Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15328, Joseph Burley, Vt.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Vt.

Burley, Joseph

NUMBER
S. 15328
carded

CONTENTS
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(left side)
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March to 4 Sep 1839 Agt notified 23 June 1840

Dead 
Order to pay & Letter to S H Nutting 23d Nov. 1841

(right side)
Vermont No. 28,312
Joseph Burley of St Armand in Lower Canada who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain Cass of the Regt commanded by Col. Courtlandt in the Vermont line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 20 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of May 1834 and William Bridges, St. Albans [Vermont]

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834    60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1834  10.00
[total] $70.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk,
Book E.  Vol. 3  Page 55
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21,607
Joseph Burley
Georgia Dist.
Vermt.
or Canada
13 Janly
On the roll of New
[illegible] 
Admit as private
p an. $20

Canada
Reeds Regt

Jno. Gates Jr.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
11 June 1833
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 Joseph Burley
| Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. | Rank of the Claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported. |
| June 1780 | 6 Months. | Private | Capt Carr | Col Cortlandt & Steuben  | [blank] | From Sandbornton to N York & many other places in N York. | 72 years Sandbornton N Hamp | By a living witness |
| detachd for the light Infantry | Capt Cheney | Cortland & Steuben | [blank ] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] |
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 of 
County of [blank] ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A.B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank], with [blank ] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] 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 [blank].
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 [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] & 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 [blank] 
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 [blank ] and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &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 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?
6. 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 he 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 enquiry 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, or 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) 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 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 [blank] year {blank] months, and {blank] days, I served as a {blank], For {blank} months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; 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 '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, &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 distingui8shed 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 record us 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, 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 in 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) This answers to the Interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Joseph Burleys declaration for a pension
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DECLARATION
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
STATE OF VERMONT,
FRANKLIN COUNTY, SS.
On this 10th day of September 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate, now sitting, Joseph Burley a resident of St Armand, Lower Canada age 72 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.
He was born in Sanbornton, New Hampshire, on the 11th day of April 1762. 
Has a record of his age.
Was a resident of Sanbornton, when he entered the service. He removed from thence about fifteen years since to St Armand, his now place of residence.
At Sanbornton State of New Hampshire, in the month of June 1780, he enlisted as a private for six months. Mustered at Kingston, New Hampshire, and ordered by Lieut Cass, to West point New York; from thence marched to Springfield, and from thence back to West point. Joined Capt Carrs Company, Lieuts name was Frost, joined the main army, and remained with said company about ten days; was there detached and joined the Light Infantry Company, under the command of Capt Cherry, Lieut Adams, Orderly Sergeant Frost, and he thinks said Frost also acted as Lieut in said Infantry Regiment commanded by Colonels Courtlandt & Steuben, but does not know what rank or commission Steuben held. Went from West point across on to the East shore, and from thence to Kings ferry; next went to Haverstraw, then to Staten River, stationed there and in
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the vicinity of said River most of the summer, during which time he was engaged in taking a large number of cattle & horses, from the British, he thinks a little Northeast of  Staten Island, and afterwards was in a skirmish on said Island with the British in which he was wounded slightly on the head; from thence to West point, and there to Soldiers Fortune, thinks he received his discharge at West point.
At Soldiers Fortune he received an order to draw rations on his way. Discharged the last of December or first of January having remained in service some time after his term of six months expired. 
Does not recollect by whom he was discharged, his discharge he thinks he left at Exeter where he drew his pay.
The applicant further states that as soon as his six months time expired he engaged as a substitute for one Jonathan Chase, (a during the wars man) who had obtained leave to return home on furlough and be absent three months by his (the said Chase) procuring a substitute.
Accordingly said Chase took the applicant before his Capt. (Brown) who he thinks commanded the first company of Infantry who accepted of him as a substitute, and said Chase returned home to Sanbornton, New Hampshire was soon after taken sick and died.
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The applicant remained in said company a few days over nine months before he was able to prove the death of said Chase. According to the best of his recollection he was discharged from his six months service in December or first of January, and in a day or two after he took said Chase's place in said Capt Brown's Company, and served as aforesaid at a place called Soldiers Fortune. Does not recollect the name of the Col or number of the Regt in which Capt Brown served, but thinks it was Reeds Regiment, but cannot say positively.
He recollects the names of some of the officers and Soldiers that he concludes belonged to the same Regiment to which said Chase belonged viz Capts George P. Frost & Ebenezer Green, Lieuts Joseph Taylor, Thomas Taylor, & NathanTaylor. Privates William Heath, John Peters, Benjamin Dowe, Joseph Jewell, William Ingliss, or Ingols, & Isaac Thomas; He is not positive that the above named belonged to the same Regiment, but believes they did; he became acquainted with the above named while serving as a substitute for said Chase. He thinks Capt Brown commanded the first company of Infantry, and that the 2d company was commanded by a Capt Brown, & Lieut Bean, but of this last is not positive. He thinks it will be seen by the Rolls that the service of Chase was continued untill September 1781, or about that time, although he left the company in January.
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He is positive that he served at least nine months as a substitute and for such service he claims a pension.
His reasons for not applying for a pension in the province of Lower Canada is that there is no court of Record, except at Montreal, which is forty four miles distant from the residence of the Applicant.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. 
Has no documentary evidence and knows of no person by whom he can prove his service as substitute, having received no written discharge at the close of the campaign in which he served as substitute.
[signature] Joseph Burley
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year last aforesaid.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
[signature] Stephen S. Brown Judge
I Aaron S Beeman Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Burley, for a pension.
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of September 1833.
[signature] Aaron S. Beeman Clerk
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15,328
INVALID
File No. 15,328
Joseph Burley Pri Rev War
Act: - Vol. 1, Page 53
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Sir
You will please direct to Lafayeth H. Nutting of St Albans, Franklin Co., Vt. to my care.
Very Respectfully
Yours
[signature] Wm Bridges

Hon J. L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
June 20th 1840
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Joseph Burley, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 4th Sept 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
The first objection noted in the Brief for the applicant to explain is the reason why he did not apply before a court conformable to the rules 2nd the seal of court improperly attachd which are answered in his 2nd declaration. Thirdly the certificate of the Judge of Probate in regard to the credibility of the witness; you will observe that the certificate contains the following words 'Personally came Jeremiah Sanborn, whose character for truth is good &c.'
In regard to the services of the applicant as a substitute for Jonathan Chase, he is not able to prove, he therefore relies principally upon the original rolls at Washington to show the service of sd Chase, the time when he entered, and left the same, and that the applicants name would appear on the roll as a substitute for sd chase from the 1st of Jany 1781 to the last of Sept same year.
The character of the applicant for truth & veracity is good. I have been personly acquainted with him for fifteen years, he is a man whose character is exemplary, and I have no doubt but what he
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served as stated in his 2nd declaration.
The reason why the service as a substitute was not stated in his first declaration was, it was taken by a young man in my office, in my absence who thought it inexpedient to declare any thing that could not be substantially proved and it was accordingly omitted, but when the second declaration was drawn I interrogated the applicant in regard to his services, when he related his substitute service, and although he had no evidence, yet from the correct account given by the applicant, and knowing his  character to be that of an honest and respectable citizen I recommended to him to state all the service by him rendered, which he has done, and I presume in truth. 
On the receipt of this please to examine the rolls relative to the service of Jonathan Chase, who the applicant thinks belonged to Col Reeds Regt. but is not positive; he knows that a number of the soldiers belonged to sd Regt who were stationed at the same place, with whom he became acquainted while serving as a substitute; whose names he has given in his declaration, which if correct will undoubtedly appear on the rolls
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as belonging to Col Reeds Regt.
The applicant says that he cannot make any further proof of his substitute service, having made a journey to New Hampshire for no other
purpose then to obtain testimony on that point,
therefore if his service as a substitute cannot
be allowed on the circumstantial proof, above
referred to, he asks the Department to allow him
for his six months service, although he feels
that he is justly entitled to the whole time claimed.
very respectfully
your obt servt.
[signature] William Bridges

Hon J. L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
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Affidavit of
Jeremiah Sanborn
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I Jeremiah Sanborn of Sandbornton in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire aged sixty seven testify & say that I have been acquainted with Joseph Burley for upwards of Sixty years and that said Burley who is now present then lived in said Sanbornton & that he at said Sandbornton in June 1780 enlisted as a Soldier for six months. That I enlisted at the same time for the said term of six months. That we marched together from Sandbornton to Kingston N H & there past muster & was ordered by Lieut Cass & marched to West point New York & there we joined the company commanded by Capt James Carr, Lieut Frost & joined the main army about ten days after we joined Captain Carrs Company. Said Burley was selected out of our Company & joined the lite infantry Company commanded by Capt Cherry. That I frequently see said Burley in the service after he joined Capt Cherrys Company & that he frequent called on me & I on him while we were in the service. We were not dismissed at the same place but I have no doubt but he service Six months, the full term of his enlistment.
[signature] Jereh Sanborn

State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss Oct 12th 1832 
Personally came Jeremiah Sanborn whose character for truth is good & subscribed & sworn that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just & true. before me
[signature] Daniel C. Atkinson Justice of the Peace & Judge of Probate
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary Office October 12. 1832.
The within named Daniel C. Atkinson is Judge of Probate for our County of Strafford, duly constituted and sworn, and his signature as such genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set the Seal of State.
[signature] Ralph Metcalf Secretary
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Joseph Burleys
Declaration
21607
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Declaration
Revolutionary Claim, under an Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832
State of Vermont - 
District of Georgia ss .
Franklin County Probate Court
November 10th 1832
Personally appeared in open Court, being the Probate Court for the County of Franklin, and a Court of Record for said County and State of Vermont, as will appear by the first section of a Statute Law of said State, entitled, "An act constituting Probate Courts, courts of record" passed November 15th AD 1821, (see first section of said Act, Joseph Burley aged 72 years, resident in St Armands, Lower Canada, 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 7, 1832. At Sanbornton, State of New Hampshire in the month of June, 1780, he enlisted as a private for six months; mustered at Kingston, New Hampshire, and ordered by Lieut Cass to West Point New York; marched to Springfield, and from there to West Point. Joined Capt Carrs Company. Lieut Frost joined the main army and remained with said company about ten days. Was then detached out and joined the Light Infantry company, under the command of Capt Cherry, Lieut Adams, Orderly Sargeant Frost; and he thinks said Frost also acted as a Lieut in said Infantry. Regiment command by Col Courtlandt & Steuben, but does not know what rank or commission Steuben held, went from West point across to the East shore, and then to Kings ferry
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Light Infantry company under the command of Capt Cherry, Lieut Adams, Orderly Sargeant Frost; and he thinks said Frost also acted as a Lieut in said Infantry. Regiment command by Col Courtlandt & Steuben, but does not know what rank or commission Steuben held. Went from Westpoint across to the East shore, and then to Kingsferry from thence to Haverstraw, then to Staten River. Stationed there and in the vicinity of said River most of the summer during which time he was engaged in taking a large number of cattle and Horses from the British he thinks a little northeast of Staten Island, and afterwards was in a skirmish on said Island with the British, in which he was wounded slightly on the head; from thence to West point, and then to Soldiers Fortune. Thinks he received his discharge at West point, and at Soldiers Fortune received an order to draw rations on his way home. Discharged the last of December, or first of January, having remained in service some time after his term of six months expired. Does not recollect by whom he was discharged. His discharge he thinks he left at Exeter, where he drew his pay.
He has no documentary evidence whatever.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
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Does not recollect by whom he was discharged. His discharge he thinks he left at Exeter, where he drew his pay.
He has no documentary evidence whatever.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[signature] Joseph Burley
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.
I John Gates junior Register of the Court of Probate for the district aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Burley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 10th day of November 1832.
[signature] John Gates Jr. Register
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Does not recollect by whom he was discharged. His discharge he thinks he left at Exeter, where he drew his pay.
He has no documentary evidence whatever.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[signature] Joseph Burley
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.
I John Gates junior Register of the Court of Probate for the district aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Burley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 10th day of November 1832.
[signature] John Gates Jr. Register