Barker, William

Pension No. S35, 755   Maryland

On the 25th of August 1818 before me the undersigned one of the licensed jurors of the district of ___________? appeared the above named soldier, at the age of 57 resided in Fayette Co, Ky, who states he enlisted in the Revolutionary War, that in the year 1777 in the state of Maryland for three years in the company commanded by Captain John Finch? in the 6th regiment commanded by Col O Williams, that he was discharged at Annapolis. He was in the Battle of Germantown, Monmoth and etc. - He said he had a wife age 57 and 3 children. He seemed to have made application for pension in Bourbon Co before the clerk Thos P Smith 1820.

Source: Records of Revolutionary War Pensions of Soldiers who Settled in Fayette County Kentucky

Annie Walker Burns, compiler, Washington DC, 1936

Copy held by the Kentucky Room, Lexington Public Library

Call number: R976.947 B4128r KY1936