Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32144, Daniel Burroughs, N. H.
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(3-1776) SERVICE N.H. Burroughs, Daniel NUMBER S.32144 CONTENTS
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[column 1]
Illinois
409
Daniel Burroughs
of Portage Co. in the State of
Ohio
who was a Pri
in the Company commanded by
Captain Wait of the Regt commanded
by Stark in the New Hampshire---
line for
1 year $40.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio P. A,
at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of June
and Sent to Hon J Whittlesey Esqr, Havna Oh

Arrears to the 4th of Mch 3  120.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sepr 20.00
$140.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by J.T. Sprague Clerk
Book 6- Vol. 8 Page 107

[Column 2]
Paid at the
Treasury under the
act of
the 6th April 1838
from 4th March
to 4 Sept 1839
Agt notified Oct 1840

En to Pen Agt Sep 1842
To Illinois from
  Sep 1842. 27 Sep
1842. Notification
to Pension agent
Penfield P.O. Kendell Co. Illinois

Letter to Lewis Elliott Apl 14/19
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The State of Ohio
Portage County ss On this second day of April
A.D. 1833 personally appeared before the Court of
Common Pleas for the third Judicial Circuit
of the State of Ohio, now sitting in and for the County
of Portage Daniel Burroughs, a resident of
the Township of Shalersville in the aforesaid County
of Portage and State of Ohio aged Seventy seven 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 provisions made by the 
act of Congress, passed June 7th A.D. 1832-
That in the year 1775 I volunteered as a private
Soldier into the Company of Captain Jason Wait
in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Stack
and marched to Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts, and was there stationed for the Term of
three months- and was then discharged by proclamation
    That the first of June 1776 I volunteered as a
Soldier, for one year, into the Company of Captain
Jason Wait, there of the Regiment commanded
by Col. Beetle, and was appointed a Corporal
forthwith, and marched from Alstead in the
State of New Hampshire, where I enlisted to Ticonderoga, where I remained until the first of November
following, when I was again discharged by proclamation
That early in the month of April 1777 I again
enlisted as a volunteer for one year, at Alstead, in
the Company commanded by Captain Christopher
Webber, Col. Benjamin Kellows Regiment, and
received the appointment of Orderly Sergeant, and
again marched to Ticonderoga where I remained
until the evacuation of the forts at that place by the
Continental Army in July following when I retreated
with the Army and continued in the service-- I was at
the taking of Burgoin i[Burgoyne] n October of that year.
shortly after which, or about the tenth of November,
I was again discharged-
That in September of the year 1780 I volunteered
into Capt. Amos Shepherd's Company, in Col. Bell
law's Regiment, and marched from Alstead to
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Lake Champlain and to Royalton in pursuit of the
Indians, and was out on duty in this campaign, I
think, about two months--
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a
pension or an annuity, except the present and I declare
that my name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency
of any State--
[signature] Daniel Barroughs
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid [signature] Geo. Kirkum Clerk

Quest.-- Where, and in what year was you born?
Ans. I was born at Windsor, Hartford County, in the
State of Connecticut, in the year 1755.
Quest. Have you any Record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Ans - I have no knowledge of the existance of any Record
of my age ---
Quest.  where were you living when called into service;
where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
Anand
where do you now live?
Ans. - When I entered the service I was living in the Town of
Alstead in New Hampshire- Since the war I
have resided seventeen years in Williamstown in
the State of Vermont, and twenty three years in
Shalvesville, Portage County Ohio, where I now live-
Quest.  How were you called into service, were you drafted
did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
and if a substitue, for whom?
Ans. I served as a volunteer, when called upon by government
Que State the names of some of the Register officers, who
were with the Troops where you served. such Con
tinental and Militia Regiments as you can
recollect and the general circumstances of your service?
Ans. I cannot do this more particularly than I have
done in my declaration
Ques - Did you ever receive any discharge by proclamation, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Ans - I never received any discharge from service, other than
by proclamation as stated in my declaration
Ques - Did you ever receive a Commission, and if so
by whom was it signed and what has become
of it?
Ans. I never received a Commission but in the year
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1776 I served as a Corporal for the Term of Five
months, and in 1777 I served as first Sergeant
seven months, in the Companies to which I then
belonged, as stated in my declaration-- I had
warrants or certificates of those appointments, but
am now unable to find them, and suppose them
to be lost or destroyed--
Ques - Have you any documentary evidence of your
Revolutionary services
Ans -I have none
Ques - Is there any Clergyman residing in the Township
when you now live?
Ans There is now-
Quest-  Do you know of any person who can testify to your 
services as a Revolutionary Soldier?
Ans - John Thomson of Shalersville in this County, can testify
to my services in the campaign of 1777- I know
of no other person in this vicinity who can testify
to any part of my revolutionary services-
[signature] Daniel Burroughs
Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid [signature] Geo. Kirkum Clerk-
 
the State of Ohio
Portage County ss
I John Thomson, residing in the Township of
Shalesville, in the County of Portage and State of
Ohio, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
Daniel Burroughs, who has subscribed and sworn to the
above declaration that I was acquainted with him in the year 
1777- that he served as a sargeant in the company commanded by Capt. Webber Col. Bellow's Regiment in the northern campaign of that year- was at Ticonderoga and Saratoga and
continued in the service until after the surrender of Burgoine [Burgoyne]
that I believe him to be seventy seven years of age that he
has ever been reputed and believed in the neighborhood where
he has resided since the revolutionary war to have been a
soldier of the revolution having always lived in the same 
neighborhood with him, that I know him to have been
such and that I believe him to be a man of truth &
Veracity
[signature] Job Thomson
Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid. [signature] Geo. Kirkum Clerk
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 We William Coolman Jr residing in the Town
ship of Ravenna in the County of Portage and State of
Ohio, and Benon Thomson, residing in the Township of
Shalvesville in the County and State aforesaid, hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel
Burroughs, who has subscribed and sworn to the fore
oing declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven
years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the
neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of
the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
that we believe him to be a man of truth and veracity, and we do further certify that there is no resident
Clergyman in the Township of Shalersville at this time-
[signature] Wm Coolman Jr
[signature] Benoni Thoman
Sworn to and subscribed the
and year aforesaid
[signature] Geo. Kirkum Clerk-
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 named applicant
was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the
Court further certifies that it appears to them that Job Thompson who has signed the first of the preceding certificates is a
resident in the Township of Shalersville in said County of
Portage, that Wm. Coolman Jr who together with Benoni
Thompson has signed the second of Second of the preceding
certificates is a resident in the Township of Ravenna in said
County and that the said Benoni Thompson is a resident
in the Township of Shalersville aforesaid, that they are
credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Geo. Kirkum Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Portage
County in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of Daniel Burroughs for a pension-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this second day of
April Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
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[stamp] RAVENA SEP 1 O
[stamp] RAVENA SEP 0
[stamp] FREE
M Evan

Hon John L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Application for a transfer
The State of Ohio
Portage County  On this sixth day of September 1842 before me, the
subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for said County of Portage, personally
appeared Daniel Burroughs, who, on his oath declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by
Captain Christopher Webber and afterwards by Captain
Cary
in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Benjamin Bellows, in the
service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension
roll of the State of Ohio (Pittsburgh Agency) from whence he will
immediately remove to the State of Illinois, where he intends to remain
and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following
are his reasons for removing from Ohio to Illinois, to wit. His son,
Daniel Burroughs Jr with whom he intends to live the remainder
of his life, has removed to Kendall County Illinois, and located
himself permanently there, in consequence of which this applicant
has settled up all his business in Ohio and is under the necessity
of removing to said Kendall County, Illinois, having no other home
but with the son above named-
[signature] Daniel Burroughs
Sworn to & subscribed before me the
day and year above written
[signature] Frederic A. Hudson J. P.

The State of Ohio
Portage County
I William Colman Jr of lawful age being duly
sworn depose and say that I am personally acquainted with Daniel Burroughs whose name is above subscribed and
who has taken the above oath, and know him to be the person described in the affidavit-
[signature] William Coolman Jr
Sworn to and subscribed this sixth day
of September AD 1842 before me
[signature] Frederic A. Hudson J. P.
The State of Ohio, Portage County, Ravena Township
I hereby certify that the above named Wm Coolman Jr is a man of my
acquaintance, and one of truth & veracity
[signature] Frederic A. Hudson S. P.
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The State of Ohio
Portage County
I William Coolman Jr Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas within and for the County of
Portage aforesaid certify that Fredrick A. Hudson
Esquire is a magistrate as set forth in the foregoing
certificates and that the signatures thereto are genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said
Court and subscribe my name this 6th day of September A.D. 1842.
[signature] William Coolman Jr Clerk
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 Ravenna Ohio Sept 6th 1842
I am instructed by the applicant in this case, to request,
should this application be granted, that the certificate of Transfer or other
necessary papers be paid to his address. Penfield Post Office, Kendall
Illinois
Very Respectfully &c
 \[signature] Wm Coolman Jr

Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm of Pensions
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24. 192
Daniel Burrough
Portage Co Ohio
Pittsburgh Agency
for 1775 pr 1 yr 
$40
look or New Hampshire Roles F.S. Evans
Can only allow a clm
on roll Col Bellows
Reg as Corporal 21 Sep
1777- 1 month 12 days
1.15 on roll

John Whittlesey Esq
Ravena
Portage C.
Ohio
John Whittlesey
Ravenna Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim. Statement, shewing the service of Daniel Burrough

[Chart]
Period when the service was rendered.
1775
1st June 1776
Anul 177
Sept 1780 abt

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.
Months.
3
5
7
2

Rank of
the
claimant.
Private
Corpl
Orderly Sergt

Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Capt Wait
Col Stark
Capt Wait
Col Beetle
Capt Webber
Col Bellows
Cap Shepard
Col Bellows

Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
77 years
Alstead
New Hampshire

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary
a living Witness

I am, respectfully
Your obedient servants
J. L. EDWARDS.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army.
and to include under the terms "Continental Line." "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.
The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Sers
County of
On this
day of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
of
and State, Territory or District
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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with
and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
&c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia.
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
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 named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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3
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 attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected
. 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. Have 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.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
To a Soldiere, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
10 an ice has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see 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.
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of 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 that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these 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
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 procure
, 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
┃ The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
⌨ The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; 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 of the
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
recent he served not less than the merits mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, aldays
, I served as a . For months and days, I served as 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 authority
; 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
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
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 public
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 papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
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 office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
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 witnesses
, and the real character and signature of the magistrate must be called by the proper since his
The notes from (a) to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note apples to continental troops only.
The interrogatories must be written, and lent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
AWFILE
July 28, 1930.

Mrs. W. P. Shields
4701 North Albany Avenue
Chicago, Illinois.
Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 32144, that Daniel Burroughs
was born in 1755, in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.

While residing at Alstead, New Hampshire, he enlisted
and served with the New Hampshire troops as follows: in 1775, three
months as a private in Captain James Wait's Company, Colonel John
Stark's Regiment; from June 1, 1776, until November 1, 1776, as
corporal in Captain Jason Wait's Company, Colonel Bedel's Regiment;
from May 7, 1777, as corporal and orderly sergeant in Captain Christ
the Webber's Company, Colonel Benjamin Bellows Regiment, was in
the evacuation of Ticonderoga and served until June 21, 1777; a little
later he volunteered in Captain Carey's Company in the same regiment
and was at the taking of Burgoyne and served one month and two days; from September, 1780, two months in Captain Ames Shepherd's Company. Colonel Bellows' Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April
3, 1833, at which time he was living in Shalersville Township, Port
age County, Ohio, having moved there from Williamstown, Vermont.

In 1842, the soldier had moved to Kendall County, Illinois,
to live with his son, Daniel Burroughs.
The soldier died in 1844.

Children are referred to in 1833, a daughter, Mary Brown,
is the only name given. The name of his wife is not stated.
Very truly yours,
MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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Ravenna Apr 4th

Apl 16
J L Edwards Esq
Pension Agent
Washington City DC
 
April 4th
24192
Free
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Hon. E. Whittlesey
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The State of Ohio 
Portage County ss  June 6th 1834, Personally
appeared Daniel Burroughs, an
Applicant for a Pension under
an Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 and makes
the following supplementary statement to his former
application for a Pension under said Act
I Daniel Burrough, being duly sworn, on my
said oath depose and say I volunteered, as a minute
man in the month of April 1777, at Alstead in
the State of New Hampshire and marched to Ticonderoga
in the Company of Captain Webber in
the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bellows. At
the time of meeting I was a Corporal, but immediately after mustering I was promoted to a sergeant
and served as orderly Sergeant. On the evening
July 5th 1777 we were compelled to compelled to evacuate the fort of Ticonderoga, and retreat toward Vermont,
when we were not home, but not discharged twice
after this we were called out in case of alarm, and
on the latter part of August of the same year
we were called out again, and the same company
under the command of Captain Carey, went to
meet Burgoyne I at this time was also acting as
Orderly Sergeant, and continued on to act until after
the surrender of Burgoyne in October of that
year
three or four days after which we were discharged, and
went home--
from my old age, and the distance of time, I cannot
be more particular but must refer the Department
to my former statement, and the testimony of John
Thompson accompanying my
statement-
[signature] Daniel Burroughs
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first
above written. And I certify that I am personally
acquainted with said Daniel Burroughs, and that he
is a person of truth and veracity. I also state
that I am personally acquainted with Job Thompson a witness who testified, on a former application
of said Borough for a pension, as to his services.
and that said Thompson is entitled to credit he being
person of truth and veracity
[signature] Lucius V Biece J Peace
Page 18

the State of Ohio
Portage County ss
June 6. 1834 Personally appeared JJob Thomson who being sworn says he knew of the
Volunteering of Daniel Burroughs as before
stated by him, and of his marching to Ticonderoga as he
has stated as a sargeant I served in the same company
with him, and know of his serving under Captain Webber
and Carey I cannot be any more particular than he has
him in his preceding statement, or than I have been in
my former statement, accompanying the application of
said Benefits for a Pension-
[signature] Job Thomson
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written
I certify that said John Thompson is a person of truth
and veracity -
[signature] Lucius Bierce J. Peace

The State of Ohio Portage County ss
I Geo. Kirkum Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas within and for said County
do hereby certify that Lucius V. Bierce
is a magistrate as above and that the
foregoing signatures purporting
to be his are
genuine-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court
at Ravenna this sixth day of June A.D. 1834-
[signature] Geo. Kirkum Clerk
Page 19

[column 1]
Hist
32144
Revy INVALID.
File No. 32, 144
Daniel Burroughs
his Rev War
Act: June 30"
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 98
(Arrangement of 1870.)

[column 2]
Apl. 21, 1903-
to Mrs. L. O. Porter
Ravenna Ohio
1913 Dec 13. Hist to Mr. John
C. Pearson.
M. B. H.
1929 May 22 Hist be
Mrs. S. Burroughs
1930 - July 28. Hist to Mrs. W. P.
Shields and
1933. Jan. 12 hist to nor
J. A. Nichols F
Page 20

the Secretary of the State of Newhampshire is requested to permit Evidence from the Rolls in his office
of the Revolutionary service of my father Daniel
Boroughs in the war of the Revolution he went
from Alstead Cheshire County, New Hampshire
and was in the war in all two years he
drew a Small pension up to his death which took
place in 1844
[signature] Betsey Brown
By her Attorney Lewis Elliott
Signed in my presence June 21st day of June A.D. 1848.
[signature] J. Hathaway Justice of the peace.
Page 21

Washington May 11th 1834
J L Edwards Es
Sir
Daniel Burrough of Portage County Ohio has
written to me, to know what objections exist against his
being placed on the pension roll, under the act of June 1832
I will them he you to inform me of the objections of his case
has been examined and suspended or rejected
Very Respectfully
Yours
[signature] E Whittlesey

J L Edwards Esq
Com pens
Page 22

Ravena Ohio April 1835
Sir
Enclosed I send you the 
Application of Danil
Burroughs

In my Respectfully
Your Obt Svt
[signature] John Whittlesy

JL  Edwards Esq
Pension Agent
Washington
Page 23


STREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 24, 1840.
F
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States, Daniel Boroughs
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg, Pa. Agency, at
the rate of
Forty - Dollars and
Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has
been paid at this Department, from the
4th
of March
to the 4th Sept
1839
Respectfully yours,
[signature] Albion K Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of
Pensions,
Present.
Page 24

Washington June 14th 1834-
Sir
the accompanying papers arrived this evening
from Cyrus Prentiss
Ravenna Portage County Ohio.
You will find
that I applied for information in this
case some time
since, and received the copy of a letter
carried to John Whittlesey the 28th 1833. This copy sent
to Mr Burnoughs, Mr Prentiss write to me that my son
John Whittlesey
has no recollection of having received
such letter. Mr Burroughs wished this stated to explain
why
he had not given the statement before
Mr Prentis wishes the answer to sent to him, this
address is stated above
Very Respectfully
Yours 
[signature] E Whittlesey Esq

J L Edwards Esq
Page 25

Pension Office
Pittsbugh Sept 21st 1842
J L Edwards E
Commissioner of Pensions
Dr Sir
Daniel Burroughs, pensioner under
act of June 1832 refered to in your Letter of
17th inst was paid at this Agency to Sept
inst
as directed I have marked his name transfered to the Illinois agency
I am very respectfully your obt Svt
[signature] Thos M Howe
Pension Agnt
Page 26

July 15.48
Daniel Burroughs
Ohio
Ames
Hampshire c
July 7

Hon. James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
[illegible]
Ohio
Page 27

Hambden Geauga County Ohio
July 6th 1848
Hon J L Edwards Sir
The Heirs of Daniel Burrough think their father
the said Daniel Burrough did not receive as large a pension as he was entitled to and will you
Examin the within certificate and papers on file and
certain whether said Borough did or did not
Receive what was his due and inform me by letter
Respectfully
Yours
[signature] Lewis Elliott

Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Page 28

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,
SECRETARY OF STATE' S OFFICE.
IDO HEREBY CERTIFY, That from an examination
of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in
the war of the Revolution, which remain in this office, it
appears that the name of Daniel Burroughs
is borne upon the pay
Roll of Capt. Christopher Webber-Company as a private in
said Company, with an allowance for one month and
fifteen days service ending June 21, 1777.
said Company belonged to Col. Benj
Bellows Regt of Militia in the State of
New Hampshire "who went to reinforce the
continental Army at Ticonderoga 7th May 1777- And 
upon the Pay Roll of Col. Benj. Bellows Regt. is borne the name of
Daniel Burroughs as a corporal in said Compy with an allowance for one month   & two days service ending Oct. 22nd 1777
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, this 29th
day of June 1848
[signature] Thomas S. Treadwell,
Secretary of State.
Page 29

[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE 0 DEC 12 1928

3806 W. 24th
Tacoma, Wash
Dec. 6. 1928
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington, D.C.
Kindly
send me Revolutionary record
of Daniel Buroughs
New Hampshire- service
certificate No. S. T. 32141
lived in
Kendall Co. Ill in 1842
also any family data
obtainable.
also have you Revolutionary
record of
 John
Livingston
of Pennsylvania
migrated
to Kentucky after war, married
a Miss
Morehead any family
date regarding him
yours truly
[signature] (Mrs. W.S)
Bertha L. Burroughs
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Granite City, Ill.
Dec. 28, 1932
Director of Pensions
I would
like the record of Daniel
Burroughs born 1755
He was in the Revolutionary War
war, New Hampshire
organization-
Green
mountain Boys, also on
record of
Daniel Burroughs
No 1787 in the war of
1812, buried at Sandwich
Ill.
Thanking you
Mrs. A. Nichols
22 State St.
Granite City
Ill.
Page 31

10831 Olivet Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
Dec. 6, 1913.
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Elijah Burroughs and Daniel Burroughs served
as privates in the New Hampshire continental forces in
the Revolutionary War, and were both pensioned when
residents of Portage County, Ohio, the former in 1820
and the latter in 1834.
For genealogical purposes I am very anxious to
learn the dates and places of birth of these two men,
and whether their applications contain any reference
either to the names of their parents or to a brother
Joel Burroughs, who was also a soldier of the Revolution.
do not care especially for the details of their war
service, but if you can furnish me any information on
the points indicated it will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
[signature] John C. Pearson
Page 32

 4701 N. Albany Ave.
Chicago, 
June 21 - 1930

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Sir,
The N.H. Historical Society [illegible] you can give me copy of the pension papers of Daniel Burroughs of Col. Benjamin Bellows Regt N.H. militia Enl. 5-7-1777. Dir 6-12-1777  In 1790 he lived in Alstead N.H. later went to Portage Co. Ohio. 1810.
I am very desirous of names of his children and any date of his two wives, Mary Crane and Olive Carpenter, In fact whatever information his papers contain, and as soon as possible.
Yours truly
[signature] (Mrs) W P Shields

Thi is to use his pension [illegible] in joining the D.A.R. [illegible] Greenwood born 8-30-1785.

[U.S.PENSION OFFICE JUN 23 1930]
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
19
In reply to your request of
received
a statement of the military history of Daniel Burroughs
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
mation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
S. 32.1144,

[chart]
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
1775
June 1776
May 7, 1777
Sept 1780

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
3 Mos.
Novr 1776
2 Mos.17 day
2 mos.

RANK.
Pvt
Corpl
Corpl and Sgt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Jason Wait
" "
Christopher Webber & Garey
Amos Shepherd
COLONEL.
John Stark
Bedel
Benjamin Bellows.
Bellows

STATE.
N.H.

Battles engaged in, it the evacuation of Ticonderaga; Stillwater.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Alstead, N.H. after a 17 yrs in Weston VT
Date of application for pension, Apr. 2, 1833. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Shalersville Twsp. Portage Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, b in Windsor Hartford Co. Conn. in 1755 date & place of death not on file
Remarks: in 1842 solder removed to Kindall Co. Ills [Illinois] to live with his son
Daniel Burroughs, Children, names not stated alive in 1848. There is no mention of Elders parents in the claim. for date of last payment and to whom paid apply to the Auditor for the
Int. Dept. W. Treasury Dept giving all the following date: Daniel Burroughs, 26.109.
issued June 18. 1834 at $40 per annum from Michael Act June 7, 1832, Illinois agency
Respectfully,
Commissioner

dan may Brown - 1848
we. d. 1844
Page 34

January 12, 1933
Daniel Burroughs-S.32144
XXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. F. A. Nichols
2341 State Street
Granite City, Illinois
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request information in regard to Daniel Burroughs
, a soldier of the War of the Revolution and
to Daniel Burroughs, a soldier of the War of 1812.

The War of 1812 records of this office fail
to show a claim for pension on file on account of
the services of a Daniel Burroughs as described by
you.

The data which follow were obtained from the
papers on file in pension claim, S. 32144, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of Daniel Burroughs.
.
He was born in 1755 in Windsor, Hartford County,
Connecticut.

While residing in Alstead, New Hampshire, he
enlisted and served with the New Hampshire troops, as
follows in 1775, three months as a private in Captain
Jason Wait's company, Colonel John Stark's regiment;
from June 1, 1776, until November 1, 1776 as corporal
in Captain Jason Wait's company, Colonel Bedel's regiment
; from May 7, 1777 as corporal and orderly sergeant
in Captain Christopher Webber's, Colonel Benjamin Bellows
' regiment, was in the retreat from Ticonderoga an
served until June 21, 1777; a little later he volunteer
in Captain Cary's company in the same regiment, was at
the taking of Burgoyne, and served one month and two
days; from sometime in September, 1780, two months in Captain
Amos Shepard's company, Colonel Bellows' regiment.

After the Revolution he lived in Williamstown,
Page 35

Vermont about seventeen years, when he moved to
Shalersville Township, Portage County, Ohio.

The soldier, Daniel Burroughs, was allowed
pension on his application executed, April 2, 1833,
then a resident of said Shalersville, Township.

He moved in 1842 to Kendall County, Illinois
to live with his son, Daniel Burroughs, Jr.

The soldier died in 1844.

His children were referred to in 1848, only
name then given, being Mary Brown. The name of the
wife of the soldier is not shown.

Very truly yours
2
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
,
Page 36

Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel

May 22, 1929

Mrs. W. S. Burroughs
3806 N. 24th Street
Tacoma, Washington


Madam

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 32144, it appears that Daniel Burroughs
was born in 1755, in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.
.
While residing at Alstead, New Hampshire, he enlisted
and served with the New Hampshire Troops as follows:
In 1775, three months as a private in Captain Jason
Wait's Company, Colonel John Stark's Regiment; from June
1, 1776, until November 1, 1776, as corporal in Captain
Jason Wait's Company, Colonel Bedel's Regiment; from May
7, 1777, as corporal and orderly sergeant in Captain Christopher Webber's Company, Colonel Benjamin Bellows' Regiment
, was in the evacuation of Ticonderoga and served until
June 21, 1777; a little later he volunteered in Captain Carey's Company in the same regiment and was at the
taking of Burgoyne and served one month and two days.,
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from September, 1780, two months in Captain Amos Shepherd's Company, Colonel Bellows Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
April 2, 1833, at which time he was living in Shalersville Township, Portage County, Ohio, having moved there
from Williamstown, Vermont.

In 1842, the soldier had moved to Kendall County,
Illinois, to live with his son, Daniel Burroughs.

The soldier died in 1844.

Children are referred to in 1848, a daughter, Mary
Brown, is the only name given. The name of his wife is
the Father, he is
not stated.

Respectfully,
F.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.