Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42112, Jonathan Burnside, Continental Va.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental
Va.
CONTENTS

Burnside, Jonathan 

NUMBER
S. 42112
B.L. Wt. 2471-100-
Issued July 2, 1852
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11942
Ohio R

Jonathan Burnside
of Fairfield in the State of Ohio
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Buford of the Virginia
line, for the term of eighteen months

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 1 of June 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of July 1819
and sent to Elnathan Scofield
Lancaster - Ohio

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 9 6/31 73.00
Semi-anl, akk'ce ending 4 Feb 1819 48.
$121.03

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

Capt J

Notif. sent Sept 25th 1826 to A H Coffee Esq.
Newark, Ohio
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On roll

Admitted
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State of Ohio
Fairfield County
June 1st 1818

On this first day of June AD 1818 before me, the subscriber, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Jonathan Burnside age 54 years resident in Fairfield County who been by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on this oath, make the following in order to the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled ‘Provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary “war”. That the said Jonathan burnside enlisted in Leesburg Loudon County Virginia in the spring of the year 1779 for the term of eighteen months in the company in the company commanded by Capt. Peyton Harrison, Col Buford’s Regt Virginia troops - served in the companies commanded by Capt. Harrison Whales and Howard was taken at Lynch’s Creek South Carolina by Col. Tarlton where he was wounded in the left arm and was staked I. The night ride and cut in the face by a sword. After having recovered from his wounds he again enlisted in the fall of 1781 for the term of 3 years in the Regt commanded by Col. Armanduor Armaung, a french officer - that
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he continued to serve in said corps or in the
service of the United States until the fall of
the year 1782, at Philadelphia in the State of
Pennsylvania, there serving in the company
commanded by Capt La Bart - that he was
in the battles aforesaid, and that he is in
reduced circumstances and stands in need of
the assistance of his country for support
that he has no other evidence now in
his power of his said services.-

Sworn to and declared before me the day
and year aforesaid.
Elnathan Scofield Judge
Com Pleas

I Elnathan Scofield, Judge &c. as aforesaid do
certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the
said Jonathan Burneside did serve in the
revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding
declaration, against the common enemy for
the term of nine months or longer in the continental establishment, and I now 
transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and
had before me to the Secretary for the
Department of War, pursuant to the directions
of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Elnathan Scofield Judge
Com. Pleas
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State of Ohio Fairfield County for

I Hugh Boyle Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Elnathan
Scofield Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition and
Attestation were taken & made was at the date thereof one of the
Judges of the court of Common Pleas for the County
aforesaid by legal authority commissioned and sworn, and that
to all his acts as such full faith and credit is due and 
ought to be given throughout the United States & Elsewhere.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office at Lancaster this
1st day of June AD 1818-
Hugh Doyle Clk F C

I Elnathan Scofield Judge as aforesaid do further certify
that an inquiry of some respectable citizens who reside in the
neighborhood of the aforesaid Jonathan Burnside and in
whom I place the utmost confidence that the aforesaid
applicant Jonathan Burnside is in reduced circumstances
without property and some what crippled in one arm
so that he is not able to make a comfortable support by
Laborer.
Lancaster March 1st 1819
Elnathan Scofield Judge
Com. Pleas
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Jon at Burnside
Licking County
Ohio
11.942
I Septr 1819

A. H. Cofffee Esqr
Newark, Ohio

25 Apr 21
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The State of Ohio Licking County ss

On this 28th day of October AD 1820 personally appeared
in open Court of Common pleas holden in Newark, for
the County of Licking being a Court of Record, proceeding
according to the course of common Law with a jurisdiction
unlimited in point of amount and keeping a Record
of its proceedings, Jonathan Burnside aged fifty
nine years Resident in Licking County aforesaid who
being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his
oath make the following Declaration in order to
obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress
of the 18th of March 1818 and first of May 1820 -
that he served in the Revolutionary War in the company 
commanded by Captain Harrison, Captain
Wales and Captain Howard in the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Blooford in the Virginia line
and has obtained a pension under the act of the 18th
of March 1818, his Certificate being numbered 11.942
and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen
of the United States on the 18th of March 1818 and
that I have not since that time by gift sale or in
any manner disposed of my property with intent
thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within
the provision of the act of Congress Entitled an "Act
to provide for certain persons engaged in the land
and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed
18th of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has
any person in trust for me any property, or securities
contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income
other that what is contained in the Schedule herein
to annexed and by me subscribed
(Signed)
His
Jonathan X Burnside
mark

Sworn to and Subscribed in open Court
the day above mentioned
Test A. W. Coffee Clk.
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The State of Ohio Licking County ss

Amos F. Caffey Clerk of
the Court of Common pleas of
said County do certify that the
foregoing oath & Schedule thereunto 
annexed, are truly copied from
the records of 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 as exhibited in the
said Schedule is thirteen dollars.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & have affixed at
of said Court this 1st December 1820
H Coffee Clk
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(illegible) he must have waived it
and they want to know if they are not
entitled to the amount which their father
was entitled as an invalid pension.
Very respectfully
Richard D Partington, attn for
(illegible)

Richd Partington
ans'd Dec 8th /51
P 393

Jonathan Burnside
Revy
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State of Ohio
⎬County of Greene⎬ SS
On this 6th day of April AD one thousand eight
hundred and fifty one personally appeared
before me a Notary Public
for and within the County and State aforesaid
Andrew Burnside and Ellen Smith who being
duly sworn according to law declare that
according to the best of their knowledge and belief
they are they only surviving children and heirs
of Johnathan Burnside who was a private soldier
in the regiment of Virginia regulars
commanded by Col Buford in the war of the
revolution, They do not know the name of the
Captain under which he (J Burnside) served
That he enlisted at Leesburg Va sometime in
the year of 1777 and continued in the service
until he was wounded at the battle of Buford's
defeat at Waxhams in South Carolina on the
Santee, where he was stripped of his clothes
and left for dead upon the field of battle
but was taken to a house in the neighborhood
the next day, by a man who found him still
possessing life, after lingering for some time he
recovered so as to be able to be taken to his home in
London County Va, and as soon as he
was able to bear arms he joined the service
at Winchester Va, under Genl Lafayette and
Major Shafter, (they do not remember the name of
the Captain) that he continued in the service
until the end of the war when he was discharged
at Philadelphia, They cannot give a full and accurate
description of his services, and would refer
to his declaration for a pension filed, (they think
in the year of 1828 that said Johnathan Burnside
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obtained and drew a pension up to the time
of his death, that he died in Hebron Licking Cony
Ohio on or about the 25th day December 1805.
They make this declaration for the purpose of obtaining
the Bounty land to which they are entitled (as heirs
of Johnathan Burnside) under the act of the Commonwealth 
of Virginia granting bounty land to
her enlisted soldiers for services in the revolutionary 
war, or under any act of congress passed has the
benefit of Virginia Soldiers, or their heirs, and
particularly for the three hundred acres, to which
Johnathan Burnside was entitled under the laws
of Virginia, as neither himself or heirs have
ever receival said land or any part thereof
that their reasons for not applying sooner are
that they did not know until recently that they
were entitled to it.

That they hereby appoint Richard Partington of Henid
Greene County Ohio their agent and attorney to settle
this claim and to whom all allowance and correspondence 
are to be directed. All orders and
receipts given by said Partington will and
ought to be respected as if given by them the
Deponents in person.
his
Andrew x Burnside
Mark
Her
Ellen X Smith
Mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
above written before me
David Torrence N.P.
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State of Ohio
Greene County SS

On this 9th day of April AD one thousand eight
hundred and fifty one, personally appeared
before me a Notary Public
for and within the County and State aforesaid 
Henry Barnes, and Wm. S. Buckles,
who being duly sworn according to law and whose
testimony is entitled to full credit declare
that they are well acquainted with the within
named Andrew Burnside and Ellen Smith
and that they are now present and did sign
the within declaration for the use and purposes
within stated and the undersigned are fully
satisfied that the within statement is true
and they know that said Andrew Burnside and Ellen
Smith, are the heirs of Johnathan Burnside dec who was 
a soldier of the revolution, and a pensioner.
his
Henry X Barnes
mark
William S. Buckles

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above
written before me
David Torrence N. P.
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On the day and year within
written
Personally appeared the within named
Andrew Burnside and Ellen Smith Subscribers 
to the foregoing declaration and
made oath to the same and in my presence
acknowledged the power of attorney thereto
subjoined to be their free act and deed for
the purposes therein mentioned
Attest
Ben Nesbitt JP

In testimony that the above written Ben Nesbitt
was a justice of the peace authorized to administer
oaths and take acknowledgements & in the State of
Ohio at the within date and that his name
there subscribed appeared to me to be his usual
signature I have hereunto affixed the County
Seal and subscribed my name and quality
at Henid this 26th day of June
J. W. Harper Probate Judge
and Clerk
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December 14, 1932

BA-J/MMHF:MLB
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
JONATHAN BURNSIDE
S. 42112

Mr. Otis Young
Marshall, Missouri

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
record of Jonathan Burnside and William Burnside, soldiers of
the Revolutionary War.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based
upon service of a William Burnside. Such claims are the source
of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office.

The record of Jonathan Burnside given below is obtained
from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim,
S. 42112, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Jonathan Burnside, while a resident of Loudoun County,
Virginia, enlisted in the spring of 1779, in Leesburg, same county,
served as a private in Captain Peyton Harrison's company,
Colonel Buford's Virginia regiment, also in Captains Whales' (likely means Wells') (or
Wales') and Howard's companies, was in the battle of Waxhaws,
South Carolina, where he was wounded in the left arm, stabbed
in his right side, cut in the face with a sword and left on the
battle field as dead, but was rescued by a man the next day and
later taken to his home in Loudoun County, Virginia; the length
of that service was eighteen months. He enlisted in the fall
of 1781, served as a private in Captain De Bert's company,
Colonel Armand's Legion, his service terminating at the close
of the war.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 1,
1818, at which time he was a resident of Fairfield County,
Ohio. He stated then that he was aged fifty-four years.
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In 1820, soldier was living in Licking County, Ohio. He
stated then that he was aged fifty-nine years, and that his
family then with him consisted of his wife aged fifty-seven
years, his son, John, aged thirteen years, and his daughter,
Charlotte, aged eleven years. He did not give the name of his
wife.

Jonathan Burnside died January 19, 1835, in Hebron, Licking
County, Ohio.

In 1852, Andrew Burnside and Ellen Smith applied in Greene
County, Ohio, for bounty land which was due them on account
of the service of their father, Jonathan Burnside, in the
Revolutionary War. They were then the only surviving children
of that soldier. Their claim was allowed.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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42112
INVALID.
Revy
 
File No. 42,112
Jonathan Ironside
Pri Rev War
-
Act: 18 March 18
Index: -- Vol. 3, Page 69

{Arrangement of 1870.]
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1923. 7. Hist to John H. McNeely, MMHT
1932. Dec. 14 - " Otis Young-- MMHT MLB
1933 Jan. 7. Otis Young ref. to Gen. Land Office. See Robert Burnside
S17304 A.D.Y
----
1933. Feb. 28. Hist. to D. G. Burnside -MMHT/ILL
1734 June 14. D.G. Burnside advised further regarding this soldier. ILL
1934. July 7. Otis Young advised regarding location of land -- see letter-- in John
Burnside B.D. M 11894-100 .  May 28-1791.  ILL

42112
INVALID.
Revy

File No. 42,112
Jonathan Ironside
Pri Rev War
-
Act: 18 March 18
Index: -- Vol. 3, Page 69

{Arrangement of 1870.]
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Jonathan Burnside, Ohio Roll
Act of March 18. 1818.

Be pleased to say to
what time he was last paid.

Pension offer
Sept 24. 1846

Paid to 19th January
1835, the date of his
death.  N. H. R.
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This is to certify, That it appears from a list in this office of such Officers and 
Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line as settled their accounts and received certificates
for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an act of assembly, passed the November
session 1781, directing the Auditors of Public Accounts to settle and adjust the pay and
accounts of the said Officers and Soldiers from the 1st January 1777, to the 31st December
1781 (see Hening's Statutes at Large, vol. 10, p. 462,) that a settlement was made on the
4th day of April 1783 in the name of Jonathan Burnside
as Soldier of Infantry and evidence of the indebtedness of the State to him for 
L36.0.0 and was delivered to Col Peyton.

Given under my hand at the First Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 28th
day of April 1851.

Page 93 -
No Seal of Office

Ro Johnston
First Auditor
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June 14, 1934.

BA-J/ILL
Jonathan Burnside
S. 42112

Mr. Don G. Burnside
214 Glenwood Avenue
East Orange, New Jersey.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request further
information in regard to the following Revolutionary War soldiers,
Jonathan Burnside, S. 42112, Robert Burnside, S. 17304, and John 
Burnside, S16333.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of the
above noted soldiers and the names of persons paid, you should address
The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division,
this city, and furnish the following information:

Jonathan Burnside (S. 42112).
Certificate #11942, issued June 15, 1819, rate $8 per
month, commenced June 1, 1818, Act March 18, 1818, Ohio
Agency.

Robert Burnside (S. 17304).
Certificate #25392, issued January 4, 1833, rate $50 per
annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Missouri
Agency (transferred from Kentucky Agency).

John Burnside S. 16333.
Certificate #13912, issued July 15, 1833, rate $24.33 per
annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Indiana
Agency.

For information in regard to the location of land granted for service of
Jonathan Burnside, you should address The Commissioner, the General Land
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Office, this city, citing the following: Bounty land warrant #2471,
for 100 acres, issued July 2, 1852, (Jonathan Burnside, Revolutionary War
soldier.)

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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February 28, 1933.

BA-J/ARAF ILL
Jonathan Burnside
S. 42112

D. G. Burnside
Pennsylvania.
232 West Gorgas Lane
Philadelphia

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request 
information in regard to John, Bartlett and Jonathan Burnside, who
might have been members of the family of your ancestor, James Burnside
of Virginia.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained
from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land
based upon the military service of soldiers of that war.

A search of the records has been made and fails to show such
a claim on file on account of a John Burnside who served in the Virginia
troops, or of any soldier named Bartlett Burnside.

The record of Jonathan Burnside given below is obtained from
the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 42112, based
upon his military service in that war.

Jonathan Burnside, while a resident of Loudoun County, Virginia,
enlisted in the spring of 1779, in Leesburg, same county, served as a
private in Captain Peyton Harrison's company, Colonel Buford's Virginia
regiment, also in Captains Whales' (or Wales') and Howard's companies,
was in the battle of Waxhaws, South Carolina, where he was wounded in
the left arm, stabbed in his right side, cut in the face with a sword
and left on the battle field as dead, but was rescued by a man the next
day and later taken to his home in Loudoun County, Virginia; the length
of that service was eighteen months. He enlisted in the fall of 1781.
served as a private in Captain De Bert's company, Colonel Armand's
Legion, his service terminating at the close of the war.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 1, 1818,

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at which time he was a resident of Fairfield County, Ohio. He
stated then that he was aged fifty-four years.

In 1820, the soldier was living in Licking County, Ohio. He
stated then that he was aged fifty-nine years, and that his family
then with him consisted of his wife, aged fifty-seven years, his
son, John, aged thirteen years, and his daughter, Charlotte, aged
eleven years. He did not give the name of his wife.

Jonathan Burnside died January 19, 1835, in Hebron, Licking
County, Ohio.

In 1852, Andrew Burnside and Ellen Smith applied in Greene
County, Ohio, for bounty land which was due them on account of the
service of their father, Jonathan Burnside, in the Revolutionary War.
They were then the only surviving children of that soldier. Their
claim was allowed.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.