Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3093, Isham Burke, Ga.
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Ga.   Burke, Isham S3093
[illegible]
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West Tennessee 23428
Isham Burke
of McNairy in the State Of Tennessee who was a private in the [illegible] commanded by Captain Burks of the regt commanded by [illegible] Steward in the Georgian line for 18 mos prof cavalry
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee as the rate of 75 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of January 1834 and Wm S Wisdom Purdy 
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 187.50 [illegible] allowance ending for March 37.50 
$225.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk, Book [illegible] Vol. 7 page 73
Handwritten note: Date of death not on A.B.
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Handwritten note
27.511
Isham Burks
McNairy County
Tennessee
decided that the applicant spells his name Burks
[illegible] 1778 private of cavalry 18 months
$75
37.50
187.50
[illegible] 
Wm S Wisdom Purdy
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office

Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margins with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will by compling [complying] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A. Statement, showing the service of Isham Burke [e obscured and may be an s]
Table: Period when the service was rendered
1778
1779
1780
Duration of the claimant's service in Years, Months, Days
6 months
Rank of the claimant
[illegible]
Cap.
Cap.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served
Cap Burks, Col Steward
Col Stewart
Col Stewart
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service
72 Georgia
Proof by which the declaration is supported
Traditionary
Handwritten note
The applicant should prove that he received a commission as a Captain and that he served in that capacity. Otherwise he can only receive the allowance of a private. I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
Handwritten note beneath
The applicant is very infirm and cannot travel in search of Testimony to prove that he received a commission [illegible] his services. Therefore will he content to receive a pension as private as a mounted horseman.
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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 contract, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to the Store Keepers, &, Teamsters, Boatman &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.
State Territory, or District of County of}88 
On this ___day of_______ personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of _________in the county of _________ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) ____years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. that he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)____, with ____ and served in the ____ (e)regiment of the ____ line, under the following named officers: [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 (s) 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 do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original of the Course of _____ proceedings of the said Court int he matter of the application of ______ for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the office (i) this day of ____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of the 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 belong to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the ____ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with ______, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that is appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, ____Clerk of the Court of ____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _________ for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto sent my hand the 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 knowlege 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 be also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier, {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer, {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, 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.
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(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 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 corpse 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.
[icon of hand pointing] The notes from (a) to (i) are 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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Declaration of Isam [Isham] Burks in Order to Obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.
______________________
X State of Tennessee [illegible]
McNairy County. On this the Twenty third day of September in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight-hundred and thirty two. Personally appeared before the County Court of  pleas and quarter sessions for said County in the State aforesaid now sitting Isam [Isham] Burks a resident of McNairy County in the State of Tennessee aged Seventy Two years next October 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 7th June 1832. That he was Born in Amherst County State of Virginia On the Twenty fourth day of October in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty One. When he was very young his father moved from Virginia and settled in Spartanburg District State of South Carolina hear [here] he lived but a short time when he moved to the State of Georgia and settled in that part which was afterwards called Wilks County situated fifty or sixty miles above Augusta. He [illegible]  I entered into the service of the United State as a volunteer Soldier in the year 1778 the day and month I entered not now recollected, under Captain John Burks (my father) who had received Orders from Col. John Steward to raise a company of volunteers for the purpose of marching to the Frontiers of Georgia to guard that Section from the Cherokee and Creek Indians who had assumed a hostile attitude against

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the whites. So soon as my Captain Succeeded in raising his company he joined Col. Steward's Regiment in Wilks County State of Georgia then the whole Regiment Marched to the Frontiers of Georgia. When my Captain and a company under the command of Captain Baldwin was stationed at a place then called or afterwards called [illegible] Station. [Kettels?] the balance of the Regiment was again divided and placed around the frontiers. While we was hear [here] we built a Fort, and a Scouting party was Ordered Out every day to watch the movements of the Indians and keep them from marching in the interior of the County and killing the whites. hear [here] we remained for some time, then the Regiment was ordered to March and join General Howes Army who was about to start on an expedition to Floridy. So Our Regiment marched to Wilke County thus joined General  Howe. We then struck our march for the Floradies going by the way of St. Maries river. I went about one hundred miles on the route and was there discharged. I received a written discharge signed by my Captain, John Burks. This same bore date as well as he now recollects in the year 1778 (the day and month he does not recollect). how long he served he cannot now positively say owing to old age and thus consequent loss of memory but he is positive he served not less than six months for which time and services he claims a pension. I had my discharge for a number of years after the Revolution but not believing it would ever be of any use or benefit to me I used it so carelessly that it is now lost or destroyed.
Through the influence of my father Captain John Burks, Col. Clark then of the State of Georgia Recommended me to the Governor as a proper person to be appointed Captain. Upon said Recommendation, Governor Howley, then Governor of the State of Georgia, Commissioned me a Captain in the Militia of the State of Georgia, he does not now Recollect the precise date when his commission bore date but believes it was the first of the year 1779. So soon as I received my Commission I raised a company of mounted volunteers for the term of six months in Wilkes County, in a very few days after I made up my Company I was ordered to march to the Frontiers of Georgia, which place was then entirely unguarded and had remained so ever since Col Stewards Regiment was sent on the Floriday Campaign. So my company alone marched to a place called Fort Knox [Knoxville?] This place I made my head quarters, from here I extended my Company in small parties first one place and then another watching and guarding this Frontiers from the Indians which was doing all the mischief they could to the whites, after remaining here for some considerable length of time, an express arrived from Col Clarke for me to march my Company directly on to the Savannah River, there to join Col Pickens. So soon as my junction with Col Pickens we marched in pursuit of several hundred Tories who had embedded themselves. We overtook them at a place
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called Kettle Creek. When we had a service battle, which I was in, this battle was of short duration the Whigs proving successful this battle was well as he now recollects was fought sometime in the year 1779 (but do not know the precise date). From here I was ordered back to Fort Knox. where I remained guarding and defending that place from the Indians until my soldiers terms was out then I marched back to Wilkes County and there discharged my men. This was some time in the same year above stated but do not recollect the precise date - At this time the State of Georgia was about to be overrun with the British and Indians and there was a great call for men to turn out to save the State. So I on the same day that I discharged my soldiers raised an Other Company of mounted horsemen for the Term of Six Months, a great many of my old soldiers Consenting to serve and others joining which made up my Company the next day after. I organized my company which was in Wilkes County. I marched to Augusta. There I found Col Lees Regiment of horses. Here I continued until after the British had besieged that place and proved successful in taking it from the Americans. Which was some time as he believes in the year 1779 (but the precise date I do not now recollect). After the British go possession of Augustus I was ordered with my company to march over the mountains to a place then called Holston or Watauga there in Washington County State of North Carolina for the purposes of defending that section from the Cherokee Indians which had at this time become very  troublesome in that quarter. Hear I remained ranging first from one place and then an other for a long time and until the expirations of my soldiers term of six months had expired. Then I marched back to Wilkes County Georgia and thus discharged them. This completed my Term of Service which made six months as a soldier and twelve months as a Captain. I am not now positive whether I ever received any discharge as Captain if I did I presume it was signed by Col Clark as I was under his command the most of the time. Notwithstanding he was not personally present but very little during the time I served. That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person now living by whom he can prove his services by He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except this present and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of Any State. Question: Where and in what year were you born. Answer: I was Born in Amhurst County Virginia On the 24th day of October 1761. Question: Have you any record of your age and if so where is it. Answer: I have my age now recorded in a Bible at my home which was taken from my fathers large Family Bible. Question: Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolution and Where do you now live. Answer: I was living in Wilkes County State of Georgia when I was called into Service.
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and continued to live there for several years after the Revolutionary War. Then I moved to Spartenburgh District South Carolina from there I moved to Penatton District from there I moved to Lincoln County Tennessee and from there I moved to McNairy County Tennessee where I now live. Question: 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 volunteered my services as a soldier and served in that capacity for six months when I was appointed Captain and in that capacity Raised Two Companies of Volunteer Mounted Horsemen for six months each - Question: 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. Answer: I saw General Lincoln and General Howe but had no personal acquaintances with them. I became acquainted with Col Clark, Col Lee & Col Pickens. I think Col Pickens was promoted to General before the Revolutionary War was over, I will State that I raised my Troops to defend the Frontiers and Guard the Indians Consequently did not have a good opportunity of becoming acquainted with the officers and men generally. I have mentioned the General Circumstances of my Services in the body of my Declaration. Question: Did you ever receive a commission and if so by whom was it signed and what has become of it.
Answer: I received a commission I think in the first of the year 1779 it was signed by Gov. Howley then Governor of the State of Georgia. I had the commission for a number of years after the Revolutionary War but it is now lost or destroyed.
Question: 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.
Answer: I have been acquainted with Parson Frances Beard of McNairy County and my present neighborhood for a great number of years. And I have also been acquainted with John Chambers of my neighborhood for a number of years they can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief and the neighborhoods belief of my services as a Captain and as a soldier in the Revolution Given under my hand Sworn to & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid Wm Wisdom Clk of McNair County Court Tenn.} [signed] Isham Burke
Mr. Frances Beard a clergyman residing in the County of McNairy and State of Tennessee and John Chambers residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isam Burke who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be Seventy Two years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Captain and a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion given under authority Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid Wm Wisdom, Clk of McNairy County Court Tenn. [signed] Francis Beard John Chambers
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And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the Investigation of the Mater and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Captain and Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Francis Beard who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in McNairy County and that John Chambers who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and is a Credible person and that their Statement is entitled to credit Given Under Our hands. [signed & initialed] Joseph Smith
Thomas Lane
AD Pace

I William S Wisdom Clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for McNairy County do hereby Certify that the foregoing Contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of the application of Isam Burks for a Pension.
In Testimony where of I have hereunto Set my hand and affix My Seal of Office in [illegible] this 23rd day of September 1833 and 58th year of the American Independence.
Wm S Wisdome clk of McNairy County Court Tenn.
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June 5, 1935

Isham Burke, S. 3093
John Newman, S 1299
BA-J/MB

Jane Z. Gladney
Stamps, Arkansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your communication of recent date, in which you request the records of Isham Burke and John Newman, who served in the Revolutionary War from Georgia.

Their records follow as found in claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.

Isham Burke. S. 3095
Isham Burke, son of John, was born October 24, 1761, in Amherst County, Virginia; the name of his mother is not stated. When very young he moved with his father from Virginia to Spartanburg District, South Carolina, where he lived but a short time then moved to Georgia and settled in that part which was afterwards called Wilkes County, about fifty or sixty miles above Augusta. While residing in said Wilkes County, Georgia, he volunteered in 1778 and served not less than six months as a private in the company of his father, Captain John Burke, Colonel Steward's Georgia regiment, and was engaged in guarding the frontiers against the Cherokee and Creek Indians. The soldier stated that about the first of the year 1779, through the influence of his father, he was commissioned captain of Georgia militia and raised a company of mounted volunteers, sreved twelve months under Colonel Clarke, Pickens and Lee, was in the battle of Kettle Creek and the siege of Augusta. After the Revolutionary War the soldier continued to live in Wilkes County, Georgia, for several years then moved to
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Spartanburgh District, South Carolina; from there he moved to Pendleton District, South Carolina, thence to Lincoln County, Tennessee, and from there to McNairy County, Tennessee. Isham Burke was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1835, while a resident of McNairy County, Tennessee.
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.
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John Newman. S. 1299
The date which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 1299, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John Newman. The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Buckingham County, Virginia, he enlisted about October 20, 1776, served as a private in Captain John Mosby's company, Colonel Samuel Elbert's 2nd Georgia Regiment, was in the Florida Expedition and the battle of Savannah in which his right arm was shot off near the shoulder by a cannon ball; after the battle he was taken prisoner by the British and kept in Savannah about three months until his arm healed, then put on board a prison ship about fifteen miles below Savannah, where he remained until the last of August 1779, when he was exchanged and a month later went to Augusta and left there about December 1, 1779, and reached his home in Amherst County, Virginia, about Christmas.
John Newman was allowed pension from December 13, 1786 on account of disability resulting from the above-noted wound and his name was placed on the Georgia roll from which it was transferred to Virginia, then to Tennessee.
In 1897 the soldier was residing in Rutherford County, Tennessee, aged seventy-eight years.
There are no family data in the claim.
Very truly yours
A.B. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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1933, June 5 Hist to Jane Z Gladney (Ree ltr in claim S.1299 of John Newman) - MLB

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3093
INVALID [handwritten note illegible]
File No. 3093
Isham Burke
Pvt. Ga. line
Act: June 7th  of [18]32
Index: Vol. A, Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870]