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Hancock[handwritten] ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Please Third[handwritten] Eastern District begun and holden at Castine[handwritten] within and for the County of Hancock[handwritten] on the 2nd Tues[handwritten]day of July[handwritten] being the eleventh[handwritten] day of said month in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty before the Honorable William Crosby Sr and James Campbell Sr[handwritten] Judge s[handwritten] of said Court.

On this twelfth[handwritten] day of July[handwritten] in the year 1820 personally appeared in open court[handwritten] the same proceeding according to the course of common law, having "the power of fine and imprisonment" and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Solomon Barber[handwritten] aged seventy three[handwritten] years, resident of Deer Isle[handwritten] in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war, viz as a Private[handwritten] in the company commanded by Capt Wilder[handwritten] in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Phinney[handwritten] in the line of the state of Massachusetts[handwritten] on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the the twenty second[handwritten] day of April[handwritten] 1818[handwritten], and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, No.13.718[handwritten] was granted. 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 to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain person 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 that I have any income other than is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the numbers and particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me. Solomon Barber[signature]

Sworn to and declared on the 12th[handwritten] day of July[handwritten] A.D. 1820} Before the Court[handwritten] [blank] {one of the Judges of Said Court attest Mason Shaw Clerk[handwritten]

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate (necessary bedding and clothing excepted) belonging to the subscriber, viz: [handwritten] 6 cows @ 13$ Bull 7$ 2 calves 3$ 2 yearlings $8 96.00 20 sheep 25$ Scythe 6/ rake 1/6 ax 6/ 2 shovels 6 28.25 Pot 6/ Kettle 6/ Tea Kettle 3/ Spider 3/ 7 Chains 9/ 4.50 Wheel 6/ Bowls + Crockery ware 18/ Shovel + tongs 6 4.50 Tub + wooden ware 12/ 6 knifes + forks 6/ 2 chests 12/ 5.00 Cash on hand + debts due 50.00 Provisions - Corn, Meat, Groceries &c 20.00 Barrel + sundry small articles in amount .3.00 _________ 211.75

Annual Income by Labor over the Rent and pay for Labor 25.00

Solomon Barber[signature]

SCHEDULE of the family also residing with me Solomon Barber[handwritten] who by occupation am a Farmer[handwritten] which I am un[handwritten] able to pursue by reason of old age and the infirmities inclement thereto[handwritten]

Names Ages Capacity of each to contribute to their support wife (Deborah) 61 small Charles Barber 24 Labor on his own account Isaiah " 20 Common ability Abigail Raynor 30 hired woman

Solomon Barber[signature]