Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L. Wt 242 - 200, Joshua Burgess, Md.
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SERVICE                      NUMBER
Md. Burgess Joshua  BL.Wt 2H2-200-Lieut
                                  Issued May 10, 1800, to
                                  Joshua Burgess
                                  No papers.
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This officer, Joshua Burgess, received
a pension under the Act of May 10, 1828.
See Mason County Kentucky - Report of
Sec. of War. See also Agency Book - Ky -
Act 1828. Use the data from both
when this has to be written again.
Pension claims under the Act
of May 12, 1828, were adjudicated
in the Treasury Dept.,  hence this
office does not always have record
of such an application.
MNP
Mch. 24, 1939
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
WASHINGTON

                       February 17, 1925
Hon. Washington Gardner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Commissioner:
  If it is not too much trouble I would appreciate
it if you could furnish me the war records of the following
persons who served in the Continental Army, whether they
were officers, and the length of service:
Joseph Burgess of Canterbury, Conn.
Joshua Burgess of Maryland
Simon Brewster of Griswold, Conn.
 (Griswold was a town in New London
County in the war)
William Lester of new London County, Conn.
Capt. Storm of Westchester County, N.Y.
No Joshua at all & no Capt of N Y - (Joshua may have been his first name, but I am not sure)
Joseph Brewster of Preston, Conn.
Thanking you for your courtesy, I am,
Respectfully yours,
E. Lester Jones
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                                         Joshua Burgess
                                         B.Z.WA.-242-200-
                                         Lt 
Mr. E. Lester Jones, Director   
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Department of Commerce,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:
   I have to advise you, that this Bureau is unable
to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution,
unless a claim for pension, or bounty land has been
made on account of his services and a careful search
of the records fails to show such claims on file on
account of the services of
  Joseph Burgess of Canterbury, Conn.
  Joseph Brewster of Preston, Conn.
  Simon Brewster of Griswold, Conn.
  William Lester of New London County, Conn.
  Joshua Storm, or a Captain Storm of N. Y.
The records of this Bureau show that Warrant No.
242 for two hundred acres of bounty land was allowed
May 10, 1800, to Joshua Burgess of Maryland on account
of his services as a Lieutenant of the Maryland Line
in the War of the Revolution.
Out next time There is no further data on file as to said sol-
dier, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims
when the War Office was burned in November 1800.
Respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.