Abner Barlow (1757-1836) was born in April 1757, in Stratford, Connecticut. Abner moved with his father to New Hampshire and it was there, in February 1777 at age 20, he enlisted as a private in the New Hampshire Rangers. Barlow served in Captain Aldrich's Company of Major Benjamin Whitcomb's Independent Corps, and was present at the battle of Bennington and at the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga On October 20 or 22, 1781, Barlow was taken prisoner by a party of "British Indians" in "Onion River" near Lake Champlain, and carried to Montreal. There he was confined until his release in the summer of fall of 1783. After the war Barlow was a cleryman. He married Elizabeth French, and after living a time in New York, went to Pennsylvania. In 1836 the Barlows moved to Pleasant Prairie, Racine County, with their son and his family. Abner is listed as a pensioner in the DAR Index.

Abner Barlow died June 4, 1836. He is buried in the Green Ridge Cemetery, located at 6604 7th Avenue, Section 6E, Town of Pleasant Prairie, City of Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.

GPS coordinates -- N42.57402°; W087.81934°

(Portions reprinted from Solders of the American Revolution Buried in Wisconsin by Robert G. Carroon, who was Curator of Research Collections for the Milwaukee Country Historical Society in 1975.)