Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3104, Nathaniel Burdue, Penn.
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State of Ohio
Huron County
Norwalk

On this 26th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, appeared in the court before the Court of Common Pleas within said county aforesaid Huron aforesaid state, now sitting, Nathaniel Burdue, a resident of (illegible) in said state and county aforesaid, aged past eighty-five years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.

That when he was living within the county of Westmoreland in the state of Pennsylvania in the beginning of the war, he believes in the year 1775; that in consequence of his extreme old age (illegible) January he cannot with certainty say as to the precise year; that he was drafted into a militia company commanded by Captain Michael Williams, John Cunningham was lieutenant, Henry Marshall was ensign for two months; he can't remember the name of the colonel of the regiment. 

He served the said two months on the (illegible).  He went in the first place to Pittsburgh, from there he went about five miles up the Allegheny River where he was stationed, after his time was out, he went to Bedford.  There volunteered in the militia as a minute man in a company commanded by Captain Delap, said Delap was killed by the Indians, and one Adams succeeded as captain to said Delap.

The declarant and several hundreds of others, in garrisoning in said Bedford where the inhabitants of the neighboring county floated and (illegible) from the Indians and Tories.  He was there stationed four or five years except in the (illegible) of that (illegible) when he generally (illegible) to and lived at his own place about eight or nine miles from said Bedford.

After this he went to Washington County in said Pennsylvania and was there drafted into the militia for two months.  William Hudson was an officer in the company.   The other officers of the company
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he doesn't recollect, nor does he recollect the colonel of the regiment that he was under said Hudson, and served at Wheeling for about three weeks.  He then hired a substitute who served the remainder of the time.  Said Wheeling was burned by the Indians before he went there. He and the others were drafted and sent there to guard that part of the county against the Indians which was in the latter part of the war. 

That since said Revolutionary War he has lived in Bedford County part of the time, and part of the time in Washington County, and part in Erie County in Pennsylvania.  For about twenty-three years he has lived in said (illegible) in said county of Huron.

That he has one record of his age.  He never was in any battles.  He has no documentary evidence.  He knows of no person living who can positively swear to his Revolutionary services.  That he was born in (illegible) state of New Jersey in the year 1748.  That he was drafted to guard {tiny print makes the rest of this sentence illegible.} 

That after he had served up the Allegheny River, he received a discharge which has lost.  Does not recollect that he ever received any other discharge from his services.  He does not remember who gave him the (illegible) discharge. 

He now mentions the names of the Rev. Joshua Phillips and Thomas Stevens and Joseph Otis, Esq. who have lived in his neighborhood and have been well acquainted with him and who can testify as to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Signed:  Nathaniel (his X mark) Burdue

Attest
T. Baker

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Signed:  Timothy Baker
Judge of Huron Com. Pleas

He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity and he (illegible) and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Signed:  Nathaniel (his X mark) Burdue

Attest 
T. Baker

Sworn and subscribed before
T. Baker, Judge of Common Pleas
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To Joshua Philips - a Clergyman residing in the Town of 
Merlin and Thomas Stevens of [following is inserted] & residing in [end insertion] said Berlin in said County & State
of Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel
Burdue who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that
we believe him to be Eight five years of age.
 that he is reported
and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a 
soldier of the Revolution and that we also consider him a man of 
truth & veracity and that we concur in both there Juniors 
Thomas Stevens
Joshua Phillips
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Timothy Baker 
Judge of Huron Com Pleas
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the 
investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories 
prescribed by the War Department that the above Applicant was a 
Revolutionary Soldier as he states.  And the Court further certifies 
that it appears to them that that the Revd Joshua Philips who has and 
the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in this town of Berlin 
in said County of Huron and that Thomas Stevens who has a brocist[sic] & the same is a Resident in said Berlin and is a credible person and that 
their statement is entitled to credit. 
D. Oijginz [sic] Prsd. Zack
I David Gibby Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County 
of Huron do hereby hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original 
[folded paper]dings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel 
[folded paper] Judge of said Court of Common pleas & that the five signatures 
on this sheet of paper purporting to be his are genuine
In Testimony whereof I handed my hand & Seal of Office this 
28th of March AD 1833 
D Gibbs Clk HCP
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal 
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at-temped; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and 
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his 
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of 
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State 
troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Gave you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary 
war, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? 
And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such 
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. To a Soldier.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-en, and what has become of it? 
To an Officer.  did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 
has become of it? 
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can tes-
tify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will wee that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, 
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of the whom should be 
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from 
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed 
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and they concur in that opinion. 
If one of the persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character 
and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct 
proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the 
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper 
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, 
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, 
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper 
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a 
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is 
his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before 
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the 
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can pro-
cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will fol-
low the rule laid down for his guidance. 
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the count where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not 
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he serve; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the 
claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so 
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason 
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, & c. A. B. who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason 
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his 
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: _ For __ year ___ months, and ___
days, I served as a ____.  For _______ months and _______ days, I served as a ______; and for such service I claim a pension.' 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law 
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, 
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years 
in the militia, & c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is 
highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; 
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent au-
thority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil 
pursuit. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pub-
lic seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the 
papers. 
Mode of authenticating paper. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which con-
tains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must 
pass under the seal of the office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service. 
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses 
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the wit-
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
[Image] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in 
note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l]  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m]  The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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September 28, 1937
Nathaniel Burdue
S. 3104
BA-J/AWF
The Quartermaster General 
Memorial Branch 
War Department 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your request for information 
in regard to Nathaniel Burdue (Bordeaux), private in 
the Pennsylvania troops , War of the Revolution, who was 
pensioned while living in Ohio. 
The data which follow were obtained from papers 
on file in pension claims, S. 3104, based upon the 
military service of Nathaniel Burdue, in the War of 
the Revolution. 
Nathaniel Burdue was born in 1748 in Woodbridge, 
New Jersey.  The names of his parents were not given. 
While a resident of Westmoreland County, Penn-
sylvania, he enlisted in 1775, early in the Revolution 
and served two months in Captain Richard Williams' 
company of Pennsylvania militia.  He then went to 
Bedford and served in Captain Delap's company of 
Pennsylvania militia until Captain Delap was killed by 
the Indians after which Captain Adams took command of 
the company; Nathaniel Burdue served from about the  
first of May until the first of November each year for 
a period of four or five years and during the winter 
he lived at his home which was about eight or nine 
miles from Bedford.  He then went to Washington County, 
Pennsylvania and served about three weeks in the Penn-
sylvania militia  under William Hudson (his rank not given) 
Nathaniel Burdue's service amounted to about two years 
and six months, in all, and his service was as a private. 
After the Revolution he lived in Bedford, Washingtoj [sic],
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and Erie Counties, Pennsylvania. 
The soldier, Nathaniel Burdue, was allowed pension 
on his application executed March 28, 1833, then living 
in Berlin, Huron County, Ohio, where he had lived about
twenty-three years.  He died March 2, 1837.
The papers on file in this claim contain no
reference to his family.
The application for headstone for Nathaniel Burdue 
(Bordeaux) is returned herewith, as is, also, a letter 
addressed to the War Department, from Marjory Cherry
of Sandusky, Ohio. 
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[left page]
1937 Sept 17. first to 
Mrs. Ross Cherry. MCS
1939. Sept 28 to Memorial Branch 

[sideways script]
Rev War 

[Right page]
3104
INVALID 
File No 3104 
Nathaniel [crossed out] Burdene [inserted] Burdue
Privt..Rev.. War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 49 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Ohio Huron County & Norwalk 
On this Eleventh day of June one thousand, eight hundred and 
thirty three personally appeared before one Timothy Baker one of this 
Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said 
County Nathaniel Burdue of Berlin in said County who being first 
duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make this his Suppli-
mentary declaration in addition to his former declaration made before 
said Court of Common Pleas held at Norwalk on the 28th of March 
A D 1833 in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 
7th 17832.  That he entered the Service of the United States into the Pensyl-
vania Militia as he fully believes in the year 1775 and that he was 
drafted into the same by virtue of A order the Law of said Pennsylvania 
for two months as before stated & served for that period at the places before 
mentioned.  Also at Crawford's place so called.  That then was he 
Crawford who was an officer he cannot tell what was his grade, but 
Crawford
that said served [words crossed out] against the Indians. Some where North
West [insert] from where the Declarant served [insert] for said two months [end insert] That he cannot possibly recollect 
the name of the Colonel under whom the Declarant served coming to his ex- 
treme old age at the he has escorted his memory as much as possible for 
that purpose.  After this the Declarant volunteered as a minute 
man in said Pennsylvania Militia in a Company commanded by Capt
tain Delap as before mentioned which volunteering Militia were also 
several other Militia Companies [insert the following] were employed [end insert] in garrisoning said Bedford as mentioned 
before- The Declarant was there stationed for the summer for four or 
five years & he was then stationed & served for not a less time for each 
of said Summers [insert] than [end insert] from the first of May to the first of November.  That he 
cannot recollect the name or names of the Colonels of the Regiments during 
said periods or summers.  Yet he remembers that he at those times knew 
said Colonels & their names.  When he was drafted in Washington
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County for two months as mentioned in his formal declaration.  The Militia in
which he served was also ordered by the Law of & and Pennsylvania he cannot 
form recollect the name of the Colonel nor any other officer except said 
William Indian a Capt Long mentioned said Militia but the 
Declarant did and serve under him but went out under said Hudson 
at Wheeling & then hired a substitute for the remainder of said two months 
The Declarant is certain that he did not serve less in the Militia in 
the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War than 
two years and he believes six months more 
He always served as a Private Soldier  That he never during his aforesaid 
services served in any Civil pursuit
That the first year he was stationed in said Bedford [crossed out] In habi-
tants did not experience much disturbance from the Indians against 
whom they were stationed to guard but afterwards they were much annoyed 
& disturbed by them who approached within seven or eight miles of said 
Bedford & the Inhabitants in the County flocked & resorted to within 
Said Bedford in which time the Indians captured a Fort belonging
to the Americans & in a Battle with them said Captain Delap was 
killed as aforementioned.  The Declarant cannot recollect the names 
of any other officers accept it is tryinmforession [sic] that there was a Col [Bartly]
under whom he served but cannot say it with certainty.  There was one 
Henry Slaughter who commanded another Militia Company when the Declarant 
first went to Pittsburgh 
Nathaniel Burieu X [his mark]
Attest Lewis B Sturgis 
Sworn & Subscribed before me at Norwalk this 
11th day of June 1833
Timothy Baker
Judge Of Huron Com Pleas
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I David Gibbs Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and 
for the County of Huron State of Ohio certify that the Honorable 
Timothy Baker is an Associate Judge of said Court of Common
Pleas and that the foregoing Signature on the preceding page 
purporting to be his is genuine. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand and affixed my Seal of office in Norwalk 
said County his eleventh day of June one thousand
eight hundred & thirty three
D. Gibbs Clerk H. C. P.
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Ohio
WD June 21

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions 
War Department
Washington

[postal mark]
NORWALK
June 12
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Norwalk H. Cy. Ohio 12 June 1833
J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner & c. 
Sir 
Inclosed [sic] are Nathaniel Burduis pension papers 
amended so far as possibly is in his powers as in common with my 
old men it is difficult for him after such a length of time to 
remember Names but appears to be remarkable in his distinct 
recollection of events have returned the tabular Statement
Very respectfully 
Yours
Leis B Sturges
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ROSS CHERRY
SANDUSKY SANDS 
2601 MILAN ROAD
SANDUSKY, OHIO 
Sept 10 1937

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please give me whatever information you have on 
a Revolutionary Soldier named Nathaniel Burdue (sometimes
spelled Bordeaux)  Penn Archives Series 3 Vol 23 p 588
lists him as a pensioner living in Huron, (now Erie) County,
O. The information I have gives his wife's name as 
Margaret, but am not sure how accurate that may be. 
I should like all the information you have about him.
Thanking you for the favor requested, I am, 
Sincerely Marjory Cherry
Chairman Revolutionary Graves
Martha Pitkin Chapter D. A. R. 

Mrs. Ross Cherry
2601 Milan Rd. 
Sandusky, O. 

Time stamped 
RECEIVED
SEP 13
MAIL [blurred] DIVM
VETS [blurred] 15
READER
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September 17, 1937
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Nathaniel Burdue, D, 3104
Mrs. Ross Cherry 
2601 Milan Road
Sandusky, Ohio 
Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your request for information relative to 
Nathaniel Burdue or Bordeaux who served in the Revolutionary War and
applied for pension while living in Huron County, Ohio.

The data which follow were obtained from paper on file in the 
pension claim, S. 3104, based upon the military service of Nathaniel 
Burdue.

He was born in 1748 in Woodbridge, New Jersey.  The names of his
parents were not given. 

While a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he en-
listed in 1775 at the beginning of the Revolution and served two months
in Captain Richard Williams' company of Pennsylvania militia.  He then
went to Bedford and served in Captain Delap's company of Pennsylvania 
militia until Captain Delap was killed by the Indians after which 
Captain Adams took command of the company: Nathaniel Burdue served from about the first of May until the first of November each year
for a period of four or five years and during the winter he lived at
his home which was about eight or nine miles from Bedford.  He then
went to Washington County, Pennsylvania, and served about three weeks 
in the Pennsylvania militia under William Hudson, rank not given, 
Nathaniel Burdue's service amounted to about two years and six months 
in all, as private. 

He was allowed pension on his applicaton executed March 28, 17833,
at which time he was living in Berlin, Huron County, Ohio.

In 1833 he state that after the Revolution he lived in Bedford.
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Washington and Erie Counties, Pennsylvania, and for about twenty-three
years had lived in Berlin, Ohio. 
Nathaniel Burdue died March 2, 1837.
The papers in said claim contain no data relative to the soldier's 
family. 
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator