Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19925, Walter Burdick, R.I.
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R.I.
Burdick, Walter
S. 19925

carded
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Connecticut
Walter Burdick
Private R. I.
in the U.S. Army

Inscribed on the roll of the
Connecticut Agency
at $2.50 and increased to $6[illegible]
Act 24th of April 1876

Formal pension certificate issued March 31, 1826, and sent to Asa Willey, Esq., Ellington, Cont

Increased 8 Dec 1824 from 4 to 8 dollars, per month, commence
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State of Connecticut
County of Tolland
Ellington, March 23, 1824

On this 23 day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four, before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace for said county of Tolland, personally appeared Walter Burdick of said Ellington, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Capt. Augustus Staunton in the regiment commanded by Colonel Fry in the service of the United States, and that he was placed on the pension roll of the state of Connecticut, but has never received a formal certificate and now wishes to obtain one.
Walter Burdick
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year last aforesaid.
Asa Willey, Justice of the Peace
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Tolland County 
Ellington  March 23, 1829

Personally appeared before me the subscribing authority Phineas Grover and Daniel Grover and made solemn oath that the written named Walter Burdick is the same man to whom the former pension certificate was given and who has recd a pension from Government for several [illegible] last post.
Sworn before me, Asa Willey, Justice of Peace

I, Jeremiah Parish, clerk of the county court in and for Tolland County in the state of Connecticut, do certify that Asa Willey Esq before whom the within and foregoing affidavits were taken is duly inrolled and commissioned as a Justice of Peace in and for said Tolland County and that full faith and credit out to be given to his act as such
In testimony whereof I subscribed my name and affixed the public seal of said court at Tolland in said county this 23rd day of March AD  1824.
Jeremiah Parish, Clerk
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February 2, 1927
E G Chapman
4375 Wooddale Ave
Minneapolis, Minn.
Sir,
I have to advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it appears that Walter Burdick served as a private in Captain Augustus Stanton's company, Colonel Frye's regiment of Rhode Island Militia, and on or about May 25, 1778, at  Bristol, Rhode Island,  while in line of duty, was wounded by a musket ball above the left hip, near the backbone; length of service and place of enlistment not stated.
(Margin note: see 1835 S 8th)
He was pensioned from December 8, 1788 on account of disability resulting from said wound.
In 1824 he was living in Ellington, Tolland County, Connecticut; his age and the names of his parents are not given, and there is no data on file as to his family. He died September 1, 1831.  (written note" from 1835 list).
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
Commissioner
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19925
INVALID
Revolution
File No. 19,925
Walter Burdick
Pri 26 S. D.
Index: Vol. 2, Page 576

Sept 1898
L D Trudewind
Balt, Md
1927 Feb 2 - Hist to E G Chapman
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The formal certificate
Recd 30 Mar 1824

Ellington Ct
March 25th

Honorable John  C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington
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No. 1334 Aisquith Street
Baltimore, Md., August 1, 1898

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D C

Sir,
For the purpose of genealogical research, I desire to obtain, from your records and evidence in claims, particulars as to (1) military service, (2) Place of residence, (3) age at and (4) date of death, (5) name of wife or widow, of the two following named Revolutionary Soldiers:
(1) John Burdick, rank unknown, who is known to have served in Captain John Williams' company of Connecticut militia, under command of  Lieut Col Nathan Gallup, at Fort Griswold, Groton, Conn.  May have also served in a Massachusetts regiment.
(2) Walter Burdick, 18th Connecticut Regiment.  He was wounded in an engagement in Rhode Island.
You will confer a great favor by granting this request.
Very respectfully yours,
L D  Trudewind

Date stamped: U S Pension Office, Aug 16, 1898
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Walter Burdick
Hon, N, Barber, H.R.
8 Dec 1826
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Increase of Pension
It is hereby certified that Walter Burdick formerly a private of Captain Augustus Stanton's Company in Col. [illegible] Regiment of Rhode Island Militia who it appears by the accompanying Certificate was placed on the pension Roll at the rate of four Dollars per month on account as he states of having received a would above his left hip near the back bone by a musket ball which musket ball is still lodged in or about his hip, which produces much lameness in his hip & in the whole of the limb of that side, and also affects the [illegible] organs, producing at time a languory and at other time an incontinency of urine, which in our opinion amounts to a total disability while in the line of his duty, and in the said service on or about the 25th day of May in the year 1778 at a place called Bristol in the state or  territory of Rhode Island, is not only disabled in consequence of the said injury but in our opinion is entitled to four Dollars per month, more that he already receives as a pension. Dated at Groton in the County of New London & State of Connecticut October 13, 1824. John O. Miner M.D. Benja F. Stoddard.
State of Connecticut County of New London at Groton Oct 13, 1824 Personally appeared Doctor John J. Miner & Benjamin F. Stoddard signers to the above certificate and solemn oath that the same is just & true according to their best skill & judgement. Before me. Noyes T Barber Justice of the Peace I certify that the above signers John O. Miner & Benjamin F. Stoddard are reputable physicians Dated 13 October Noyes T. Barber Justice of the Peace
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Increase of Pension
United States
Connecticut District & Bridgeport
To Dorley John O. Miner and T. Benjamin F. Stoddard of the Town of Groton in New London County Connecticut the above named District.
Pursuant to an act of Congress of the United States passed the 11th February 1822, entitled, And act to revive and continue in force An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War and for other purposes You are hereby appointed and authorized to examine Walter Burdick who is inscribed on the Pension List of the United States and is claimant for an increase of Pension conformably to the 5th section of the act of the 10 April 1866 received as aforesaid and you are to report in writing and on oath or affirmation your opinion of the nature of his disability and in what degree it prevents him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor and in form proceedings in the premises you are to be
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regulated and governed by said act. Given under my hand and seal at Bridgeport this 19th day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty four Jos L. Edwards D. Mpension
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4375 Wooddale Avenue. Minneapolis Minn Dec 3 1926. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C. Re: Walter Burdick. Rev. War. Dear Sir: Will you please give me such information as is available from the records concerning the service in the Revolutionary Army, of Walter Burdick, a private soldier who was in the Connecticut forces and who was granted a pension of $15.00 per annum. From what place did he enlist? I think it may have been in the vicinity of Stonington Conn. Does the record show his age? Does the record show the name of his father or mother? Does the record show the names of his children or any of them? Your attention will oblige? Yours truly EG Chapman
U.S. Pension Office Dec 6 1926