Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40780, Jonathan Burk, N.H.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N H
Burk, Jonathan
or
Burke
NUMBER
S. 40780
CONTENTS
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Notification sent October 26 1820 to James Elliot Brattleboro Vermont

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16.554
Vermont
Jonathan Burk
of Westminister in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dearborn of the New Hampshire line, for the term of three years 1781

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of Sep 1818 and sent to Phineas White Esq Putney Vermont

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 130.66
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Nov 1820 48.00
$178.66
16 mo. 10/30

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

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Jona.
Burk
81-
War
Dearborne N. Hamp
Regt
Further proof of
service required
the
Credibility of
Witnesses certified
by the Judge
Service proved
Admitted
Phinehas White
Putney, Vt.
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To Phinehas White Esq. Chief Jude [Judge] of Windham
County Court in the State of Vermont
Jonathan Bunk in the 54th year of my age
and a resident in the town of Westminster in the
County and State afsd claiming the benefit of an
act of Congress passed on the 18th day of March in
the present year of our Lord so entitled An act
to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval
service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War
Do. pursuant to the provisions of the said act, here,
upon oath, make the following Declaration to wit:-
that I the said Jona Burk
served in the War of
the Revolution on the continental establishment
as follows. I enlisted about the month of January
the 1781 for the term of three years, in the New Hampshire
Regiment under Col. Dearborne in the Company
under Capt. Monroe and soon after was marched to Saratoga
 in the State of N. York and soon after I enlisted
for and during the war and served till some time
in the fall of 1783 when I was discharged at a place
called [illegible] in the State of N. York-- but have
no written discharge-
And I further, upon oath declare, that by reason of
my reduced circumstances I am in need of the assistance of my country for support-
In witnesses thereunto set my hand this
25th day of April A.D. 1818-
[signature] Jona Burk
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State of Vermont
Windham County 
Be it remembered that on this
25th day of April A.D. 1818 Jonathan
Burk, the foregoing applicant, personally appearing made
solemn oath to the truth of the preceding declaration by
him subscribed, in due form of Law before me Phinehas White
Chief Judge of Windham County And I do hereby certify
that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jonathan Busk
did serve in the Revolutionary War, on the continental
establishment again at the common enemy as by him stated in
the preceding declaration - and also that he is very poor
and destitute and and the instance applied for
And I do now transmit the proceedings and evidence
had and taken before me, to the Secretary of the department
of War to the aforementioned act of Congress
In witness whereof I hereunto
set my official signature and
have caused the seal of Windham
County Court to be annexed
[signature] Phinehas White
Chief Judge
of Windham
County Court
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I Seth Gould of Westminster in the County of Windham
and State of Vermont, depose and say that I was a soldier
in the Continental Army in the years 1781 & 1782 in the
Regiment under Col. Dearborn of the N. Hampshire Line
and was well acquainted with Jonathan Burk the foregoing applicant as a private soldier in the same Regiment
and was knowing to his serving in Regent Two years or more
[signature] Seth his x mark Gould

State of Vermont
Windham of Law -
April 25th. The above affidavit
was subscribed and sworn to in the form
Before
P. White Chief Judge of W. C. At

I Solomon Gilson of Grafton in the County of Windham and State of Vermont in the 80th year of my age
do testify and say that in the month of July 1782
I joined the American Army in the Revolutionary War
in the Regt. commanded by Col. Dearborn Company of Capt. Moody Durston of the N Hampshire and
immediately after joined sd Regt at Saratoga I found
and became acquainted with Jonathan Burk now of Westminster in the County & State who was a private soldier
in the same Regt. in the Company under Capt Munroe
 and I know that said Burk continued to serve in
said Regt. for the the time of ten or eleven months after I joined
and further saith not
[signature] Solomon Gilson

Windham County 
July 28th 1829-

The above affidavit was subsisted and
Sworn to before me
[signature] Phineas White Chief Justice Co. Crt

The above named witnesses are both credible & disinterested
persons [signature] Phineas White Chief Justice Co. Crt
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No.21.
Jonathan Burke
Application for Pensin.
Windham County. Vermont.
(Copy.)
14554
March 1820
Con
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STATE OF VERMONT.
COUNTY OF WINDHAM ss.
At the County Court, begun and held at New Fane, within and for the County of Windham, on the second Monday of June,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
PRESENT -- Hon. PHINEHAS WHITE, Esq. Chief Judge.
Hon. JOHN ROBERTS,
Hon. GILBERT DENISON, ESARS. Assistant Judges.
On this 20th
day of June, A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open
court, being a court of record for the said county, proceeding according to the
course of the common law, with a civil jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount,
keeping a record of their proceedings, and having, in certain cases, the power
of fine and imprisonment, Jonathan Burke,
aged 57 years, resident in Westminster
in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to
law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows
: Two years & six months in the Newhampshire Line, Capt. James
Monroe, Col. Dearborn, and was honourably discharged-

That he has received a pension under the act of the Congress of the United States
of the 18th March, 1818, that the number of his pension certificate is
14554 and the date of his original declaration is April 25, 1818
AND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, That I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with
intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, ""An act to provide for certain persons engaed
in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand
hundred and eighteen: And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property to contracts or debts due to me; nor
any income other than what hereto annexed, and by me subscribed
SCHEDULE of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted.
Jona his x mark Burke
No Real or Personal Estate, but is wholly destitute
Jona his x mark Burke
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AND I do also swear that my occupation of a poor come on and labour in earth
One child, Areda Burke aged 7 years
=
SWORN to and DECLARED in open court on the
20th
day of June, A. D. 1820,
Phinehas White JUDGE.
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I James Elliot, Clerk of the County Court for
the County of Windham, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and
the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the files and records of the said Court: And
I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the
property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is the real or personal dollars, and estate conte
IN testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, City on this seventh
day of July 1820.
[signature] James Elliot
CLERK OF THE COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF WINDHAM.
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40 780
INVALID.
Revy
File No.40,780
Jonathan Burk
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18th
Index: -- Vol. 3
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(Arrangement of 1870.)