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William Barton was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War who retired with the rank of colonel. He later served as adjutant general of the Rhode Island militia. ... He served through the war, and was wounded in the British retreat from Warren in 1778. In 1787 when his state declined to send delegates to the

Colonel William Barton – Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame William Barton (1748-1831), of Warren and Providence, was a Revolutionary army colonel whose most notable exploit was leading a daring raid in July 1777 to seize General Richard Prescott, the commander of the British forces occupying Aquidneck Island. The injury prevented Barton from engaging in the siege of Newport and the ensuing Battle of Rhode Island (August 29, 1778), but the staging area in Tiverton for the July-August siege was named Fort Barton in his honor. When Barton recovered in 1779, he was appointed commander of a light corps consisting of four companies that had been authorized by the Rhode Island General Assembly. Colonel William Barton was inducted into The Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 1999.

William Barton was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. On the night of July 10-11, 1777, Major Barton led a raid on British headquarters at Overing Farm in Portsmouth, during which he captured British Major General Richard Prescott. Barton was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 1999.