Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12384, Josiah Burroughs, Continental N. H.
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SERVICE  Continental   [and] N.H.

Burroughs, Josiah

NUMBER  S.12384

carded
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Vermont N 28215
Josiah Burroughs
of Barnston in Lower Canada  who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Tolon of the Regt commanded by Col Poor in the * N Hampshire line for 15 months
* Continental and N.H.
Records completed Oct 30/05 J

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 50 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Apl 1834 and S. F. Redfield  Derby Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1834 - -  - -$150.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "  -  25.00
[total] $175.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by R Burdine Clerk,
Book E  Vol.3  Page 55
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State of Vermont
Orleans District ss. } On this 17th day of August A.D.1832 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Probate Court within and for the District of Orleans aforesaid now sitting Josiah Burroughs of Barnston in the County of Stanstead and Province of Lower Canada aged one hundred and one years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make and subscribe the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States and [served?] in [illegible] of the states under the following named officers. That in the spring of the year 1775 when the British "were in Boston and the news come that they were a going to drive the people from the country" he enlisted in the militia or State troops of the State of New Hampshire at Nottingham First in said State of New Hampshire, where he then resided for the term of six weeks; he served for said time of six weeks in the company commanded by Captain Achilous Tolon, he does not recollect the name of his Colonel; he marched to Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts and there remained for the said term.  Two days before said term expired he was much importuned to enlist in the said service for three years or during the war and did enlist for the term of one year in the company commanded by Captain Norris in the regiment commanded by Colonel Enoch Poor, Joseph Cilley Major belonging to the New Hampshire troops; he served during said term of one year and was regularly discharged; he was during said last mentioned term stationed at Cambridge for a short time when the expedition against Quebec was started; two regiments under General Arnold went round by water and two regiments, one to which he belonged and the
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other under Colonel John Starks marched to the town of New London in the State of Connecticut and sailed from thence to the City of New York where they remained two weeks and then went by water and boat to the town of Albany and thence marched to St. Johns in Lower Canada & thence to Lorrell in said Canada and went within twenty miles of Quebec where they met the other two regiments who had been defeated at Quebec and they then retreated East to a place called Thimbly point in the state of [illegible] where they had the small pox and a great many died "two or three put into one grave"; his year term had expired and he enlisted in the same regiment and company for the term of six weeks and marched across Lake Champlain on the floating bridge built there and went to Morristown in the State of New Jersey and thence to Stanton in the State New Jersey and was then at the taking of the Hessions under Genl Washington and were ordered to remove the Hessions to Morristown but the information should be given the enemy and the prisoners recaptured. He was born in the Town of Ipswich in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1731, he served nine months in the old French War.  Since the [?] testimony he has resided in said Barnston more than thirty years,  in Londondery New Hampshire two years and in various towns in New Hampshire and Vermont  the remaining time.  He never had a written discharge and has no documentary evidence  of his service; he was discharged at Morristown in New Jersey the last term of service, his said Six week having expired. 
He hereby  relinquishes all claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension list
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of the roll of the agency of any State in the Union.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above written
[signed] Josiah Burroughs

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states

I John H. Kimball Register of the Probate Court  for the District of Orleans aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Josiah Burroughs for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17th day of August 1832
[signed] John H. Kimball Register
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Josiah Burroughs
Declaration for Pension
S. F. Redfield Derby Vt
Agent and Attorney
22483

July 2, 1775
[?] on rolls
Maj Cilley-
Angt.  Cont. [?] org
10th Sept St Johns

Rolls of Poor's Regt  1775 in office
of Secretary of State of NH

Ralph Metcalf [?]
In Robinson Dept Say
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I Benjamin Burroughs of Brownington in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont aged 61 years do certify that during the Revolutionary war I was living with my Father in the Town of Nottingham West in the State of Newhampshire and that during the forepart of said war, I well recollect that my Father was out two or three times as a soldier in the revolution and whither more I cannot recollect but well recollect the times of his returning and the joy I felt upon the occation [occasion] but the length of the times my father served I cannot state but by what I have often heard him state (and previous to any law being passed Granting pensions) I believe that he served during the revolutionary war as a soldier in the Army eighteen months
Sworn to and subscribed this 8th day of Sept. 1832
[signed] Benjamin Burroughs

State of Vermont
Orleans District ss. }   I John H. Kimball Register of the Probate Court for the Districtof Orleans  aforesaid do hereby certify that on this 8th day of September 1832 Benjamin Burroughs the signer of the above certificate personally appeared in open court and made oath that the same is  true and I also certify that it appears to the said court that the said Burroughs is a credible witness
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 8th day of September 1832
[signed] J.H. Kimble Register
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Josiah Burroughs' 
Supplementary declaration for a Pension.

J. Fletcher [illegible] agent and attorney
Derby Vt

Supp on Rejection
Suppy-
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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss. } Be it remembered that before me Peleg Redfield a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Orleans aforesaid on this 3rd day of Oct A.D. 1833 at Derby in said County of Orleans personally appeared Josiah Burroughs who on his oath made the following declaration supplementary to one heretofore [heard?] before the Probate  Court within and for the county of Orleans and filed in the war office in relation to the same subject matter.  
That he entered the service of the United States and served under the following named officers.  He first entered the service  in the month of July in the year 1775 at Nottingham West in the State of New Hampshire in the company commanded by Captain Norris in the regiment commanded by Colonel Enoch Poor  Joseph  Cilley being Major of said regiment for the term of six weeks. William Rowell was his Lieutenant. He was mustered and stationed at Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts where he remained during the first six weeks on drill and guard service at the time the first six weeks expired he enlisted in the same company and regiment for the term of one year.  He marched from Cambridge aforesaid in Colonel Poor's regiment in company with Colonel Stark's Regiment to New London in the State of Connecticut and took ship for New York City where the said regiment remained for two weeks, he next marched to Albany in the State of New York; he marched to Crown Point in the State of New York and from there along the Lake shore to St Johns in the Province of Lower Canada and from thence along the shore of St Lawrence till they arrived within twenty miles of the City of Quebec where he heard that the forces of Arnold which went through the wilderness had been defeated at Quebec and those two regiments returned to Crown Point  nd from there to Chimney point between which points there was a swing bridge where they remained till late in the fall of the year 1776 and the two regiments then marched into the state of New Jersey, they first marched to Morristown and from there to Trenton and was present when the Hessions were taken
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the regiment then recrossed the Delaware and intended marching to Princeton; but on account of the [?] of weather they were ordered to return to Morristown where they remained till he was discharged but without writing. His year term of enlistment had expired six weeks before he was discharged and he had enlisted in the same company and regiment for the term six more weeks and had committed the full time of the said three terms enlistment.  He  has no documentary evidence and knows of no witness whose testimony he can procure the length of the said service.  
He  was born in Ipswich in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1732 according to his family tradition which makes him one hundred and two years old.  He thinks he is not so old for he recollects he served nine months near the close of the French war and was then only fifteen years old.  He enlisted as a volunteer,  Since the revolutionary war he has resided thirty years in Barnston in the Province of Lower Canada  and where he now resides and in Newbury Topsham Tunbridge and Randolph Vermont two years.
He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension except the present  and declares his name is not on the roll of pensioners of the Agency of any state. 
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above written
Josiah Burroughs X his mark
Witness [signed] S. F. Redfield 


I certify that the aforesaid Burroughs made his personal appearance before  me on the day first above written and subscribed and made oath to the foregoing declaration and that he is a man subject to full  credit and has always been reputed and believed to a soldier of the revolution and that have no doubt he served as he states 
Attest [signed] Peleg Redfield  Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss. } I Ira H Allen Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that Peleg Redfield who has affixed his name to the within is a magistrate duly qualified and that I believe the same to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Irasburgh this 6 day of November 1833
[signed] Ira H. Allen Clerk

As this declaration has been once taken and filed in the war office and mislaid or miss-sent I have ventured to take this in the manner prescribed for supplementary declarations. I hope sir under  the circumstances this will be considered sufficient. The applicant is now more than a century of years old; very feeble & infirm and resides thirty miles from Court.  I have since had the court appointed to be holden here for the accommodation of infirm applicants. Those papers have been lost without any fault of his.  It is hoped that [no] Expense will be again to be incurred as this comes within the "Spirit and the letter" of the rules requiring supplementary declarations to be taken before some magistrate authorized to administer oaths. As you have I suppose from [illegible] the entire rolls of Poors regiment there can be no doubt about this case.
Truly yours
[signed]  S F Redfield

Hon. J L Edwards
Com of Pensions
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22483
Josiah Burroughs
Lower Canada
S.F. Redfield
Vermont

no rolls as early '75
Capt Morris
15 mos
$50 -

Nottingham West on
Alom to Comb F 5C

S.F. Redfield Esq
Derby Vermont
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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.
A Statement, shewing the service of Josiah Burroughs, Vt & L.C.

Mass State troops - born in Ipswich, Mass - now 101, living in Lower Canada

Sep 1775. enlisted 1 month 15 Days.
Entered at Nottingham N.H.
Rank of the claimant - private
Cpt Town; Colonel forgotten
Marched to Cambridge Mass.

Immediately reenlisted - 1 year
Rank - Private
Cpt Morris; Col Poor
Marched to Cambridge, N. London, Albany, St Johns, Lake Champlain

enlisted - 1 month 15 days
Rank - Private
Cp Morris; Col Poor
At the Battle of Trenton

[along the right side]
One surviving witness knows service generally sais he believes he served 18, on
No Certificate of Clergyman or citizen, nor reason why

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, musicians 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.
Sate Territory, or District of  
County of } ss.
On this ______day of______personally appeared (a) before______A.B. a resident (b) of______in the County of ______and Sate Territory, or Distric of ______aged ______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 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______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______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 day 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 the 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 witnesses 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 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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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 clergymen, 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 Clergymen, 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 the 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 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 authorized before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will 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 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 recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: - For _____ year _____months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension." 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [in italics:] about three or four months, [end italics] 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 pursuit. 
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required. 
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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. 
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified 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 in note (j) applies to continental troops only. 
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Rev War
12384
INVALID.
File No. 12,384
Josiah Burroughs
Priv. Rev War
Act:  June 7th 1832
Index:  Vol. A, Page 52
[in brackets]  Arrangement of 1870.
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Josiah Burroughs
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17 March
Vermont
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Derbt Vt
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Free

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
Old Rev Claims
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17 March, 1834
Vermont
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Josiah Burroughs
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Derby Vt.
11 [illegible]

Free

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City

Old Rev: Claims
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State of Vermont ⎬
Orleans County ss}    At Derby in said Orleans County on the first day of March AD 1834 personally appeared before me Peleg Redfield a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Orleans aforesaid and on being first duly sworn according to Law on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1775
That he entered the service of the United States in the year 1775 but the month & day he does not now recollect with sufficient certainty to state -  thinks that it was late in the year.  His first enlistment was for the term of 6 weeks, under Col. Enoch Poor the Capt name was Nois [Norris]  the Lieut  Wm Rowel.   At the time of his enlistment he lived in Nottingham West in New Hampshire & marched from that place to the vicinity of Cambridge Massachusetts where his first six weeks ended and he enlisted for the further term of one year under the same officers & soon marched from Cambridge to New London where he went on board of a ship and sailed to New York from thence went to Albany after which time his memory of the places through which he marched is indistinct except that he spent some time during his enlistment he thinks in Pennsylvania & New Jersey [.]  
at the end of his second enlistment he enlisted again for 6 weeks his officers continuing the same as at the first enlistment and during the last term of 6 weeks he was at Morristown New Jersey from whence he went to Trenton at which place he was in the engagement under the command of Washington when the Hessians were captured [.]  
He further states that he has  no Documentary evidence and knows of no testimony which he could procure from living witnesses relating to the facts of his service
At the time he first entered there were no other soldiers went from the same town, but from the neighbouring town of Pelham two men of the names Johnathan Morgan and Phineas Hamlet enlisted at the time he marched from Nottingham West and served in the same Regiment first for the term of 6 weeks and immediately afterwards enlisted for one year each.  He  further states that he resides in Barnston in the Province of Lower Canada and
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We Erastus Harvey Clergyman residing in Barnston and John Parker Physician residing in Stanstead both inhabitants in the Province of Lower Canada, hereby certify the[that] we are well acquainted with Josiah Burroughs, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about one hundred 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.
[signed] Erastus Harvey M. Gospel
John Parker Physician

Sworn to and subscribed this first day of March A.D. 1834
Before me [signed] Peleg Redfield J. Peace

And I do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed that the above or foregoing applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and I do further certify that Erastus Harvey who has subscribed the preceding Certificate is known to me as a minister of the Gospel residing in Barnston L. Canada and that John Parker who has also a respectable Physician [aforesaid?]  residing in Stanstead of the same Province and is known to me as a man of the strictest veracity and that their statement is entitled to indubitable credit
[signed] Peleg Redfield Justice Peace

I hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before me in the matter of Josiah Burroughs applying for a Pension
Attest [signed] Peleg Redfield Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss. }
I Ira H Allen Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that Peleg Redfield before whom the foregoing declaration of Josiah Burroughs was sworn and who makes the foregoing certificate of the and the credibility of Erastus Harvey and John Parker is a magistrate duly qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his I believe to be genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court at Irasburgh this 7 day of March 1834
[signed] Ira H. Allen Clerk