the time of my enlistment in Col. David Brewer's Regt. and Capt. John Packard's Company and in July 1776, enlisted for 5 months in Col. Holmans regt. in Capt. John Wolcott's Company - in March 1777, again enlisted during the War, and served in Col. Thos. Nixon's Regt. Genl. John Nixon's Brigade, in Capt. Wm. Gorgee's company and Capt. Daniels' Company - the latter part of the time however, I was in Col. Tupper's Regt. and served my time out there. and was honorably discharged in 1783, on the 9th day of June. In two battles & some skirmishes. I served in the Mass. Line on the Continental establishment; my Pension Certificate is numbered 1,510: I was in the battle at Ridgefield & Green's farm (Conn.) and at the burning of Danbury and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any 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.
Barzillai Howard.
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty first day of June , 1820 before the said Court.
Attest,
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, 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 seventy three dollars and seventeen cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty first day of June , 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.

Bareillai Howard Brookfield
Copy of

State of Massachusetts - Barzillai Howard of Brookfield in the County of Worcester - laborer -
a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Brookfield in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, in the Month of March A. D. 1777 -
I entered and was engaged in the Continental service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the close of the war 1783 - Having served six years and three months - as a private soldier against the common enemy, without any interrup- tion or absence: that I belonged to the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment commanded latter part of the time by Col. Tupper - in the Third Brigade -
and that I left the service on the Ninth day of June, I think, in A. D. 1783
and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty five years - Having a wife & one child living with me - My discharge I handed Mr. Goodale many years since & he was to leave it with DeForest Esq. but I have been unable to find it & believe it is now lost -
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Barzillai Howard
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 13 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, Isaac Patherch
Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts
the abovenamed Barzillai Howard and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination du- ly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
Attest my hand & the seal of said Court the day & year aforesaid Isaac Patherch

Joseph Blair I Margellai Howard of Brookfield do testify and declare that I was in the revolutionary army, having entered in the year 1779 & enlisted during the war in Col Brattle Nixon's Regiment & after wards in Green's Regiment, and I was personally knowing of the matter named Margellai Howard was in the Army I served in the manner he has stated in his declaration
Joseph Blair
13 April 1810
Sworn to before me
Isaac Parker C.J.P.C.
Joseph Blair Margellai Howard
Joseph Blair Margellai Howard

FWW
February 28, 1927
corrected before being mailed
E. F. J. Tafe 484 South Broadway Los Angeles, Calif.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the Rev. War records  War of 1812 records of this Bureau it appears that Barzillai Howard(S.3440) enlisted in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1775 as a private in Captain John Packhard's Company, Colonel David Brewer's Massachusetts Regiment and served eight months.
He enlisted in July 1776  1775 and served five months as a private in Captain John Wolcott's Company, Colonel Holman's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in March 1777, served in Captains William Toogood's and Daniels' Companies, Colonels Thomas Nixon's and Benjamin Tupper's Massachusetts Regiment, was at the burning of Danbury, and battles of Ridgefield and Green's Farms in Connecticut and was discharged June 9, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818 while a resident of Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts aged sixty-five years. He died April 7 or 8, 1828 in Oakham, Massachusetts.
He married November 28, 1802 in Western, (later called
Colin Smith was on a list as enlisted

Warren) Massachusetts, Hannah Mundell of Hubbardton, Massachusetts. She married the second time, on April 19, 1832 in Hubbardton, Levi Parmenter who died July 12, 1837 in Hubbardton, Massachusetts. He too was a soldier of the Revolution.
Said Barzillai Howard and his wife Hannah had children, but their names are not given.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
In a letter written by one Samuel Saylor in the claim of Levi Parmenter, the widowed daughter of Hannah Parmenter's first husband is referred to as her (the widow's) child. Also that said Hannah had a minor child by her first husband. As to four data that claim was of no real value as to one child. Bar Howard referred to a child born with him in 1818 & in 1820 a "little girl" aged 2 yrs. No names mentioned any where.

34 401 Rev. INVALID.
1927-Feb. 28- Hist. W.E.F. - Safe MMH
File No. 34, 401
Bayliss Howard
Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 231
[Arrangement of 1870.]

240440
Hannah Parmenter for wid B. Howard
awh 0703 160 [Large cursive signature: J. B. Howard]
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS.

Petersham Massachusetts October 25, 1858
To the Commissioner of Pensions;
In the application of Hannah Parmenter, made through me as her agent, for some Bounty Land, for the services of her first husband, Barzilla Howard, has not been heard from since the receipt of the Circular which I here inclose
I believe the proofs that were returned to the office were ample to establish the fact that Barzilla Howard served during nearly the whole of the Revolutionary War; and that, if living, he would be entitled to Bounty Land; as also the facts of his marriage to Hannah Parmenter, of his death and of her Present Widowhood
The applicant is miserably poor, and has requested me to write to the Office this letter of inquiry, that she may know whether her application will be granted; and if not granted, on what grounds it is refused
Very Respectfully
Samuel Taylor

PENSION OFFICE,
April 2 nd , 1856.
SIR:
The claim of Hannah Panenter for wid B. Howard No. 240.440 for Bounty Land under the act of March 3, 1855, has been received, and will be attended to in its turn. It is therefore respectfully requested that every applicant will wait a reasonable time before making application to know what has been done in relation to his or her claim. All applications will be disposed of as fast as the nature of the business will admit, and immediate notice given to the parties, or their agents, who are requested to furnish the No. of the application, and the act of Congress under which the claim arises, in all their communications.
Respectfully,
J. MINOT,
Commissioner.
Dr. S. Taylor.

240.440

State of Massachusetts County of Worcester, W. Brookfield March 19 - 1856 We Baxter Ellis and Lucy Ellis residents of West Brookfield in the County of Worcester and state of Massachusetts having been duly sworn elepre and say that we well knew Barzilla Howard and his wife Hannah Howard: And we knew them before they were intermarried, and we knew the said Hannah before her marriage to the said Barzilla Howard, and her name before her said marriage was Hannah Mundell We resided in the neighborhood where they lived and knew from personal acquaintance that the said Barzilla and the said Hannah lived together as husband and wife in the town of Warren (formerly called the town of Western) for a period of about seven years. We knew them so to live together from about the year eighteen hundred sixteen to the year eighteen hundred twenty three and they were generally reputed as husband and wife, and the fact of their having been legally married was never called in question by their most intimate acquaintances, And

we know from general report of the fact that the said Hannah after the death of the said Barzilla Howard was married to Levi Parnenter of Hubbardston in the state of Massachusetts - And we are not pecuniarily interested in any claim to Bounty land which the said Hannah may have for the military services of the said Barzilla Howard
In presence of
Baxter Ellis
Lucy Ellis Jos F Hitchcock
Lucy Ellis
State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester March 19-1856 The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me by Baxter Ellis and Lucy Ellis at West Brookfield in the County of Worcester and state before written on this nineteenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty six - And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons and that I have no pecuniary interest in any claim for Bounty land which the said Hannah mentioned in the foregoing affidavit may have for the military services of the said Barzilla Howard
Jos. F. Hitchcock Justice of the Peace

we know from general report of the fact that the said Keannak after the death of the said Barzilla Howard was married to Levi Parnunter of Hubbardston in the state of Massachusetts - And we are not pecuniarily interested in any claim to Bounty land which the said Keannak may have for the military services of the said Barzilla Howard
In presence of
Baxter Ellis
Lucan Ellis Luc B. Whitcomb
Lucy Ellis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, Joseph Mason Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court , which is a court of record for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that
J. F. Hitchcock Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the Certificate on the paper hereunto annexed, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth to take the acknowledgement of deeds and administer oaths, that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity, and that his SIGNATURE to said CERTIFICATE is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, this twenty seventh day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- six .
J. Mason Clerk.

240.440

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
February 18 th 1856.
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 Barzilla Howard is borne on "List of Final Settlement" as follows, viz, on the Old 13 th Col. 13 reg Suppers & Col. Calvin Smith's Regiment.
No. 11843 Jany 1. 1783. $ 47. 25. No. 12417 Jany 1. 1782 " 75. 32 No. 12856 Jany 1. 1783 " 88. 00 No. 13464 Jany 1. 1784 " 80. 00
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
J. D. Wells Secretary of the Commonwealth.

240.440.

State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester
Warren March
15 th 1856
I Oliver Mundell resident of Warren in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts having been duly sworn, depose and say that I well knew Barzilla Howard and his wife Hannah Howard. And I knew them before they were intermarried, and I knew the said Hannah before her marriage to the said Barzilla Howard and her name before her said marriage was Hannah Mundell. I resided in the neighborhood where they lived and knew from personal acquaintance that the said Barzilla and the said Hannah lived together as husband and wife in the town of Warren (formerly called the town of Western) for a period of at least about ten years - I knew them to live together from about the year 1817 to the year 1827 and they were generally reputed as husband and wife and the fact of their having been legally married was never called in question by their most intimate acquaintances. And I am not pecuniarily interested in any claim to Bounty land which the said Hannah may have for the military services of the said Barzilla Howard.
In presence of H. J. Brannan Daniel Heterock
Oliver his Mundell mark
State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ss March 15-1856 - The
foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed

Go to live together from about the year 1807 to the year 1827 and they were generally reputed as husband and wife and the fact of their having been legally married was never called in question by their most intimate acquaintances. And I am not pecuniarily interested in any claim to Bounty land which the said Hannah may have for the military services of the said Barzilla Howard
In presence of H. J. Brama Daniel Hethercock
Oliver His Mundeell mark
State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ss March 15-1856 - The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me by Oliver Mundeell at Warren in the county and state before written on this fifteenth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty six - And I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person and that I have no pecuniary interest in any claim for Bounty land which the said Hannah mentioned in the foregoing affidavit, may have for the military services of the said Barzilla Howard
Jos. F. Hethercock
Justice of the Peace

Go to live together from about the year 1807 to the year 1827 and they were generally reputed as husband and wife and the fact of their having been legally married was never called in question by their most intimate acquaintances. And I am not pecuniarily interested in any claim to Bounty land which the said Hannah may have for the military services of the said Barzilla Howard
In presence of H. J. Brumad Daniel Hethercock
Oliver his Mundeell mark
State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ss March 15-1856 - The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, Joseph Mason Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court , which is a court of record for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that
Jo. F. Hethercock Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the Certificate on the paper hereunto annexed, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth to take the acknowledgement of deeds and administer oaths, that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity, and that his SIGNATURE to said CERTIFICATE is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, this twenty seventh day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- six .
Jo. Mason Clerk.

280 440

Certificate of Eliakim Morse I hereby certify that I reside in Oakham and was undertaken for the town in Eighteen hundred twenty Eight and that I furnished a Coffin for and attended the funeral of Barzilla Howard on the 9 th of April of that year Eliakim Morse
State of Massachusetts } S Oakham Feb. twentieth Co. of Worcester } Eighteen hundred Fifty six Before me personally appeared Eliakim Morse in the foregoing certificate subscribed and made Oath that the above certificate is true Mark Haskell Justice of the Peace
James Deane's certificate I hereby certify that I resided in Oakham in 1828 and I knew Barzilla Howard I knew of his death and attended his funeral
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, Joseph Mason Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court , which is a court of record for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that
Mark Haskell Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the Certificates on the paper hereunto annexed, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and authorized by the laws of this Com- monwealth to take the acknowledgement of deeds and administer oaths, that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity, and that his SIGNATURE to said CERTIFICATE is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, this twenty seventh day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- six .
J. Mason Clerk.

Certificate of Eliakim Morse I hereby certify that I reside in Oakham and was undertaken for the town in Eighteen hundred twenty Eight and that I furnished a Coffin for and attended the funeral of Barrilla Howard on the 9 th of April of that year Eliakim Morse
State of Massachusetts } S Oakham Feb. twentieth Co. of Worcester } Eighteen hundred Fifty six Before me personally appeared Eliakim Morse in the foregoing certificate subscribed and made Oath that the above certificate is true Mark Haskell Justice of the Peace
James Dean's certificate I hereby certify that I resided in Oakham in 1828 and I knew Barrilla Howard I knew of his death and attended his funeral as a bearer the forepart of April of that year James Dean
State of Massachusetts } S County of Worcester } On this 20 th day of Feb, eighteen hundred fifty six personally appeared James Dean subscribed and made Oath to the the above certificate for certificate relating to the death of Barrilla Howard Mark Haskell Justice of the Peace

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
ARTHUR B. BENTON
VICE-PRESIDENTS
DR. WESLEY WILBUR BECKETT
NATHAN WILSON STOWELL
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BLEDSOE
SECRETARY
LEWIS AUGUSTUS WINSTON
TREASURER
EDWARD BOUTON
REGISTRAR
JOHN EMERSON MARBLE
LIBRARIAN
WILLIS MILNOR DIXON
Sons of the Revolution in the State of California
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DIRECTORS
COL. HOLDRIDGE O. COLLINS
JUDGE GUY RICHARDS CRUMP
JOHN BARNES MILLER
FRANK HERVEY PETTINGELL
FRANK MONROE PORTER
HENRY MAURIS ROBINSON
GENERAL CHARLES HENRY WHIPPLE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
EUGENE WADDELL BRITT
WILLIAM RICHARDSON STAATS
FRANK HERVEY PETTINGELL
RALPH BELDAM HARDACRE
HENRY MAURIS ROBINSON
December 31, 1926
Hon. Winfield Scott, Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
My dear sir;
not found in War Rev. Ind. searched
Andrew Strain of North Carolina is on the pension lists of 1840, will you be so kind as to send me the records relative to the Revolutionary service and family data at your earliest convenience. Thanking you for this favor and with kindest wishes for 1927.
I am
Sincerely, E. E. J. Nafe E. E. J. Nafe, Assistant Genealogist.
Barzillai Howard received a pension ( 1820 rolls ) kindly give data for his Rev. record and family data.