Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,154, Joshua Burnett, Ga.
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Ga Burnett,Joshua S 32.154
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Indiana 31.145 Joshua Burnett of Greene Co in the State of Indiana who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Herd of the regiment commanded by Col. Clark in the Georgia military for six months.
Inscribed on the roll of Indiana at the rate of 20 dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of march, 1831. Certificate of pension issued the 26th day of June 1837 to David McDonald Esq. Washington
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 120
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sep. 1837 10
$130
Revolutionary Claim, Act Jun 7 1832. Recorded by ... clerk. Book 6.2 Vol. 7 Page 114.

Letter to Adam Stropes ... The Auditor 19 Sept 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the ..April 1838 from 4 March 1838 to 4th Sep 1838. Agt notified 1 Oct 1839. 
Letter to Pensioner 13 Oct 1842
... to Parisian Agent 20th Dec 1842
To Illinois from 4 Sep 1841 11th January 1843. Notification to Parisian Krof C.H. Illinois
... to Pen Agt 22 Sep 1845
To Madison Indiana from 4 Sep. 1844 to 10th Oct 1845 notification to 
H. S. Livingston Bloomfield Indiana
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Sept 22 45
Mr. Evans
Bloomfield, IA Sept 12
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Madisonian office
Application for a transfer
State of Indiana
County of Greene 
On this 11 day of Sep 1845, before me, the subscriber, a justice of the peace for said county of greene, personally appeared Joshua Burnett who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Richard Herd in the regiment commanded by Colonel Clark in the service of the united states; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Illinois whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state of indiana where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Illinois to Indiana. to exit he did not like Illinois so well as Indiana, and that 3 of his children reside in Indiana where formerly resided and obtained his pension.
Joshua Burnett
Elisha P. Cushman
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state of Indiana Greene County
On this 11 day of Sep 1845 before me the subscribed a justice of the peace for said county personally appeared Hugh L. Livingston, who on his oath declares that Joshua Burnett who has taken the written affidavit, is the person therein described. H.L. Livingston
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year aforesaid by me said Hugh L. Livingston, who is a person of veracity.  Elisha P.  Cushman
State of Indiana Green county
I Samuel R. Levins, clerk of the circuit court of said county, do hereby certify that Elisha P. Cushman, Esq. before whom the 2 preceding affidavits were made, was at that time an acting justice of the peace of said county, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts.
Witness my hand and seal of ... court at office 
Bloomfield Sept the 11 day A.D. 1845
S.R. Levins

... Mr. Burnett wishes to his pension transferred from Illinois to that of the Indiana agency, please attend to the same as soon as convenient.
H.S. Livingston
L.L. Edwards
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of https://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.pngCongress of June 7 1832 State of Indiana, county of Greene
On this 7th day of April in the year of our Lord 1837, personally appeared in open Court before Elisha M. Huntington president judge, and Thomas Bradford, and William S. Cole, associate judges, of the Greene circuit court (a court of record). Joshua Burnett, aged 84 years, a resident of Plummer Township in said county of Greene, who bring first duly sworn recording 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.
That he entered the army of the Revolution, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he was born on the 10th day of April 1753 in Elizabeth, New Jersey (then called east Jersey) where he lived about 13 years, whence he moved to Rutherford County North Carolina, where he lived till the year 1779, whence he removed to Willis, Georgia, where he lived  at the time he entered into service.  In the spring of the same year, the state of Georgia was invaded by an army under General Manson, who took up his quarters in Augusta. In the first of May as nearly as he can remember, he was drafted as a private, as many others in Willis County, to repel the invasion aforesaid. The captain of his company was Richard Herd. The Colonel of his regiment was John Dooly. Declarant does not remember the names of any of the inferior officers of his company.  He was drafted to serve 6 months.  A part of the militia served under Dooly, were sent towards Augusta to resist and annoy (?) Genl Manson and part were retained to guard the frontiers; among the latter was declarant Willis County was there on the frontiers, and the party to which declarant was attached guarded the county from the incursions of the Tories and Indians, making frequent ___ and scouting parties through the country.  But having no battle, yet being constantly employed ___ Towards the close of the year, after Genl Manson had subjugated nearly the whole state, and now holding out against him except C.L. Dooly, he (Manson) sent Dooly a letter informing him that if he would meet him on a ridge near Washington court house, in the same county, he would parole his men and let them go home, and Dooly, finding resistance vain, did so, and this declarant with the other troops under Col. (?) Dooly, accordingly met Manson at that place and laid down their arms, on condition that they would remain
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thereafter peaceably at home. And the regiment being so disbanded, this declarant returned home in the same county, where he remained till again called into service as herein after stated.  Declarant does not remember certainly the exact time of said surrender, in the aforesaid service he served at least 3 months, but on account of his age and consequent loss of memory, he cannot recollect dates particularly.  He recollects that one Elijah Clark was the Lieut. Col of said regiment.  About the time of said surrender, said Clark, who refused to make said surrender, went off to North Carolina with about 70 men of said regiment, and afterwards in the summer of 1780, sent word to those who had so surrendered, that if they did not meet him at a certain noted spring in a wilderness part of said county of Willis, he would put every man of them to death, said Clark having, in the meantime, been raised to the place of General of the Georgia troop, his direction was that they should meet him at said spring on the 18th Sep 1780.  On the day appointed, this declarant with most of those who had surrendered , assembled at said spring, when they waited till near sunset, where General Clark arrived with his aforesaid 70 men.  At that time the British Army under general Manson lay hear Augusta, and on the same night, General Clark made these men (this declarant with them) marched to within 3 miles of said British Army. The distance was about 15 miles.  They stopped at a Tory house, and drew on the Tory, without his consent, for such provision and ___ as they needed.  They arrived at said house before day, and stayed till daylight.  In the meantime, a young man belong to Clark's party, asked leave of the General to ride to the banks of the river hard by, to water his horse.  The young man went accordingly, and in the ford met a British officer, and with drawn pistol took him prisoner, and brought him before Genl Clark, who drew his sword, and threatened the prisoner with instant death, unless he should disclose the situation of the British Army.  The prisoner disclosed it.  At that time there were 600 men under Clark, all mounted men.  The British having left Augusta and being camped a short distance from it, had left a guard, magazine, and cannon in it, and Clark having learned these factors, as soon as it was day, marched round the enemy, and by a circuitous route, came into Augusta at the opposite side from him, entered the town, took the magazine and cannon,  and with the cannon marched against the British Army, and at nine a.m. a battle between them began, which lasted with various success till nearly sundown, when the enemy
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retired to a little distance, and Clark marched his men back into a fort in the edge of the town_ After night he returned to the battleground and found many British & Indians slain, and that the enemy had taken quarters in a large stone house on the bank of the Savannah, and before morning so fortified themselves, that Genl. Clark dured a further attack on them not advisable. But Clark raised an entrenchment about 150 yards in front of that of their enemy, and we besieged them four days, at the end of which the enemy sent a flag into Clark, for capitulation; whilst, the capitulation was going on succour arrived to the enemy, and our army were obliged precipitately to retreat_This retreat we made through the wilderness to North Carolina, passing the Savannah & Saluda, the army proceeding till
they joined Colonel Campbell & General Seviere on the Watauga in North Carolina_After remaining a few days, this declarant, along with his said detachment, under General Clark, United with the army of General Seviere, and
all, under the command of General Seviere marched about 80 miles to the Kings
Mountain in North Carolina, where General Forguson was encamped, and where the "Battle of Kings Mountain" was shortly after fought. A few days before that Battle, this Declarant, having brought his wife with him from
Georgia to North Carolina, to leave her at her father's who lived about four miles from
Kings Mountain, obtained leave of his officers to go to see her at her father's and to make provision for her living in which would soon happen, whilst on his way for that purpose, was taken prisoner by a Tory Colonel and taken
before Forguson, who treated declarant humanely. Declarant had, then, in his possession, the parol he had received from General Manson, and showed it to Forguson, telling him he had merely come from Georgia to see his father in law, upon which Forguson released him, and he went to his father in laws, where he heard the cannon of the Battle of the Kings Mountain but was not in it. It was fought, as he thinks, in November 1780. Declarant immediately after the battle rejoined his army, and marched 100 miles to Moravians town N.C. where they guarded the prisoners taken in the battle, till the latter part of the following winter, or the first of March_ at which time General Clark received an express from General Morgan to join him at the Cowpens_ whereupon General Clark detached his men from those of General Seviere, and marched (this declarant still
with them) above 100 miles, directly to the Cowpens, and joined Morgan on the evening before the battle. But on the way to the Cowpens, it was rumoured that Cornwallis was passing with his army through the neighborhood in which
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the wives of Declarant and two or three others of the men, then lived_and Declarant and those men obtained leave to go to the protection of their families, for a few days, under promise to rejoin General Clark at the Cowpens. Declarant
accordingly went to his family where he remained part of a day, and then proceeded with one John Price (a soldier of the same regiment) directly to the Cowpens-- where they arrived on the night after the battle, and joined the army of Clark. On the morning after the battle the prisoners were sent to Moravian towns, and Generals Clark and Morgan marched their men (Declarant still with them) to join General Greene at Guilford. On the way, at the crossing of the Catawba, they were opposed by a British force under Cornwallis, where a battle ensued. Declarant was in that battle. It lasted about four hours. Our army had crossed the river. Cornwallis pursued in our rear. We resisted his passing the ford, till he found a ford below, and when our army found the enemy were crossing below, we moved off to join Green, and marched and joined his army at Gilford Court, about ten days or more, before the battle at that place. Immediately on our arrival there, this declarant was (with 20 or 30 men) sent with 4 or 5 wagons into Virginia beyond Dan River, after guns & ammunition, as guards thereto. They proceeded there, procured the same, and returned with them on the same day of the battle, but not till Greene had retreated. We first had news of the defeat when within about four miles of Guilford, when all the men with the men with the wagons turned round for Virginia, except declarant and John Palmer a cousin to declarant who also belonged to Clarks Georgia troops, who with declarant, pushed on to join their own troops who were still retreating, but did not join them till they had reached Rutherford County near Broad River North Carolina. General Clark was still with the troops. We proceeded then towards Georgia through South Carolina. On our way, in South Carolina, we fell in with a party of tories, and British troops under Colonel Dunlap a British officer, who retreated into a large house hardly, where they fought us manfully. Overpowered, they at last surrendered, and we took Dunlap and several of his men prisoners.
We took him and the prisoners back to a little town in North Carolina called Gilbert, where Dunlap we kept confined some time, in an upper room, where one of our men (as was said) privately shot him dead with pistol. We then returned into South Carolina towards Georgia, for the purpose of going home. But as declarants wife was still near Kings Mountain at her fathers, General Clark discharged me
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on our way through South Carolina, promising me a written discharge when I should arrive in Wilkes County Georgia, which he accordingly afterwards did. Thereupon declarant went to his father in laws and brought his wife and family to their home in the County and state last aforesaid. Captain Herd and General Clark were at the time of the aforesaid services with the said troops with which Declarant served as
aforesaid, and Major Cunningham was the major who commanded and Genl Clark as said troops during all the time after Declarant was
parolled as aforesaid. This Declarant was discharged, as he verily believes in October
1781, but he cannot recollect the exact day and may be mistaken even in the month. But he can state positively that immediately from and after said 18th day of September 1780 (which date remembers distinctly from the circumstance that a song fresh in his recollection made on the subject of his meeting Clark on that day at said spring) he served in the army of the revolution as above detailed, at least one year, and he verily believes thirteen months. After his six
months for which he was drafted as aforesaid, was out, he and all his company with the officers thereof remained in service as volunteers at the urgent request of General Clark whom the men loved and were willing to follow, and he served in that capacity all the
time aforesaid after the expiration of said six months. He always served as a private, and in all served full fifteen months. Therefore said discharge was all the discharge he ever received for the aforesaid services, and
shortly after the war, it was burnt in his house which was set on fire by a tory who owed him a grudge. With General Clark, Colonel Dooly, Major Cunningham, General Rutherford, Colonel
Cronich, and Colonel Love he was well acquainted. He knew General Greene, General Seviere, Colo. Campbell and Genl. Morgan - and these are all the officers of the Revolution whose names he recollects. He has no record of his age. After he returned to Wilkes County as aforesaid with his family, he lived there about a
year-thence he removed near to Ninety Six South Carolina, where he resided five or six years-thence he removed to within eight miles of Augusta, Georgia, four or five years - thence he removed to Franklin County, Georgia, where he lived three or four years-thence he went to Burke County North Carolina where he resided
where he lived several years, but cannot say how long-- Thence he went
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Burkham County North Carolina, where he resided about one year-thence he removed to Caulk County Tennessee where he lived about
two years- thence he removed to Jefferson County Tennessee where he lived about
one year - thence he removed to Hamilton County about the year 1809-where he lived about seven years - thence he removed to Washington County Indiana, where he lived seven years- thence he came to said County of Green, Indiana, where he now lives, and has ever since lived, except that for a short part of the time he returned to said County of Washington In. but has constantly lived in Green County In. for the last in years.- He knows of no person by whom he can prove his services aforesaid, except Mordecai Miller who is a Revolutionary Pensioner and whose deposition is hereto attached. But Joseph Wilson a Clergyman of his neighborhood, and William Brazel & William Barker also citizens of his neighborhood, all well known to declarant can testify as to his character for truth and veracity, and their opinion of him as a soldier of the Revolution. He hereby relinquishes all claim to a
pension except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

                         Joshua Burnett [signed]

Sworn and subscribed in open court, the day and year aforesaid

We Joseph Wilson a Clergyman residing in the present neighborhood of above named Joshua Burnett who has signed and sworn to the above declaration and William Barker and William Brazil residing in the same neighborhood,
certify that we have been long well acquainted with said Joshua Burnett, (said Joseph at last nine years, said William Barker 28 years, and said William Brazil 35 years) that we believe him to be eighty four years of age; that ever since we have known him he has been in his own neighborhood, and is now in his present neighborhood, reputed and universally believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution; that we concur in that opinion, and that he has been during all the time we have known him
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and still is in his present neighborhood,           a man of a character unimpeached and unimpeachable, as to truth and veracity, and
that we believe him to a man of truth and veracity.
Joseph Wilson
William Barker
William Brazzell
Sworn and subscribed in open
court the day & year aforesaid
S. R. Cavins Clk
And the said Court after careful investigation of the matter, and after putting the questions prescribed by the war department, declare their opinion, that the above named Joshua Burnett who has signed and sworn to the above declaration was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states; and
the said Court do further certify that Joseph Wilson (a clergyman) and William Barker and William Brazzell who have subscribed and sworn to the above certificate, are residents of the present neighborhood of said applicant, and are credible persons, and their statements are entitled to credit. In witness whereof they have hereunto set their hands the 7th day of April A.D. 1837
E. M. Huntington
Wm. S. Cole
Tho. Bradford
State of Indiana
Greene County Ss.
I, Samuel R. Cavins, Clerk of said Greene Circuit Court, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing, with the attached deposition of Mordecai Miller, are the original proceedings had, in the matter of the application of the above named Joshua Burnett, as a soldier of
the Revolution, for a pension, in the Greene Circuit Court, before Elisha M. Huntington president Judge and William S. Cole and   Thomas Bradford associate Judges of said Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto, on this seventh day of April A.D. 1837, affixed the seal of said Court, at my office in said County.
[Seal affixed]
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32154
Revy INVALID.     am
File No. 32,154
Joshua Burnett
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32"
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 98
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Relative [Illegible]
Wait till the person, who
it appears is in the City, [applies]
for it
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Joshua Burnett
Indiana
Suspended
let 3d May 1837
D. McDonald.
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Dec 12 1842
Mr Evans
Postmarked Dec 1 KNOX C H IN
FREE
Secretary of War or
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
D.C.
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Postmarked JUL 14 KNOX C H IN
July 27. 1842.
Joshua Burnett
for transfer &c
file letter his
FREE
Secretary of War & Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Dist. Columbia
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The Secretary of war will please inform
me if this is correct as to authorise the payment
aforesaid to be made here, if it is not he will inform what is necessary. And if it is he
will please inform me of the facts
Joshua Burnett
Washington City D.C.
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State of Indiana
County of Daviess S.S.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of said
County of Daviess Joshua Burnett, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the same identical person who in March last forwarded to the Department of War a Declaration, and other papers made and taken before the Green Circuit Court (in said State) at the March Term 1837; that the affidavit of Mordecai Miller which accompanied said
declaration was taken sometime ago without the aid of counsel, and of course badly drawn up; that since said declaration was forwarded, and an answer received by David McDonald (this deponents atty.) from the Commissioner of pensions, he (this deponent) has made diligent inquiry after said Mordecai Miller, at the place of his late residence in Indiana, and
has ascertained that said Mordical has, since the making of his affidavit aforesaid, removed to the state of Missorie, but to what part of Missorie this deponent could not learn, besides, if this deponent did know said
Mordecai's present residence in Missourie, it would be almost impossible for this deponent to obtain a further deposition from him, owing to this deponents age, infirmity, and poverty, and to the great distance he should have to go to procure it. This deponent therefore says that the evidence of his Revolutionary services already before the department is the best
evidence he can possibly procure of which he has any knowledge. The Declaration above referred is to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. -- And further saith not.
Joshua Burnet [X and "his mark" appear between first and last names]
Sworn and subscribed to this 14th day of June 1837 before me.
W. G. Cole, J. P.
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State of Indiana    }
County of Daviess } SS.
I John Van Trees Clerk of the Circuit Court
in and for said County, do certify that William G. Cole is a Justice of the peace as within written, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the within signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my
seal of Office and subscribed my name at
Washington, this 14 day of June, 1837.
Jno. Van Trees Clerk D.C.C.
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Knoxville Ill Sept 18, 42
Joshua Burnett
wishes to be transferred
to the pension roll of Illinois.
B. 375. Rec [Octo.] 13. 1842
Pension Office
[Imat.]
Mr Evans
[Letter was being sent to 
Secretary of War
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Postmarked OCT 1 KNOX C H IN]
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Knoxville Knox Co
Illinois Sept 28th
1842
Dear Sir
I wrote you some time since and accompany the same with the affidavits of Adam Houst & David Houst Shewing my right as I supposed to draw my pension of $20 per year in Illinois Instead of Indiana, but have learned nothing from you since
I would take it as a favor if any thing is wrong about them you would inform me of the fact and acquaint me with what is necessary to enable me to draw the pension in this State any proof of my being the same person can be given or If I have applied to the wrong Dept or the papers are deficient in any way - by advising me of the fact you will confer a great favor on an old Soldier
Yours with Respt
Joshua Burnett
Sec of war
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Inda      Apl 19.
Act 32.
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
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Bloomfield, Apl. 7. 1837.
Sir,
Enclosed are the declaration, and other papers
of Joshua Burnett, for a pension. I fear there may be some informality in the certificates, as we had no form by which to draw them up. Should they need any correction, please return them to me at Washington, Daviess County, Indiana; or to Saml. R. Cavins, the Clerk at Bloomfield, Green County, Indiana.
You will, no doubt recollect, that I recently wrote you in relation to a former application made for a pension by the same person. You mistook the name for Barnet and of course, your answer was of no use to me in the matter. But we have ventured sending on the enclosed
and I trust that the delay of the application will
not prejudice the claim, as I know it was not the neglect of the applicant, but his misfortune in employing a negligent and unskilled person to attend to the business.
Very respectfully
David McDonald
Hon. J. L. Edwards
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Joshua Burnet
Green County Il &
Bloomfield P. office
Martinsville
Ia Novr. 15
12 1/2
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November the 4th 1836 -
this day personally appeared before me
Henry McAllister a Justice of the peace
In and for Adams Township in Morgan 
County and State of Indiana Mordecai Millar and after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Joshua
Burnett of Green County and Plummer Township and State of Indiana and further states that he saw the said Joshua Burnett in
the Service of the United States under General Clark of Georgia at the time of the first Siege of Augusta
Mordecai Millar
Sworn and subscribed to this before me this 4th day of November 1836 Henry McAllister Justice of the peace of Morgan County and State of Indiana
State of Indiana }
Morgan County }
I Hannibal R Stevens clerk of the Morgan
Circuit Court do certify that Henry McAllister Esquire before whom this affidavit has been made was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such, full faith and credit are due to his official acts, and the signature foregoing purporting to be his is
genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of said Court
November 10th 1836
H R Stevens Clk
[Seal affixed]
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Jan 2d 1842
Mr Evans.
Postmarked DEC 17 MADISON IN
J. L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions
Washington City
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Madison Decr. 27th 1842
J.L. Edwards Esqr
Comr. of Pensions
Sir
Yours of the 20th inst is re: Joshua Burnett by my Roll was last paid on the 4 Sept. 1841    I have entered his name transferred to Illinois from that date
Very respt
J. F. D. Lanier
Pen. Agent
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26 June
[Imr] Attention
Allison
Washington In
June 16th
Free
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
D.C.
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Washington In
June 16th
Free
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
D.C.
26 June
[Imr] Attention
Allison
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Washington, June 16. 1837.
Sir,
Your letter on the subject of the application of Joshua Burnett for a pension, has been received and I herewith transmit you the affidavit of Mr. B. setting forth the impossibility of making the proof better. In your letter you inform me that the papers formerly forwarded by Mr. B. were returned to the Clk. of Lawrence Co. at Bedford. I have written to that  gentleman, and he informs me that those papers were never received by him-- hence I infer they are lost. Should you require any alterations in the Declaration itself, and you forward it to me we will try to correct any thing in it that may be wrong, or too indefinite --
But if you require further proof, by witnesses, of his services, and cannot, in any event, dispense with it, I fear we must abandon the application. And in that event, I must say that I shall be exceedingly sorry that a poor, infirm old man, of whose revolutionary services no man who conversing with him can doubt-- one
who lost nearly all his property in the war of the Revolution, and three of his sons in the late war, and who is without any support for himself and his helpless & afflicted wife, cannot obtain that pittance which I am sure he has long deserved. And I shall regret it the more especially, when I reflect how many pensions are obtained merely upon the applicants own declaration and traditionary evidence. I am probably too ardent in this matter; and I certainly design not to reflect on the department. Should you have any doubts as to my motives & declarations, I beg you to name the subject to Hon. Jas. Whitcomb who knows me, and who, I think, knows the applicant and his witnesses.
Very respectfully David McDonald
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 23d, 1839.
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," Joshua Burnett, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Madison, Indiana, Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838, to the 4th Sept. 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Illinois  }
County of Knox } ss.
On this fourth day of November 1842,
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Knox
personally appeared Joshua Burnett,
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Richard Herd in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Elijah Clark in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Indiana from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or territory,) of Illinois where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following
are his reasons for removing from Bedford Indiana to Knox County Illinois-- that he was unable to Labor and support himself and family and in consequence thereof, was compelled to move to Illinois that his son might take care of himself and wife his pension being insufficient for that purpose
Joshua Burnett [X and "his mark" appear between first and last names]
Sworn and subscribed to before me, ┃
the day and year aforesaid.
Lineus Richmond J P
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
In every case where the Clerk of the Court or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with 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 which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.
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State of Illinois
Knox County
Personally came before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace David Housh who make oath and says that he is well acquainted with Joshua Burnett who made oath to the forgoing affidavit and knows him to be the 
same Identical person described in the same
that he has been acquainted with the said Joshua
Burnett about twenty five years
David Housh
I further certify that I am personally acquainted
with David Housh and that he is a man of truth and veracity and that full faith & credit should be given to his oath and that he subscribed and
made oath to the forgoing afidavit this
4th day November AD 1842
Lineus Richmond
Justice of the Peace of
Knox County Illinois
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State of Illinois  }
Knox County     } SS.
I Henry J Runkle Clerk of the County Commissioners Court for said County
do certify that Leneus Richmond Esq whose
name appears to the foregoing certificate & oath
was on the day he executed the same an acting
Justice of the Peace, duly elected and qualified
and that as such full faith and credit are and of right ought to be given to all his official acts, and that the signatures purporting to be his to above certificate & oath are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal
of said Court at Knoxville this
30th day of November AD 1842
Henry J Runkle Clerk
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Oct 13. 1845
Time to which
Joshua Burnett
was paid.
Mr. Evans
Postmarked OCT [3] SPRINGFIELD IN
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Springfield 2nd Oct 1845
Sir
In answer to yours of the 22nd ultimo Joshua Burnett has been paid up to the 4 September 1844, and I have regulated my books accordingly All Clear in the West
Respectfully Your
Obed. Servant
James F Reed
Pension Agent [illegible]