Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1646, Philip T Burford, N.C.
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SERVICE N.C. 
Burford, Philip T. 
NUMBER S.1646
CONTENTS [blank]
carded
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22074
West Tennessee
Philip T Burford 
of Burford Co.in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the {illegible] commanded
by Captain Sinton of the reg't. commanded
by Col Sewell in the N. Carolina line for 1 year and 10 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee
at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of October 
1833 and [illegible]
Summerville

arrears to the 4th of September 183.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March
36.66
$219.98
Recorded Book E Vol. 7 22074
Philip
ford in the State of Kent
who was a private in the com commanded
by Captain Linton of the
by Col Sewell in the War
commanded
for year and to mont
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee
at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 1
1833 and Applica
Summerville
day of Octo
as to the 4th of September 1833
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March
3666
$219.98
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 73
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act 7 June 7, 1832



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26.621
Philip J. Burford
Bedford Co
Tennessee
from 1780 private
22 months
$73.33
can allow the payments of
& private for the [illegible]
3666
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18332
Applicant.
Summerville
Fayette County
Tennessee
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
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.
A Statement, showing the service of Philip J. Burford
Period when the service was rendered.
Mch 1780
1780 &
1781
Oct 1781

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years     Months     Days   
                 7              15
               11              1/5
                3
Rank of the claimant.
Purchasing Commissioner

Waggon
pri.
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Col. Sewell
Col Christmas
[illegible]
Col Linton
Age at present. and place of abode
when he entered the service.
71

N.C.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Witnesses & traditionary
received his instruction from
Col. Nicholas Long Qr. M. Genl
I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant,
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.
State, Territory or District
County of  } ss.
On this   day of   personally appeared (a) before A B. a resident (b) of   in the county of and State, Territory or District. of
aged (c)
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:
T
[here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under 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.
I --- 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 --- and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with --- who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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 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. 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.
6.
{To a Soldier
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, 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 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.
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 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
inquiry 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,
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 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.

[a] declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will of follow the rule laid down for his guidance.

[b] 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.
[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 served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim
can be had. Every claimant must state, with precision the length of his service, and the area in which he served, in language so definite
as to allow 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
collection 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 whether the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, the law
directs the pension to be paid that 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 without specifiying the tours; the names of the officer, 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 such 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 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 fix 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 certficate 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.


[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 claimants entering the service and the time and manner of his leaving the same as well as the regiment to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
the magistrate must be by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
 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 [j] applies to continental troops only.
[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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Declaration of Philip T. Burford in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

State of Tennessee 
Bedford County.
On this 8th day of August 1833 personally appeared in open court before the court of Pleas & Quarters Sessions of Bedford County now sitting being a court of Record Philip T. Burford a resident of Bedford County in the State of Tennessee aged Seventy first years of his age, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.

I entered the service of the United States during the revolutionary war on the first of March 1780 in Warren County in the state of North Carolina, where I then resided under Col. Nicholas Long Quarter master General of the State of North Carolina, and received the appointment of purchasing commissary forthwith; and was employed in procuring provisions for a Regiment then raising in Halifax District [North Carolina], under the command of Cols. Benjamin Seawell & Wm [William] Brickell under whose direction I proceeded to the Courthouse in Wake County now Raleigh [North Carolina] , where I had sent to me Twelve militia light horsemen as a guard.

& after procuring the supplies that was thought sufficient near that place, I proceeded to Malcohm Gilchrist's in Moore County [North Carolina] to obtain more provisions - from thence I proceeded southwardly to Hector McNeill Sr [Senior] (a disaffected person) when his son Hector McNeill Jr [Junior] a true Whig, rendered me considerable assistance in procuring the necessary provisions wanted.

From there, as instructed by my commanders I proceeded in the direction to a certain Hixes [Robert Hicks, Indian Trader] on Pedee River [Pee Dee River, South Carolina] a little below Cheraw Hills [SC] to procure further supplies at or near Cole's Bridge [NC] on Drowning Creek.

This I think was in the month of July 1780.& this time the militia was to Serve being three months after crossing the State line, which they did not cross until about the 13th of August. I then received orders from the commander of the regiment to proceed to General Gates' Army [General Horatio Gates], which we did & came within hearing of the engagement wherein he was defeated near Camden [Battle of Camden, South Carolina 1780]

& shortly after met horsemen from the field of Action, who informed us of the misfortune. We (myself & guard) then retraced our steps to Hixes [Robert Hicks trading post]  on Pedee [Pee Dee River, SC], where in our absence our Regiment had arrived & proceeded to follow it in its march & [we] overtook it at or near Moores Bridge on Drowning creek [NC] 

from thence we marched to Ramseys mill on Deep River [Ramsey's Mill, North Carolina] & then proceeded
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and joined General [Jethro] Sumner at near Hillsborough [North Carolina] who was the first regular or continental officer I had met with that I personally knew.

We then marched to Charlotte [North Carolina], Mecklenberg County, where was an ambuscade [ambush] laid for Col. [Banastre] Tarleton, which measure failing, [Battle of Charlotte, North Carolina 1780] we fell back again to Salisbury [NC] & then to Hillsborough [NC] which was some time in the month of September 1780. 

In October I was taken sick & was furloughed in consequence there of & got to a friend's in Granville County, [NC] where lay till some time in November of the same year, when  I returned home to Warren County, [NC]. Shortly after I was taken sick & furloughed say about the last of October 1780. Our regiment was discharged.

After returning home as just stated, I proceeded to Halifax [NC] I received Orders about the first of December 1780 from the Deputy Quarter master general Colo. Wm [William] Christmas to proceed to the house of Col. Philemon Hawkins of Warren County [NC] to superintend the curing of Pork - to which place I proceeded forthwith, and attended to the business of the Same untill about the first of March 1781.

Having in the meantime received orders from the Quarter Master general to procure as many waggons [wagons] & teams by enlistment or impressment, for which service I procured fifteen waggons [wagons] & had all ready by the time above sescified [specified] & took the command of the same, by order of the Quarter master general, & moved on to Hillsborough [NC], I now had to be very circumspect in regard to our movements lest our provisions should fall into the hands of our enemies, for the English army under Cornwallis [General Lord Charles Cornwallis], was in the adjoining county (Guilford).

Suffice to say I was on the Battle ground in Guilford County after the battle was fought [Battle of Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina 1781] : & by orders issued Rations to the sick & wounded Americans left there (at the Court  house)- Also to those of the enemy as were left in the hospital together with the discharged Militia and Regulars.

We followed General Green [General Nathanael Greene] towards the South by Ramsey's Mill [NC] on Deep River, and overtook him above the hanging Rock [Stoles County, South Carolina] & delivered the balance of the provisions in my care.

From which place I returned homewards and arrived at Halifax [NC] about the last of July. [1781]
Having now but Ten waggons [wagons] left, the others being disabled from some source or other, We continued to haul public provisions to & from public stores , Camp kettles from Wilcox's Iron works to Halifax [NC] Warrenton [NC], and Louisville in Franklin County [NC] until about the middle of October 1781. when the Waggons was discharged-

I having been in the service as purchasing commissary and Waggon master a little more than nineteen months. Say nineteen months 

About the time I ceased to be quarter waggon master, as above stated an or about the 15th of October 1781. I enlisted in a troop of Horse [cavalry] to be raised in the State of North Carolina for & during the war with the promise of the first Leutenants [Lieutenant] commission, to be commanded by Col Wm [William] Linton. I enlisted the number of men required of me,  & held ourselves in readiness to enter the service at any time, & continued to do so untill peace
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was finally concluded. In this service a part of our engagement was that we were not to be taken beyond the limits of the State without our consent, & were to be furnished with horses & all necessary equipage  by the State, & frequently met at Halifax's [North Carolina] for the purpose of receiving them, but never did, and only were called on in an occasional excursion against the tories 

ink We were in three excursions against the tories. I commanded as Lieutenant tho [though] not commissioned  The different services whereof amounted to at least three months When added to the nineteen makes 22 months service I performed

I will just say that I was born in the county of Warren in the State of North Carolina on the 29th day of June 1763 - at least a record left by my father of his family shows it was at that time consequently I am now in my Seventy first years. And further where the above record is now  I do not know; but it was as above stated.

As stated in the commencement of this declaration I resided in Warren County in the state of North Carolina when I entered the public service, and afterwards untill I was between twenty nine & thirty years of age . From there I moved to Kenshaw district South Carolina, lived there about Seventeen years; from  thence I removed to Franklin County, Georgia, lived there about three years - 

I then moved to Haywood County, North Carolina, resided there eight or nine years, from thence I moved to Bedford County in the state of Tennessee where I have continued to reside ever since.

In regard to the manner in which I entered the service, having omitted it at the commencement of this declaration I will here just state that I done so as a volunteer.

In regard to commission I never received any. I always acted from written instructions of given me by the Quarter master general and not conceiving they would be of any benefit to me further than special instructions went, I suffered them be destroyed.

And as to discharge, I never received any  I am known by the citizens generally of the County where I reside, & also by a number of those in the adjoining Counties  The certificate of Solomon Burford & Wynn Levity of Lincoln County in regard to their knowledge of me & my services accompanies this. Together with the certificate of Shadrach Mustien a clergyman and William D Orr of my neighborhood who testifies to my character for veracity. &

I will here by way of explanation say, that concerning that my former declaration was written in such a detached  manner that made it difficult to arrive at a proper knowledge of its content
I have thought proper to redraft the same, and therein embrace 
so far as I was capable, an answer to the objections raised by the war department to my former declaration.  Some of which omissions as the Clergyman & I conceived was not essential, or at least thought it not necessary that he should appear in Court to do so
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I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or
annuity except the present; and that my name is not on the
pension roll of the agency of any State. Philip T Burford
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. P. McKisick clerk
We. Shadrach Mustein a clergyman
residing in Bedford County and William D Orr
residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Philip J Burford Esqr who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be in his
71st year that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and
&
that we concur in that opinion
Shadrach Mustain
William D. Orr
Sworn to in open Court
8th August 1833

Jas, Mc Kisick Clk
State of Tennessee
Bedford County ⎬ In open 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 do further certify that it appears to them that
Shedrach Mustein
is a clergyman resident in the county of Bedford and this
William D Orr who has also signed the same is a
resident in the County of Bedford and they are both credible persons
and their statement is entitled to credit And the court further
declare their opinion the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier
served as he states
Wm. Mc Clure
Samuel Phillips
Thos Sean
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State of Tennessee
Lincoln County
This day Wynn Twitty of sd County
personally appeared before me D W
Mgahey an acting Justice of the peace for said County and
being duly sworn declareth thereon that he is now
in the sixtieth year of his age that he is personally acquainted
with Phillip D. Burford on applicant
pension, having resided in the same neighborhood
with him in Warren County North Carolina
from his first remembrance until he was sixteen
years of age - that he knew of the said Burford being
in the service of United States or Colonies. in the revolutionary war, and believes at one time he was commissary, & at another time a waggon master: or at 
least he has always been informed so & never heard
it disputed-- and also he believes him the sd Burford to be
the age he represents himself to be. Wynne Twitty
Sworn to and subscribed
this 13th day of June 1833
before me
David Mgahey
Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Wynne Twitty who has sworn to & subscribed the above affidavit
and that he is a man of credibility. Given under my
hand in office June 13. 1833
David Mgahey JP
Justice of Peace
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State of Tennessee
Lincoln County ⎬
I Francis S. Kincannon Clerk of the
County Court for the County aforesaid do certify
David McGahey & Abraham Isaac whose
names appear to the foregoing certificates are & was
at the time of subscribing the same acting Justices
of the peace for said County & that their said
Signatures
are genuine - In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand & affixed
the seal of my Office this 25 June 1833
F. L. Kincannon Clerk

Philip T. Burford
declaration
26. 621.-
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State of Tennessee
Lincoln County
This day came personally
before me A. Isaacs an acting Justice of the
peace in and for the said County of Lincoln
Soloman Burford aged in his seventieth year
of
and maketh Oath in due form that he was
personally acquainted with Philip T. Burford
in the County of Warren State of North Carolina
from the time that he was twelve or fourteen years
old, and that he well recollects that said Philip
Burford did go into the United States service in the
Revolutionary war at one time as a commissary and
at another time as a Wagon master, and he further 
recollects of going with the said Philip T. Burford
while he was pressing Horses for the United States
service, and did accompany them the said Philip
Burford some distance on his way while in
service and he further believes that he the said
Philip F. Burford to be the
the age that he represents  Solomon Burford
Sworn to & subscribed this 15th day of June 1833  
Before me
A. Isaac J P
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
Solomon Burford who has sworn to and subscribed
the above affidavit and that he is a man
entitled to full credibility Given under my hand the
18th day of June 1833
A. Isaac JP
in and for the sd County of Lincoln
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April 6, 1938
Philip T. Burford
S. 1646
BA-J/AWF
Miriam M. West
233 N. W. 33 Street
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of
Philip Terrell Burford, born June 29, 1763 in
Warren County, North Carolina.
The data furnished herein were obtained
from papers on file in pension claim, S. 1646,
based upon the service of Philip T. Burford in
the War of the Revolution.
Philip T. Burford was born June 29, 1763
in Warren County, North Carolina. The names of
his parents were not given.
While a resident of Warren County, Philip
T. Burford volunteered March 1, 1780 and served
as Purchasing Commissary and Wagonmaster, under
Nicholas Long, Quartermaster General of the State of
North Carolina, until sometime in October,
1781. He served from October 15, 1781 as lieutenant, three months in Colonel William Linton's
North Carolina regiment, in an expedition against
the Tories.
He moved about 1793 from North Carolina to
Kershaw District, South Carolina, where he lived
seven years, then to Franklin County, Georgia and
lived three years, to Haywood County, North Carolina,
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ived eight or nine years, thence to Bedford County,
Tennessee.
Philip T. Burford was allowed pension on his
application executed August 8, 1833, then a resident
of Bedford County, Tennessee.
Reference was made in 1833 to "relatives of
Philip T. Burford, residing in Somerville, Fayette
County, Tennessee; their names were not designated,
nor degree of relationship shown. One Solomon
Burford of Lincoln County, North Carolina in 1833,
then in his seventieth year, stated that he was
acquainted with Philip T. Burford in Warren County,
North Carolina, during the Revolutionary War; it was
not shown that he was a relative.
In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, name and address of person paid, and
possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you
should apply to The Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C.
, and furnish the following data:
Philip T. Burford
Certificate #22074
Issued October 1, 1833
Rate $73.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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History to Mrs. J. P. Gunari  V. L. M.
1909 Nov 22 hist to Miss A. Burford
1910 Mar. 14 Hist to 
Kate B. Callicott
1912 Dec 28 Hist to Lane M. Young V. L. M.
1937. Sept. 23 A. Burford awf
1938 April 6 hist to Miriam M. Wash awf
⎬
Rev. War
1646
July 6, 1907
INVALID.
File No. 1646
Philip S. Burford
Priv. N.C. Line
Act June 7, 1832.
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 49 
[Arrangement of 1870.}
Page 17

July 29th 1833
We Shadrach Mustain a clergyman, residing in the County
of Bedford State of Tennessee, and Light Nowlin residing in
the same
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Philip F. Burford, who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; that we believe him to be seventy 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 this opinion.
-
Shadrach Mustain
Light Nowlin

Sworn and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid
before me James Reed an acting
Justice of the peace for Bedford
County and State of
Tennessee
attest
James Reed J.P.
Page 18

I, James Mc Kisick Clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions of Bedford County in the State of Tennessee
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application
of Philip T. Burford for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this 8th day
of August A.D. 1833
Jas. Mc Kisick clk
Page 19

Philip J. Burford
declaration for a
pension
Term
2. 621.
Aug 27
Shelleyville [illegible]
Aug. 16
Free
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Washington City
Commissioner of Pensions
Page 20

Shelbyville 14th August 1833
Dear sir
I have been requested by Mr.
Burford whose declaration you will
herewith received to mention to your
department that it would be a great
accommodation
to him to have his
pension certificate directed to Summerville
Fayette County Tennessee, at which place
he expects to reside with some of his
relatives, in the event of the declaration
being sent back for amendment it is
desired that it should be directed to Summerville also
With great respect
Jas. Mc Kisick
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Pelton Texas
June 24, 1907
Dear Sir

Will you
please see if you
have in your records
any record of my
ancestor Philip Terrel
Burford of Va. and
N. C. who was a soldier
in the Revolutionary War?

Respectfully
Mrs. J. P. Gunari
Page 22

Belton Texas
Nov. 12, 1909
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C
Dear
Sir
Please send
Revolutionary record of
Philip F. Burford of N. C.
Information desired for
entrance into N.S.D.A.R.
by descendants
Respectfully
Miss A. Burford
Belton, Texas
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J. File 1646
OWM
[stamp]
O. W. & N DIV
Jul 10 1907
FILES
Belton Texas
July 5, 1907
Dear Sir:-
I wrote you some ten days ago 
but as I have not had an
answer I suppose my letter was lost.
Please examine your rolls and
see if the name of
Philip Terrel Burford
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appears thereon. He
was a soldier in
the Revolution from
North Carolina and
moved later to Term.
I am one of
his descendants and
wish to get a record
of his service if I can
A prompt reply
will be greatly
appreciated

Mrs. John P. Gunari
Belton
Texas
Page 25

A.O.T. 3 -- 871.
RECORD DIVISION.

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by George M. Moore
Claim No. March 8, 1910
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Philip T. Burford
Service Rev.

Additional Service
No. --- claim, State records
---,190
No claim, combination records
---,190
REMARKS:
to O.W.I. W or R. as above
except I.F. 1646.
O - 8
Chief Division
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Coldwater, Miss
Feb. 23, 1910.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
kind Sir: - Will you please
send me the Record of
Philip Terrel Burford
From Bureau of Pensions.
I am a great great grand
daughter of his, and wish
to apply for membership
in the Daughters of the American
Revolution
Very Respectfully.
Mrs. Kate B. Callicott
FEB 28 1913.
Page 27

SAM M. YOUNG
DIXON SPRING, TENNESSEE
December 16th, 1912.
U. S. Pension Bureau,
Dear Sirs:-
Washington, D. C.

Please inform me whether Major William Cunningham
was a Revolutionary Pensioner, and if so, in what amount, for
what rank and in what service? In what year did he die [d. crossed through] He
was born according to our Bible record in the year 1741, in
Virginia I think, possibly in North Carolina, moved to Tennessee
and I think died in Tennessee. He is said to have been
an Aide under Gen. Washington.
Also give me the same information about Philip Burford
of North Carolina or Virginia.
Very truly yours,
Sm. Young
Page 28

[stamp]
BELTON, TEX.
SEP 7
1 - PM
1937

[postage stamp]
one cent stamp with Jefferson

This side of card is for address

Bureau of Pensions
Dept. of Interior
Washington
D. C.
Page 29

Dear Sirs:
Please send
copy of application for
Pension of Philip T.
Burford a soldier of the
Revolution from N.C.
Miss A. Burford
-
920 N. Penelope, Belton, Texas
Page 30

Oklahoma City
Mar. 15, 1938
Pension Bureau
Department of Interior
Washington, D.C
Dear Sir-
I have records of the fact
that Phillip Terrell Burford
a soldier in the Revolution born
in Warren County, North Carolina
June 29, 1763. was granted a
pension - May I have a copy
of his
application for a pension
and any date thereon - also
notation of the fact that it
was granted
Sincerely,
Miriam M. West
233 N. W. 33 St
Oklahoma City, Okla

[stamp]
RECEIVED
MAR 17 1938
MAIL SUB. DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER NO. 19
Page 31

September 23, 1937
Philip T. Burford
S. 1646
BA-J/AWF
Miss A. Burford
920 N. Penelope
Belton, Texas
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Philip T.
Burford of North Carolina.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
papers on file in pension claim, S. 1646, based
upon the service of Philip T. Burford during the
Revolutionary War.
Philip T. Burford was born June 29, 1763 in
Warren County, North Carolina. The names of his
parents were not given.
While a resident of Warren County, Philip T.
Burford volunteered March 1, 1780 and served as Purchasing
Commissary and Wagon Master under Nicholas
Long, Quartermaster General of the State of North Carolina
until sometime in October, 1781. He served
from October 15, 1781 as lieutenant, three months in
Colonel William Linton's Regiment, in an expedition
against the Tories.
He moved about 1793 from North Carolina to
Kershaw District, South Carolina, where he lived seven
years, then to Franklin County, Georgia and lived three
years, to Haywood County, North Carolina, lived eight
or nine years, and moved to Bedford County, Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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[exe]cuted August 8, 1833, then a resident of Bedford County, Tennessee.
Reference was made in 1833 to "relatives of the
soldier. Philip T. Burford, residing in Somerville,
Fayette County, Tennessee; their names were not designated. One Solomon Burford of Lincoln County, North Carolina
in 1833, then in his seventieth year, stated
that he was acquainted with the soldier in Warren
County, North Carolina during the Revolutionary War, his
relationship to the soldier not shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly
the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply
to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the
following data:
Philip T. Burford
Certificate #22074
Issued October 11, 1833
Rate $73.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
Page 33

[document portion above this line missing} information as contained in his (or his widow) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Philip Burford S. F. 1646
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Vol Mar 1 1780
Dec, 1 1780
Oct 15. 1781
LENGTH
OF
SERVICE.
Last of Oct. 1780
Middle Oct. 1781
3 months
RANK.
purchasing
Commissary
Wagon Master
Lieut.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
-
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.
Nichols Long Q.M.G.
Nicholas Long" " "
Col. Wm Linton
STATE.
N.C.
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Warren Co. N. C.
Date of application for pension, Aug 8 1833. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Bedford Co.
Age at date of application, B. June 29 1763, Warren Co. N.C.
Remarks: No data as to family