Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20809, Ebenezer Burt, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass.

Burt, Ebenezer
          Ruth

NUMBER
W.20809

CONTENTS
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Vermont  1460

Ruth Burt, widow of Ebenr. Burt, deceased who died on the 20 of Nov. 1809; of Windham Co in the State of Vermont, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain S Hazeltine of the ----- commanded by ------ in the Masst. line for 8 months private -

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont (Windsor) at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued to 9th day of October 1837, and sent to P. White, Putney, Vermont.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1837 = $173:29
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 M. 1838 = 13:33
$186:62

{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3d.}

Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2, Page 34.
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State Vermont} 
Windham County ss} On this 14th day of July 1837 personally appeared before Peter R. Taft Esq. first assistant Judge of the County Court, within and for the County of Windham aforesaid, which is a court of Record therein, the widow Ruth Burt resident of Townshend in the County and State aforesaid, aged eighty nine years, who by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to appear in court, and who being first sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836, that she is the widow of Ebenezer Burt, deceased a soldier of the Revolution, and according to her best recollection and belief served as follows, - he first enlisted, left home and entered the service, as a private Soldier in the spring of the year 1775 soon after Lexington Battle, for the term of eight months and went in the company commanded by Capt. Simeon Hazeltine, in what Regiment she cannot state, and as she then understood went to join the army near Boston, and he did not return till some time in the Winter following, in the month of January - And she further declares that her said husband went out twice afterwards into the  service; but the length of his service she is unable to state - she well recollects that he was out in the year 1777, at the time of the Bennington Battle, and heard him tell, on his return, of the (illegible) that there took place, of seeing the dead men lying on the ground; and according to her best recollection and belief he was gone from home about one month -  The last time he went she recollects she had her children sick, at home, and that he was gone at that time two weeks -

And she further declares, that she was lawfully married to her said husband, Ebenezer Burt, according to her best recollection and belief in the month of July 1768, in the town of Killingly in the state of Connecticut by the Revd. Mr. Russell, a congregational Clergyman, she believes that they were married about four years before they moved to Townshend, Vermont, which she thinks was in the year 1772, but she has no record of the marriage, and does not have any person now living that was present at the time of her marriage - and she lived with her said husband till time of his death, which was on the 20th day of November 1809, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the testimony hereunto annexed - her maiden name was Peters.
       her
Ruth X Burt
       mark

Sworn to and submitted on this day and year above written 
Before me  
Peter R. Taft} Assistant Judge of Windham County Court
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I hereby certify that for some years past I have been well acquainted with the within named Declarant, Ruth Burt; and know her to be a person of undoubted truth and veracity, and that by reason of bodily infirmity she is wholly unable to appear in court -
Peter R. Taft} Assistant Judge
                    of Windham County Court

State of Vermont -
Windham County Court Clerk's Office
New Fane July 14 AD. 1837.
I Marshall Miller, Clerk of said County Court, do hereby certify, that the Hon. Peter R. Taft Esquire is an assistant Judge of Windham County Court, aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature hereunto affixed are genuine -

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of the said County Court, the day and year above written -


Attest - Marshall Miller, Clerk

Feb -, 34
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May 22, 1939.
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BA-K/cc
Ebenezer Burt
W.20809

Mrs. Charles S. Passmore,
717 W. Grenite (Granite ok on orig) Street,
Butte, Montana.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Ebenezer Burt, whose widow was a pensioner in Townshend, Vermont, in 1840.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim W. 20809, based upon service in the Revolutionary War
of Ebenezer Burt.

Date and place of birth and names of parents of Ebenezer Burt are not shown.

While living in Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, Ebenezer Burt enlisted in the spring of 1775, just after the battle of Lexington, and served about eight months as private in Captain Simeon Hazleton's Massachusetts company; enlisted in the year of 1777, served about one month as private, and was at the battle of Bennington; enlisted served about two weeks, details of this service not shown. At the time he rendered his service of two
weeks he "left two sick children at home."

He died November 20, 1809 in Townshend, Vermont.

Ebenezer Burt married in July 1768, in Killingly, Connecticut, Ruth Peters. They continued to live in Killingly about four years when they moved to Townshend, Windham County, Vermont.

The soldier's widow, Ruth, was allowed pension on her application executed July 14, 1837, at which time she was aged eighty-nine years and a resident of said Townshend.

In 1837, Deborah Burt, aged fifty-six years and resident of Townshend, Vermont, stated that she married the son (his name not given) of Ebenezer and Ruth Burt in 1806, and came to live in a
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house near them soon after marriage and that since the death of Ebenezer Burt, his widow, Ruth had lived in the family with her. 

No further family data are shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Ruth Burt, widow of Ebenezer Burt, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Ruth Burt, widow of Ebenezer Burt,
Certificate #1460
Issued October 9, 1837,
Rate $26.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of July 4, 1836
Vermont Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Left side of document

1939 May 22 Hist to Mrs. Chas S. Passmore (Susie M) 

1940 May 13 Hist to Mrs. C. Eugene Fisher 

Right side of document

WIDOW, &C.
File No. 20809

Ruth Burt 
Widow of 
Ebenezer Burt
Priv Rev War

Act July 4, 1836
Index: Vol. A, Page 105

(Arrangement of 1870)
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Putney Augt. 4th 1807

James L. Edwards, Esqr.

Commr. of Pensions

Sir,
Enclosed is the application of another very aged pious old lady with accompanying evidence - you will please to direct the return to be made to me, at Putney -

Very respectfully

P. White
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Testimony in case of Widow Burt
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I certify that the Deborah Burt before named is a person who sustains a fair character for truth and veracity
Phineas White Justice of Peace

The affidavit of Mrs. Mary Austin of Townshend in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, aged Seventy three years, who being duly sworn as the law directs, testifies and says that in the year 1775 she lived with her late Father, Samuel Wiswall, in said Townshend, near neighbor to Mr. Ebenezer Burt and his Wife, Ruth, who is still his surviving widow. And that according to her best recollection and belief the said Ebenezer Burt inlisted (enlisted) and went into the Army in the Spring of 1775, as early as the month of April - and recollects that before he left home he the said Burt came to her Father's and requested her and her sister to go and stay with Mrs. Burt, a nights during his absence and that she or her sister were in the habit of going and sleeping with Mrs. Burt, while her husband was gone into the army; and as she then understood and now verily believes the said Burt was gone nine months from home at that time - and that while the said Burt was gone her Father, Samuel Wiswall took care of his Farm - And she further testifies and says that according to her best recollection the said Burt went out into the army afterwards, but the particular times of his going, and the periods
of his service she is unable to state - And she further testifies, that according to her best recollection the said Burt died in the month of November 1809 - and that she was present at his funeral, and that she has lived neighbor to
his widow, Ruth Burt, ever since that period, and she has not been married - but still remains a widow-
Mary Austin

Windham County ss - Sworn to and subscribed this 14th day of July 1837 Before me 
Phineas White Justice of Peace

I certify that Mrs. Mary Austin, above named, is a person of undoubted truth
and veracity - 
Phineas White Justice of Peace


STATE OF VERMONT.
WINDHAM COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE
NEWFANE, August 2d A.D. 1837.

I Marchall Miller, Clerk of the County Court, for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Phineas White is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signatures above & within written is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County
Court, the day and year above written.

Attest Marshall Miller, C
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The affidavit of Bailey Rawson of Jamaica in the County of Windham and State of Vermont aged twenty six years who being first duly sworn as the law directs testifies and says, that
in the summer of 1775 he was in the army of the Revolution, at Roxbury, and was a musician, and [illegible] was [illegible] among the different companies, and recollects the company of Capt. Hazeltine, and was
present, frequently at the roll call of the said Company and well recollects of hearing the name of Ebenezer Burt frequently called. And that in the month of March 1779 he came into the town of Townshend in the County of Windham aforesaid, and took up a lot of land in said town joining the Farm of the said Ebenezer Burt, and recognized the said Burt as a Soldier he had seen in the army in the summer of 1775 by the name of Burt - And he further testifies he lived near neighbor to the said Burt till the time of his deceased, and said frequently conversed with the said Burt about memories that took place during the campaign in 1775 during his life time, so that if he had never seen him while in the army should never had no doubt of his the said Burt being in
the army near Boston in 1775

Bailey Rawson


State Vermont
Windham County ⎬ Sworn to and subscribed this 29th day of July 1837
Before me Phineas White Justice of Peace

I certify that I have long been acquainted with the above named Baily Rawson, and that he is a man of undoubted truth and veracity - 
Phineas White Justice of the Peace
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The affidavit of Samuel Wiswall of Townshend in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, aged seventy five years, who being duly sworn according to the Law testifies and says that he was knowing to Ebenezer Burt, late of said Townshend, moving into said town, with his wife Ruth, who is now living
a widow in the year 1772. and in the spring of the year 1775 Soon after Lexington Battle the said Ebenezer Burt inlisted (enlisted) into the
service for Eight months, and left Townshend to go to joins the army near Boston, and recollects that the said Burt did not return
home, till some time in the Winter, the next following. And the said Wiswall further testifies that he and his father carried on and
took care of said Burts Farm, while the said Burt was gone into the army - and that his said wife, Ruth, was living with her said husband till the time of his decease, which was in the month of November 1809 and that the said Ruth has remained a widow ever since, and is now living, - And the said Wiswall further
testifies, that sd Burt went out in the company, commanded by Capt Simeon Hazletine -
Sam Wiswall

State of Vermont
Windham County ss⎬ Subscribed and sworn to this fifth day of July 1837 Before me
Phineas White Justice of Peace

I certify that for many years have been well acquainted with Capt. Samuel Wiswall the above Deponent, and know him to be a person of undoubted truth and veracity
Phineas White Justice of Peace

The affidavit of Mrs Deborah Burt of Townshend in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, aged fifty six years, who testifies and says that she was married to the son of Ebenezer Burt and Ruth Burt in the year 1806 and came to live in a house very near the dwelling of the said Ebenezer Burt soon after her marriage, and has heard the said Ebenezer, in his life time, frequently speak of his being out in the war of the Revolution, -that she was present at the time said Ebenezer died which was on the 20th day of November 1809 and that his widow, Ruth Burt has lived in the family with her ever since, and remained a widow since that time
Deborah Burt

Windham County ss - Sworn to and subscribed this 14th day of July 1837
Before me
Phineas White Justice of Peace
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April 4, 1940

The Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Please mail me the pension record of each of the following, each record to be on a separate paper,

SAMUEL HARRIS b. May 4,1740 at Harris Ferry, Pa.  d. Aug. 19, 1825 " (at) or near Bridgeport, N. Y. place of residence during Revolution-
Northumberland County, Pa.

only BENEZER BURT b. July 11,1737 at Deerfield, Mass. d. June 5, 1825 at Guilford, Vt. - interred Brattleboro, Vt. place of residence during Revolution-Mass.

BENJAMIN LINCOLN b. 1740 d. 1828
place of residence and probably death - Taunton, Mass.

TIMOTHY BLISS . Jan. 4, 1733 at Rehoboth, Mass. d. Jan. 4, 1822 " (at) Royalton, Vt. place of residence during Revolution-Royalton, Vt.

Very truly yours,
Mrs. C. Eugene Fisher
Mrs. C. Eugene Fisher,
Tipton, Michigan

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Dear Sirs - 
Can you give me the pension record of
Ebenezer Burt - a pensioner living in Townshend Vt his wife Ruth was a pensioner in 1840 living there with Warner Burt, Ruth - his wife was 95 yrs old in 1840. Awaiting an early reply, I am
Yours -
(Mrs Chas. S.) Susie M. Passmore
717 W. Granite St
Butte, Mont.
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May 13, 1940

BA-J/AWF
on
Ebenezer Burt
W. 20809

Mrs. C. Eugene Fisher
Tipton
Michigan

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of the
following persons:

Samuel Harris born May 4, 1740, Harris Ferry,
Pennsylvania, died August 19, 1825, near Bridgeport, New York;

Ebenezer Burt born July 11, 1737, Deerfield,
Massachusetts, died June 5, 1825, Guilford, Vermont;

Benjamin Lincoln born 1740, died 1828, lived in
Taunton, Massachusetts;

Timothy Eliss born January 4, 1733, Rehoboth,
Massachusetts, died January 4, 1822, Royalton, Vermont.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force
available for furnishing such information, it is
not possible to comply in full with each request, which requires so much time and research.

The record of Ebenezer Burt is furnished you
herein, as found in papers on file in claim for
pension, W. 20809, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only Ebenezer Burt found on file in the Revolutionary War pension records of this office.

The date and place of birth of Ebenezer Burt
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were not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.

While a resident of Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, Ebenezer Burt enlisted in the spring of 1775, soon after the battle of Lexington, joined the army near Boston, and served about eight months as private in Captain Simeon Hazelton's Massachusetts
company. He served in 1777, one month as private, and was in the battle of Bennington, and later served about two weeks, names of officers for these tours were not given.

Ebenezer Burt married in the month of July,
1768, in Killingly, Connecticut, Ruth Peters. The
date and place of her birth, and names of parents were not stated.

Ebenezer Burt and his wife, Ruth, lived in
Killingly, about four years after marriage, then
moved to Townshend, Windham County, Vermont.

Ebenezer Burt died November 20, 1809, in
Townshend, Vermont.

The widow, Ruth Burt, was allowed pension on
her application executed July 14, 1837, at which time she was aged eighty-nine years, and a resident of Townshend, Vermont.

At the time the soldier, Ebenezer Burt, rendered his service of two weeks, he "left two sick children at home." Names of children were not designated.

Mrs. Deborah Burt, in 1887 aged fifty-six years
and a resident of Townshend, Vermont, stated that she married in 1806, the son of Ebenezer Burt, and his wife, Ruth, but she did not give the name of her husband.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
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further discernible data in regard to family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Ruth Burt, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:

Ruth Burt, widow of Ebenezer Burt
Certificate # 1480
Issued October 9, 1837
Rate $26.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of July 4, 1836
Vermont Agency

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator