Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8110, Jeremiah Burrows, Md.
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(3--1776)

SERVICE             NUMBER

Md. Burrows, Jeremiah    S.8110

CONTENTS                           Carded
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26.252
Ohio
Jeremiah Burrows
of Hamilton Co in the State of - Ohio
who was a Pvt --in the Company commanded
by Captain ____of the Regt (Regiment) commanded
by Col Kennedy in the - Maryland
line for ----
pay [illegible] - $60.00
---
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 60 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of April
and Sent to
Hon. H.P. Gaines, Cincinnati, Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March '34 - 180.00 ┃
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  30.00
210.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J.J. Sprugue Clerk,
Book C  Vol. 8 Page 3

1888 July 19 SF Casy history-- Prvt
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30425
Jeremiah Burrows

to Petition for a
Pension.
The United States
Adm 1 year
Serg. 
H. P. Gaines
Cincinnati
Ohio
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State of Ohio
Hamilton County
On this 1st day of April 1834, personally
appeared in open Court, before the Court of
Common Pleas of said County of Hamilton, now
sitting, Jeremiah Burrows, a resident of Mill Creek
township in the said County of Hamilton and
State of Ohio, aged eighty two 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 Act of Congress passed
June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers, and served as herein
stated: That about the 20th of August in the
year 1777, the said applicant, then a sergeant in
a Militia Company in Queen Annes County in the
State of Maryland commanded by Capt. Robt Sartin
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in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Kennedy
was drafted for a tour of six months duty, [illegible] at that period and terminating the 20th of
February in the year 1778, that he served out
said term accordingly as a sergeant and received
for his said Captain (who also commanded
the company to which the applicant was attached 
while in actual service a regular discharge
which has long since been lost or destroyed, that
immediately after the applicant was drafted as
aforesaid, the regiment commanded by said Col.
Kennedy to which said Capt. Sartin's company
was attached, marched to George town, Kent County
in the same state; and there remained for three
months to guard the inhabitants against the depredations 
of the British Marauders- that said Regiment
there marched to a place called [illegible] upon Delaware Bay and there remained
during the next three months; that during this
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period, the said company to which the applicant
was attached, was engaged in several skirmishes
with the British in one of which the whole regiment
was engaged and beat off the enemy: but not
however without suffering the loss of several men
that at the termination of said six months, said 
Regiment marched home to Queen Anne's County,
that in the month of June in the year 1778,
the above named Captain Sartin Volunteered
to
commander of a company of which the applicant 
was one that upon this occasion he was a
volunteer for six months and acted during
term, as a sergeant, as he had done during the
former term of six months; that the place at which
he thus volunteered was in said County of Queen
Annes in the State of Maryland: and the said
Company with several other companies, (volunteers
and drafted militia) composed a regiment which
was commanded by the said Col Kennedy, that they
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Marched imediately to [Bumberhook} before mentioned, where they encamped and
remained there during the whole term
of six months, but sending out occasional
scouts to watch the motion of the
enemy for several miles along the coast:
that nothing remarkable occurred during
this term except [^one or two skirmishes in which the applicant was wounded] the taking of several tories, some of whom were hanged
that the said Company and Regiment
formed part of the troops commanded
by General Harris, who, in one of the
skirmishes at [Bunberhook], during the
second term of six months, had his arm
near the wrist, taken by a ball from the
enemy:- the applicant states that he does
not recollect whether any regular troops
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served with him during either of said
times of six months, nor does he recollect
the names of any other militia officers
who served with him, than Col John
Peters, and a Major whom he thinks was
named Jno Kersey, and an officer named Jas
Peters, but he cannot recollect his grade;
that he however, now recollects, a captain 
named Thos Seager and a Lieutenant named
George Peters, a brother of James, and
Matthew Peters a half brother, who was killed
in one of the above mentioned skirmishes
that at the end of said second term of six
months, he received from his said Captain a
discharge at Bumberhook, and immediately
returned
home to his residence in said County
of Queen Annes; and was never afterwards in
of
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the service; that the wound which the applicant
received during said second term of
six months as aforesaid was
in the left shoulder,
just below the joint, and was occasioned 
by a ball from the British;- that 
the same has rendered him an invalid
entirely disabled in the left arm ever since;
that he has no documentary evidence, and
knows of the person whose testimony he can procure
who can testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to
a pension or annuity except the present and declares
that his name is not on the Pensions roll
the Agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed
the day & year aforesaid ⎬ Jeremiah Burrows his mark X
Daniel Gano Clk pro tem
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Interrogatories propounded by the Court
1st Where and in what year were you born?-
Answer- I was born in the month of January in
the year 1752 in Queen Annes County, Maryland
2nd Have you any record of your age & if so where is it?
Answer.- I have no record of my age; nor have I
any knowledge that any was ever kept of it; - My
father died when I was very young -not more than two years of age.
3rd Where were you living when called into service;
where have you lived since the Revolutionary
war, and where do you now live?
Answer.- After having performed two terms of six
months each, service as already stated, and before 
the war ended.- I removed to the State of Delaware ┃
and after residing there seven or eight years, I returned
to Queen Annes County, Maryland, where
I remained until I removed to Virginia about fifteen
years since, where I lived ten years, & removed to
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said County of Hamilton Ohio, where I have
lived five years.
4th How were you called into service, were you
drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute
and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer. I was drafted for six months, and
volunteered for six months more; and acted
as a Sergent during both periods.-
5th 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 service.
Answer. - I have already stated all that I
know or recollect, in relation to the subject of
this question
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service 
and if so by whom was it given and what has
become of it?
Answer - I received from my captain a discharge
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for each of the above mentioned terms, but have
lost them, or there were destroyed
7th State the names of persons to whom you
are known in your present neighbourhood, and
who can testify as to your character for veracity,
and their belief of your services as a soldier
of the Revolution.
Answer.-  I am known to a number of persons
who would, I believe their testify; but I will 
mention a few of them only; they are the Thos Cooper,
Jos Cooper, John Ludlow Esq. Judge John Burgoine
& the Reverend Burris Westlake.-
Signed & sworn to the
day & year aforesaid 
 Jeremiah Burrows his X mark
Danl (Daniel) Gano Clk pro tem
We J B. Finley,  a Clergyman residing in
the County of Hamilton and State of Ohio, and C. Hammond
residing in the same County and state hereby
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certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Burrows, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood (neighborhood) where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
(signatures)   J. B. Finley    C. Hammond

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
(signature) Daniel Gano Clerk pro tem

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after (illegible) 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 who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the County of Hamilton
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and State of Ohio,- and that who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same County and state and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Daniel Gano, Clerk pro tem of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hamilton and state of Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Burrows for a Pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 8th day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.-
(signature) Daniel Gano  
                  Clk pro tem
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30.425

Jeremiah Burrows
to petition for a Pension.
The United States

Adm. 1 year
Serf. -

H. P. Gaines
Cincinatti (Cincinnati) Ohio
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O.W. & N. Division
F.S.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,                    M.E.C.
Washington, D.C., August 10, 1895.

Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of ---Jeremiah Burrows--- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Aug. 1777
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
6 mos.
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Robert Sartin
COLONEL. Kennedy
STATE.
Md.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Feb. 1778
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
6 mos.
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Robert Sartin
COLONEL. Kennedy
STATE.
Md.

He was engaged in several skirmishes with the enemy, in one of which he was wounded in the shoulder.

Battles engaged in,       None.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Queen Anne Co., Md.
Date of application for pension,   April 1, 1818
Residence at date of application, Hamilton Co., Ohio
Age at date of application, Born in Queen Anne Co., Md., in Jan., 1852.
Remarks:   [LEFT BLANK]

Very respectfully,
Judge John T. Burris, Acting Commissioner.
Olathe, Johnson Co.,
Kans.
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Left Side Page

Aug 10/93 Hist to John T Burris Olathe M.E.L.

Right side Page

8110
Rev War
INVALID

File No: 8110
Jeremiah Burrows
Priv Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index Vol: [illegible] Page 50
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Danl Drake
Wm Wood Physician

Certificate of Disability 

to

Jeremiah Burrows
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Cincinnati Ohio
April 1st, 1834

We have this day examined Jeremiah Burrows now a resident of Hamilton County Ohio - but formerly (as he states) a resident in the state of Maryland & Delaware and find that he has the scar and decrepitude of an ancient soldier in the upper part of the left arm which we regard as constricting the degree of disability next to the highest.

Dan Drake MD
Wm Wood MD

City of Cincinnati
Hamilton County Ohio

This day the above-named Danl Drake and Wm Wood practicing physicians of said city of Cincinnati made oath in due form of law before me H P Gaines a notary public in and for said city and county that the above    annexed certificate signed by them respectively is true. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & [illegible] my notarial seal this 8th day of April 1834.

H P Gaines
Notary Public
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Jeremiah Burrows in April 1834 of Mill Creek Hamilton Co Ohio born in Jany 1752 in Queen Anne's Co Md - During the war he removed to Delaware & where living 7 or 8 years he returned to Queen Anne's Co Md & about 1818 or 19 he lived in Va 10 years then settled in Hamilton Co 1829. While living in Queen Anne's County MD in 1777 & 1778 he served 12 months under Col Kennedy as Sgt against the British Marauders in Kent Co for a time then to Delaware Bay & was during the period in several skirmishes in one of which the whole reg't was engaged & [illegible] the enemy & ranging the west to watch their movements capturing [illegible]. He got a wound in his left shoulder which was a permanent disability of arm.
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O W & N

US Pension Office Stamp - Jul 31, 1895
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LETTERHEAD

Office of
Clerk of the District court
Johnson County
Olathe, Kansas July 29, 1895

Old War & Navy Files STAMP - Aug 5, 1895

Hon Wm Lochren 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir

I have recently applied for membership in the Kansas society of the Sons of the American Revolution. To establish my eligibility, I need evidence which I suppose to be of record and on file in the office of the bureau of Pensions. My grandfather Jerimiah Burris (Burrows) was a soldier in the war & the revolution was a private I think but may possibly have been a non-commissioned officer. He was in a Maryland Regiment, I think. Am not sure whether he was what was called a militia man or a minuteman. Am not sure whether he spelled his surname as we spell it now but do know that he pronounced it the same. I also know that he drew a pension on account of his military services in the revolutionary war. I think at the Cincinnati agency. He lived in my father's family several months in 1837. I remember him well. He died late in 1837 or early in 1838 but not at my father's house. I think he was between 85 and 90 years old at the time of his death. Please give such information as the records and files of the pension office afford and greatly oblige. 

John T Burris