Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22151, Nathaniel Burrows, Penn.
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Service
Penn
Burrows, Nathaniel

Number
S.22151

Contents
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18.581
Pennsylvan [Damaged paper]
Nathaniel Burro [Damaged paper]
of Bucks Co. in the State of Pen [Damaged paper]
who was a Pvt. & Ensign in the Co. [Damaged paper]
by Captain Wood of the Regt commanded
by Col. Kirkbridge in the Penn. Mil [Damaged paper]
line for 23 mo.s

Ensign - 12 mo.s - 120
Private - 11 do.        36.66
                            $156.66.

Inscribed on the Roll of Penn.a at the rate of 156. Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of De [Damaged paper] 1833 and sent to Hon. B Anthony. House of Reps.

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833            391.65
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34   78.33
                                                          $469.98
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Wm. K. Palmer, Clerk,
Book E Vol. Five, Page 4.

[left side]
The Treasury [illegible]
April 6th 1838 from 4th to 10th July 1840  Agt Aug 15th 1842
J. T. Coryell - pd to date of death
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Declaration of Nathaniel Burrows in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

State of Pennsylvania
County of Bucks

On this tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open court before the honorable John Fox, president and his associate judges of the court of common pleas now sitting in and for the county of Bucks, Nathaniel Burrows a resident of Buckingham Township in the county of Bucks and state of Pennsylvania, aged about seventy-seven 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 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. 

On a tour of duty being drafted in a company commanded by Captain John Wood of the Pennsylvania militia for three months, the dates of which is not recollected, but very early in the war, it is believed in the year 1776.  The commander of the regiment being Colonel Joseph Kirkbride; that he served nine months as a private being drafted in the flying camp of Pennsylvania under Captain Ramsey, the exact date of which he does not recollect;

That he was afterwards listed an ensign and served another tour of three months in that capacity under Captain John Harrison, the commander of the regiment being Colonel Moore, the exact date of which he also does not recollect but it was during that service that he was at the battle of Brandywine.  

He continued in the same rank and served another tour of three months in a company commanded by Captain Fergeson, the commander of the regiment still being Colonel Moore.  Captain Ferguson was killed at the
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battle of the White Horse in Chester County, the first lieutenant, Asher Carter, was taken prisoner and the second lieutenant being either sick or deceased, the applicant succeeded to the command of the company, which company by especial request of General Washington attached itself to a regiment commanded by Major Bush of the Continental army and remained in service in that regiment until the British left Philadelphia. 

He was in the battle of Germantown, where he was slightly wounded and was in several skirmishes during that period.  He afterwards served as a volunteer in a troop of Horse commanded by Captain Jacob Bennet and was 
occasionally employed by General Washington on expresses and other enterprises deemed to be of importance to the service, one of which was the arrest of Thomas Riche Esqr. who was supposed to have kept up such a communication with the enemy as enabled them to select for injurious treatment certain conspicuous whigs and to destroy their property which order he executed to the satisfaction of the commander in chief. 

The same said Nathaniel Burrows was born in the state of New Jersey but has resided in the county of Bucks and the state of Pennsylvania since he was a twelve-year old.  He has no documentary evidence to which he can offer.  He does not know of any person now living who served with him in the same company or regiment.  He was in the service altogether about two years and eleven months.  

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 any agency of any state. 
  Nathaniel Burrows

Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
 Wm. Purdy, Prothy.
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We, Peter O Studdiford, a clergyman residing in Lambertsville in the state of New Jersey and being a pastor of a congregation in the county of Bucks in the neighborhood of Nathaniel Burrows and Alex Boyd, a clergyman to whose congregation the said Nathaniel Burrows was attached for about fifty-five years in the same county of Bucks, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathanial Burrows who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy-seven 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.
  Peter O Studdiford, Alex Boyd

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting their 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 Peter Studdiford, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Lambertsville and in the neighborhood of the residence of Nathaniel Burrows as above stated and that Alexander Boyd, who has also signed the same is a clergyman and resident in the county of Bucks and is a credible person and their statement is entitled to credit
  John Fox, Presd. Judge
Wm Watts, one of the Asst. judges
William Long, Asst. Judge
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Interrogatories propounded to Nathaniel Burrows the applicant for a pension on account of service in the Militia and State Troops.
1st Where and in what year were you born?
2nd Have you any record of your age; and if so where is it?
3rd where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?
5th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
6th Did you and receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? - Did you ever receive a commission; and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
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Answers to the foregoing interrogatories
The applicant Nathaniel Burrows answers to the foregoing interrogatories as follows
1st to the first interrogatory he answers and says he was
born in Woodbridge in the State of New Jersey
in or about the year seventeen hundred and
fifty five.
2nd to the second interrogatory he and that he has no record in his possession of his age but the family Bible is in the possession of his brother Joseph Burrows in the City of Washington which contains a Record
of his age.
3rd to the third interrogatory he answers that he lived in the County of Bucks when called into the service, has lived there since and still lives there.
4th to the fourth interrogatory he answers that he at first was drafted into the service and was afterwards a Volunteer.
5th to the fifth interrogatory he answers that his memory does not serve him with sufficient accuracy to state the names of any other of the regular officers who were with the troops where he served nor the names of the regiments than those which are contained in his declaration hereto attached.
6th to the sixth interrogatory he answers that after the British left Philadelphia his company were discharged, and he did not receive any written discharge from the service for himself individually. He further answers
that he received the Commission of Ensign, he does not recollect by whom it was signed, he wore it suspended by a ribbon from his neck as was the custom with Officers
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in the army untill it was worn out and destroyed
7th to the seventh interrogatory he answers that Levi Bond Esquire a Justice the peace and Asa Carey Esqr a Deputy post master of Newtown both in the County of Bucks and James [Lenison?] a near neighbor can testify as to the character for veracity and their belief in the services of the applicant as a Soldier of the revolution
Nathl Burrows
Sworn and subscribed in open
Court this twelfth day of Sept 1832
before me Wm Purdy Proth

Pennsylvania
Bucks County 
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the
Peace Nathaniel Burrows of the County of Bucks 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
in his declaration dated the 10th of September 1832 and in this deposition and in the grades therein stated and for which service he claims
a pension. And whereas there is a part of the statement of the 10th of September 1832 hereto attached upon the first page of the same which it is thought may need some explanation; the deponent would wish to be understood to say that he served the first three months under Captain Wood of the Militia before being drafted in the flying camp which was for a period of six months and then
immediately after the expiration of his tour in the flying camp as an Ensign under Captain Harrison for a period of three months and captain Ferguson for another period of three months; after which he acted as commandant of the company under Major Bush till the British left Philadelphia. He marched
with Captain Wood in the latter part of May in the year 1776 and continued in the service with intermission untill the British left Philadelphia being two full years, beside the remaining
eleven months as stated in the declaration in a company of Burks County Militia Horse under Captain Bennet in General Lacys Brigade
Nathl Burrows
Sworn & subscribed before me
Sept 14th 1833
John Pugh Justice of the 
Bucks County Ss
 I John Pugh the Justice of the Peace before whom the deposition of Nathaniel Burrows was acknowledged do certify that the same was done in times of vacation and in full and legal form.
Witness my hand and seal the 14th of September 1833.
John Pugh
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August 2, 1932
BA-J/MLB
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NATHANIEL BURROWS
S. 22151

Mr. James E. Gibson
Market Street National Bank Building
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter requesting the record of Nathaniel Burrows, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 22151, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Nathaniel Burrows.
He was born February 4, 1755, or 1756, in Woodbridge, New Jersey, and when twelve years of age moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
He enlisted in the spring of 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain John Wood's company, Colonel Joseph Kirkbride's Pennsylvania regiment. He volunteered about June 1,1776, and served six months as private in Captain Ramsey's Pennsylvania company of the flying camp. In February, 1777, he
was commissioned ensign in Captain Lambert Pitner's Pennsylvania company. From April, 1777, he served as ensign in Captain John Harrison's company, Colonel Moore's Pennsylvania regiment, then joined Captain Ferguson's company in the same regiment and
served eleven months; he was in the battle of Brandywine, in the battle of White Horse Tavern in Chester County, in which
Captain Ferguson was killed and their lieutenant captured in consequence of which Nathaniel Burrows became commandant of
his company under Major Bush and was in the battle of Germantown where he was slightly wounded and was also in several skirmishes;
his service as ensign ended in June, 1778. He volunteered in October, 1778, served three months or eleven months as private
in Captain Jacob Bennett's Pennsylvania troop of horse, General Lacey's brigade, then returned home and later married.
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In 1820 the soldier was living in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Nathaniel Burrows was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in which
county he had lived since he was aged twelve years.
He died July 10, 1840.
In 1829, soldier's daughter, Mary T. Burrows, was living in Newtown, Pennsylvania. The name of soldier's wife is not stated.
In 1832, soldier's brother, Joseph, was a resident of Washington, D. C., where he was still living in 1833; he signed Jos. Burrows.

In 1833, another brother of the soldier, John, was residing in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he made affidavit that he served in 1776 with Nathaniel Burrows in Captain John Wood's company, Colonel Joseph Kirkbride's Pennsylvania regiment, marched to Perth Amboy where he (John) remained to care for
another brother who had enlisted in the flying camp and was sick and at the end of three months they all returned to Pennsylvania. He signed Jno. Barrows. He did not state the name of the other brother,

There are no further family data in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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District of Columbia
Washington City ss.

On this eleventh day of December AD eighteen hundred and thirty three before the Subscriber
one of the Justice of the Peace of the City of Washington personally appeared Nathaniel Burrows of the Township of Buckingham, Bucks County and State of Pennsylvania, aged Seventy seven years since the [1st?] day of
February last past, who on his solemn oath deposeth and saith that for the purpose of explaining and elucidating his former Petition & application for a Pension as an officer of the Revolutionary War, he
declares as follows. I entered the service of my Country in the Spring of the year 1776 in the company of John Wood Captain, Asher Carter was 1st Lieutenant. We rendezvoused in Bucks County and I was in the service three months that spring under Captain Wood, engaged
in guarding the Delaware river as high up as New hope and in performing military duty.
In the month of June AD 1776 I entered as a private in the Company of Captain Ramsay of the flying Camp and marched with him to Woodbridge in New Jersey and from thence to Amboy, where we were stationed to watch the movements of the British who were on Staten Island. I continued six months as a soldier
in the flying camp and then returned home, and
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remained at home till I was chosen Ensign.
after I returned home. Captain Wood, having become intoxicated, resigned and in the month of February AD 1777, Lambert Pitner was chosen Captain, Asher Carter as Lieutenant, Stephen Carter 2d Lieutenant, and myself (Nathaniel Burrows) Ensign,
I carried my Commission in my bosom, fastened round my neck, till it became altogether illegible & worn out.
In the Spring of the year 1777 a draft was made of
officers & soldiers & I was drawn & attached to the Companybof Captain John Harrison. We rendezvoused at the Neshaminy in Bucks County in the month of April 1777 & were ordered to Philadelphia, where we marched and remained one month.
We were then ordered to Wilmington, where we lay one or two months. We were then ordered to Chadd's ford on the Brandywine, whither we repaired, & were in the battle of Brandywine under the command of Captain Harrison.
Colonel Moore commanded the Regiment to which I belonged, I acted in the capacity of Ensign from the time of my election. We retreated at the battle of Brandywine
to Philadelphia & afterwards to Wilmington, & shortly afterwards Captain Harrison went home, I was then attached to the Company commanded by Captain Ferguson from the upper part of Bucks County. General Washington requested all the Militia to join the regular Army as volunteers. Captain Ferguson agreed to join them & the men that were in his Company, who were drafted from the Company to which I belonged agreed to go with him if I would. We did so, and marched to the great valley in Chester County Penna. near the White horse & Warren Tavern. In a few days
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 we had a skirmish with the British at the Warren. Captain Ferguson was killed & Lieutenant Asher Carter was taken prisoner by the Hessians the 2d Lieut Joseph White, went home sick & Shortly afterwards died.  A heavy rain came on
and stopped the progress of the Battle, we retreated across the Schuylkill to the [Leap?] & from that to Chestnut hill. Shortly afterwards came on the Battle of Germantown in which I took a part, being the only commissioned Officer left in Captain Ferguson's Company, having under my command thirty six privates, as volunteers. Major Bush commanded the Battalion to which I was attached at the battle, we were beaten by the enemy and retreated to Chestnut hill, after having followed the British in the morning nearly to Philadelphia. At Chestnut hill we built huts and lay during the Winter in quarters. In the Spring of the year 1778 the company under my command became anxious to return home and in the month of June in the year 1778 we quit the army and went home, this ended my service as Ensign. In the Autumn of the same year a volunteer company was raised by Captain Jacob Bennet of Bucks County. I joined it as a private soldier. we left
home in the month of October & I served as a volunteer three months under Captain Bennet. we marched to Woodbridge New Jersey & were engaged there watching the movements of the enemy. I then returned home & quit the army, after which I married & settled in
Bucks County Pa
I therefore served according to the best of my recollection as follows viz -
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In the year 1776 I served three months in the company of Captain Wood, and six months in the flying Camp under Captain Ramsay, as a private soldier.
In the year 1777 I commenced service in the capacity of Ensign, and served from the month of April 1777 till the month of June 1778 a period of fourteen months being part of the time drafted & the remainder of the time a volunteer, as is set forth fully.
I also served three months as a private soldier in
the Autumn of the year 1778 under Captain Bennett whose company were volunteers & marched to Woodbridge as above stated.
I was not employed in any civil pursuit during the period above stated, but devoted my whole time to the service of my Country.
Nathl Burrows
Sworn and subscribed before me
the day & year first above written
C H W Wharton  J. Peace

120
 36.66
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156.66
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Deposition of
John Burrows Esq
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Pennsylvania
Bucks County ss

I John Borrows of Lycoming County being now in the County of Bucks in the commonwealth of Penna being sworn according to law, do depose & say that my brother Nathaniel Burrows belonged to a company commanded by Captain John Wood in Col Joseph Kirkbrides regt of Penna Militia, that the regt marched from the falls Township the latter end of May or begining of June 1776 my brother & myself marched with it in the same company to Perth Amboy where I remained to take care of
another sick brother who had enlisted in the flying Camp. Col Kirkbrides regt marched to Bergan, from this place the regt returned being called only for three months. My brother
Nathaniel having joined the flying camp returned to Amboy we all returned with the army on its retreat to Penna I know
he acted as an Ensign I often saw what he told me was his commission enveloped in parchment & hanging round his neck. When heretofore called on to testify my knowledge of his services I was under the impression that he first marched as an Ensign. After the retreat Woods company being again called to guard the ferries & boats, a number stationed there crossed & participated in taking the Hessians without any regular command he was along with us he did not proceed with the army again but remained in Penna.
I know he was with Captain Harrison & Furgason & acted as an Ensign in those companies, from the spring of 1777 until
the British left Philadelphia if not attached to those companies he was out in some command until that time I know he was
at the battle of Brandywine & at a battle at the white horse tavern in Chester County. The time being so remote I can not recollect particulars of his services as well as I can that of my
own. I frequently had opportunity of seeing him & the troops to which he belonged during the period aforementioned
Jno Borrows
Sworn and subscribed in open Court
of Common Pleas September 11th 1833.

Wm Purdy Prothy
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State of Pennsylvania
Bucks County ss
I William Purdy Esqr Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County
do hereby certify that John Burrows
whose name is to the within affidavit
was duly sworn in open Court on
the Eleventh day of September Anno Domini 1833
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, at Doylestown the Eleventh day of September Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Wm Purdy Prothonotary
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1569
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
23 March 1829.
Nathaniel Burrows of Newtown in the County of Bucks in the State of Pennsylvania has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution,” approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was an Ensign in the
regiment of the Pennsylvania line; and further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated
by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary
F A Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
23d March 1829

It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to [blank] in the [blank] line, amounting to [blank]
dollars.
It further appears that [blank] is now on the pension list of the [blank] agency, and has been since the [blank] at a rate of [blank]
per month.

Such of the records of the Pennsylvania line
as have been preserved, together with the Register of the New Jersey line, of the Revolutionary Army, have been examined, without finding the name of the claimant Nathaniel Burrows.
Peter Hagner Aud
The name of the claimant cannot be found in the Maryland line.
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To the secretary of the Treasury of the United States
For the purposes of obtaining the benefit of an act entitled
"An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Army of the Revolution Approv'd on the fifteenth of
May 1828 I Nathaniel Burrows of Newtown in the County of Bucks in the State of Pennsylvania Do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Army of the American Revolution in the Continental line & serv'd as such with a Commission of Ensign in the Regiment commanded by Col Moore from Shortly after the Battle of Trenton when the Hessians were taken till after the British Troops left Philadelphia, being more than one year  Our company was commanded by Capt Ferguson, I was an Officer in the Battle of Brandywine White horse & Germantown, Capt Ferguson
was kill'd near me at the Battle of the White horse, our first Lieutenant Asher Carter was there Taken Prisoner and our 2d Lieutenant Belford was on the sick list. from that time I
had the command of the Company in the Battle of Germantown & elsewhere untill the regiment was dissolv'd or Discharg'd in
in some way I cannot remember how. I never apply'd for any Commutation certificate consequently never receiv'd any, nor
any half pay. I wore my Commission in my bosom (as was the custom with officers in the Army) suspended by a ribbon round my neck untill it was worn out & destroy'd by the
natural perspiration of my Body. I therefore cannot produce it
Nath Burrows

Pennsylvania Bucks County ss
Personally appeared this day before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Bucks in the State of Pennsylvania
the above nam'd Nathaniel Burrows to me known & made Oath that the facts as stated in his above declaration are true to the best of his recolection and further that he does not recollect one of the officers or Soldier
of Col Moores Regiment that is now living
14 March 1689  I. Hicks
Pennsylvania
Bucks County ss
Before me Isaac Hicks Esquire a Justice of
the Peace in & for the County of Bucks & In the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared this day
Asa Cary --- and Levi Bond of the said county
who did severally affirm that Nathaniel
Burrow
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Burrows by whom the foregoing declaration was subscrib'd is generally reputed & believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated-
14 March 1829
I. Hicks

Pennsylvania
Bucks County ss
I John S Benezet Clerk of the Court of the
County of Bucks in the State of Pennsylvania
do hereby certify that Isaac Hicks Esquire
before whom the foregoing affidavits were
taken was at the time a Justice of the peace
duly empowered to administer Oaths & affirmations. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the said Court this 14th day of March in the year of our Lord A.D. 1829

John S Benezet
[illegible]
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Washington Mch 22, 87
Respectfully returned No
claim and filed for service of
war 1812. Claim was filed
as a revolutionary service
Claim. [Illegible] & the
papers filed supplementary, at
the time [illegible] money due to
this applicant under an act of Congress. Nathaniel [illegible] was a pensioner. Pension 
was granted him in May 40
to July 42, after his death more
pay was allowed him which belong to [illegible] children the applicant
John C Starkweather
Atty

H.OU. B L DIVISION
Department of the Interior,
PENSION OFFICE
Washington, D.C. Mch. 9. 1881

Respectfully returned to
John Starkweather
Washington
D.C.
with the information that it does not appear from the files of this office that an application
for pension in the name of Mary T. Burrows, daughter of Nathaniel Burrows, War of 1812 has ever been received.
It is proper to add that there is no
law which allows pension or arrears of pension to the children of soldiers of the Revolutionary
War.

O P G Clarke 

Act Commissioner

U.S. PENSION
MAR 22 1881
OFFICE
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J B Anthony
pa

1yr Ensign
11 mo Pvt.
Increase to $156.66 per an

156.66
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313.32
  78.33
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391.65

Hon J B Anthony
H R
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District of Columbia
Washington City sst
Before the Subscriber one of the
Justices of the Peace in and for the City of Washington personally appeared Joseph Borrows of said City who on his solemn oath deposeth and saith, that in addition
to his former statement respecting the Revolutionary services of his brother Nathaniel Borrows, he well recollects that his said brother was frequently out in the service before and after the British Army left New York and
went through New Jersey to Philadelphia. Deponent recollects that the said Nathaniel was an Ensign during a part of the time when he was called out. Deponent does not recollect how long his said Brother was in the service after the British Army occupied Philadelphia, but he often heard his brother relate his being at the battle of Brandywine & other battles, when he returned
home. I further saith not. Jos. Borrows

Sworn & subscribed before me
this 12th day of December 1833
C H W Wharton  J Peace
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Washington County
District of Columbia ss

    Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, Joseph Borrows, of the City of Washington and County and District aforesaid; and made oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God, that Nathaniel Borrows of Buck's County Pennsylvania is his brother - that his said brother is about seventy eight years old; - that his said brother Nathaniel was a soldier in the Militia of Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War and that he bore the commission of Ensign in said militia from the commencement of his service and that he continued in said service - tho' at different times - for, as he believes, more than two years; and according to his recollection eleven months.
    Given under my hand & seal this 8th February 1833.
                                             //s//
                                Charles H. W. Wharton

I certify that I know the deponent well, and that full credit is to be given to his word.

                                           //s//
                                  C. H. W. Wharton J. Peace
                                        8th February 1833
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Deposition of Rachel Harrison
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Bucks County ss:
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Rachel Harrison Widow of Capt John
Harrison late of said County who being duly affirmed according to law doth depose and say that she is now in the Eighty fourth year of her age, that she well recollects that Nathaniel Borrows served under her said husband a tour of duty of three months in the Militia of the State of Pennsylvania that he served in the capacity of Ensign, her said Husband was Captain of the company in which said Nathaniel Burrows served as the record mentioned at which time the Battle of Brandywine occurred.
Rachel Harrison
Affirmed and subscribed
the thirteenth day of September 1833 before me Joshua C. Canby
I do hereby certify that Rachel Harrison
the above deponent is a creditable person, and
that full faith and credit is due to her testimony.
Witness my hand and seal this thirteenth
day of September Eighteen hundred and thirty three.
Joshua C. Canby
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State of Pennsylvania
Bucks County ss
I William Purdy Esqr. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County
do hereby certify that Joshua C Canby Esqr. before whom the within affidavit
was taken was at the time of taking the same and now is a regular commissioned Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and has been duly qualified as such according to law, and I verily believe the signature to be his.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court of Doylestown the Fourteenth day of September Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Wm Purdy
Prothonotary
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Pennsylvania
Bucks County SS.
I William Purdy Prothonotary of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for the County of
Bucks in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do hereby certify that the within and foregoing contain the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Burrows for a pension.
and I further certify that John Pugh and Peter
Gwinner are Justices of the Peace of the said County of Bucks acting in their several Commissions are entitled as such to full faith
 that I verily believe the signatures to be theirs.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Doylestown the second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three
Wm Purdy Prothonotary
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Bucks County ss
Asa Cary Esq. Deputy Postmaster of Newtown
Bucks County and State of Pennsylvania, upon his solemn affirmation duly administered according to law doth declare & say that he is in the Seventy Sixth year of his age and that he has resided in the County of Bucks all his life, and that he has been acquainted with
Nathaniel Burrows, by whom the annexed declaration is Subscribed for above Sixty years, and that he frequently saw the said Nathaniel with the continental army but does not recollect in what capacity he served and
he believes the said Nathaniel to be a man of veracity. Asa Cary

affirmed and subscribed
the 31st day of December 1832
before me P Gwinner one of the
Justice of Peace in & for said County
P Gwinner JP
Seal
I do hereby certify that Asa Cary Esq
above named is a man of integrity and good character and that full faith and credit ought to be given to the above statement, Witness my hand & seal the day year above written
P. Gwinner JP

Levi Bond Esq of Newtown Bucks County
and State of Pennsylvania upon his solemn affirmant duly administered according to law doth declare & say that he is in the Seventy third year of his age and that he has resided within eleven miles of Newtown aforesaid
during the whole period of his life with the exception of three years, and Nathaniel Burrows by whom the the annexed declaration is subscribed is generally believed to have served in the army during the
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Revolutionary War, and from his impressions in early life on the subject he has no doubt of the fact, and that he believes the said Nathaniel to be a person of veracity
L. Bond

affirmed and subscribed
before me one of the
Justices of the peace in
for said County the 31th
day of December 1832,
P. Gwinner JP

I do hereby certify that Levi Bond Esq above
named is reputed to be a creditable person, and
that full faith and credit ought to be given to the
foregoing statement Witness my hand & seal
the day & year above written
P. Gwinner JP
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State of Pennsylvania
Bucks County ss
Seal
On the 11th day of September 1832, personally appeared before the Subscribed one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County, Levi Bond Esq a Justice of the peace, who upon his solemn affirmation duly administered according to law doth declare and say that Nathaniel Burrows by whom
annexed declaration was subscribed, is generally believed to have served as an officer in the revolutionary war, and said affirmant further saith that from his impression in early life on the subject, he has no doubt of the fact, further said affirmant saith not, In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day and year above written
P. Gwinner JP

State of Pennsylvania
Bucks County ss
Seal
Be it Remembered that on the 11th day of
September 1832 personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County, Asa Cary Esq who upon his solemn affirmation duly administered
according to Law, doth declare & say that he frequently Saw Nathaniel Burrows by whom the annexed, declaration was subscribed with the continental army but does not recollect in what capacity he served and that he believes the said Nathaniel to be a man of veracity, further said affirmant saith not. In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand & seal the day & year above written
P. Gwinner JP

I do certify that Levi Bond and Asa Cary above named whose depositions were taken before me are persons of credibility, and that
full faith and credit ought to be given to the
foregoing statement,
P Gwinner
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James Simpson of the County of Bucks in the State of Pennsylvania a near neighbour of Nathaniel Burrows of the same County and an applicant for a pension being duly sworn doth say that he has known the applicant for many years, upwards of twenty years and that he believes him to be a man of veracity and
that from traditionary reputation believes him
to have been a soldier of the revolutionary war.
Ja Simpson
Sworn & Subscribed
before me 
John Pugh
Justice of the peace Septr 12th 1832.-
Bucks County
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Seal

I John Pugh the justice of Peace before whom the deposition of James Simpson was acknowledged do hereby certify that the said James Simpson is a person of respectability and credible.
Witness my hand and seal January 27th 1833.
John Pugh Justice of the peace
for Bucks County

State of Pennsylvania
Bucks County

I William Purdy, Prothonotary of the Court of
Common pleas of Bucks County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of Nathaniel Burrows
for a pension.
In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Prothonotary's office of the Court of Common of pleas that being a County record of Bucks County, this
twelfth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Wm Purdy Prothy
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I am Sir
very respectfully
your obt svt
Sam'l A Smith

J L Edwards, Esq
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Doylestown Bucks Co Pa
Sept 10th 1833
Dear sir
N. Burrows of this County is
an applicant for the benefit of the act of
7th June 1832. I have been requested to state
my knowledge of his general character.
I am well acquainted with N Burrows
he is a man of good reputation much
reduced in his [illegible] circumstances
and generally reputed to of been a soldier of
the revolution and to of performed considerable 
service to his country in that capacity.
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Report to Mr
J. Borrows
Present
$90 per 
Anm

Hon J L Edwards
Office of Pension Affairs
Washington DC
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War Department,
Pension Office.
September 18, 1833

Sir,
The papers in support of the claim of
Nathaniel Borrows have been again examined,
and are herewith enclosed to you.
His statement of a continuous service of
"two full years" is deemed insufficient to authorize the allowance he claims. There is no evidence in this office, that a company of
militia was ever attached to a corps of
continental troops, for so long a time as he
has stated. The applicant must then be
mistaken in his narrative, and the office
requires a more satisfactory statement, which
he should support by as strong evidence
as he may be able to procure
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient Servant
J.L. Edwards

Dr P. Borrows
Present
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I am willing to receive a pension for my
brother Nathl Borrows, for nine
months service as a Private & 6 months as Ensign. 

Jas Borrows

Washington
City Sept. 1833
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MADISONIAN OFFICE.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
August 6th 1842

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,"
The Executor of Nathaniel Burrows
deceased, late
a Pensioner on the Roll of the
Phila.
Agency, at the rate of One hundred & fifty six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 10th July 1840
Respectfully, yours,

Albion K Parris
Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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(Transcriber's note: An addressed envelope)

                                                    FREE

                 Hon.  S. D. Ingham
                     Washington City

Oct 1828
OW J
22.151

Received 30 March 1829
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Rec 30 March 1829

Auditor General Office
March 20th 1829

NOT ALLOWED Act 1828.

Sir,

  There is no evidence upon the records of the office of Nathaniel Burrows having served in the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolutionary War.  The records of the said office does not afford any evidence of his service.
                                         Very Respectfully
                                          Your Obid Serv

                                                     //s//
                                                David Mann

#22.151 Adt - (illegible)


Hon. S. D. Ingham
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22151
INVALID
Revolution

File No. 22151
Nathaniel Burrows
Ensign Rev War

Act: June 7th '32
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 57
{Arrangement of 1870.}

Feby 25, '85.
1932 AUG 2 - Hist to James E. Gibson (See ltr in case of John Burrow S 22134)                 MLB
1932 Dec 16 - Mr. James E. Gibson ass all valuable data included in former report of Aug. 2, 1932. also, that he could (illegible) the papers and collect data. See his letter and office reply in John Burrows - S22134.       MH
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Pennsylvania 18.581
====================
Nathaniel Burrows
of Bucks county in the state of Pennsylvania who was a private & ensign in the Company Commanded by Captain Wood if the Regiment commanded by Colonel Kirkbride in the Pa Militia line for 9 months - private 6 - Ensign
========================
Inscribed on the Rolls of Pennsylvania at the rate of 90 dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
=========================
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of September 1833 and sent to Joseph Burrows. Present
=========================
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833           $225.00
Seni-anl allowance ending 4 Mar 34        45.00
                                                             _________
                                                              $270.00
                    {Revolutionary Claim,}                        
                    {Act June 7, 1832.)

Recorded by Ele Brown  Clerk,
Book 8 Vol. 5 Page 4
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Mary T. Burrows
for
Nathaniel Burrows 1569
2675
Rec'd 1 June 1899.

Kennsington, Pa.
May 30.

(Addressed envelope)

                                 FREE

Mr.  Samual D. Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City.
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   To the Hon. Samuel D. Ingham Secretary of the Treasury.

Respected Sir,

   As the writing days of my aged Father is over, and as he wishes what he has to say in regard to his service as a Revolutionary Officer should be made out in as plain a manner as possible, he has employed me as his amanuensis, you will therefore please excuse all inaccuracies.  The first Captain my father served under was John Wood in the military, three months when the English first took possession of New Jersey.  The next was Captain Herston three months.  Then Captain Bennet in the Light Horse Company three months.  Finding his own horse and accouterments, he then received an Ensign's commission under Captain Harrison.  They were then ordered to Wilmington from thence to the Battle of Brandywine, immediately after this battle they were reordered to Wilmington again.  Harrison's term being out.  About that time Gen Washington issued a proclamation for all the military who were willing to come forward and join the standing army, as the enemy was then in the heart of our county.  My father then joined Captain Furgason's Company in the standing troops, served there for eleven months, in which time Captain F. was killed at the Battle of the White Horse, and his First Lieutenant taken prisoner.  From thence they were ordered to a place called the Tress, from thence to Chestnut Hill, immediately preceding the Battle of Germantown, as that was the last battle that was fought of any importance in this part of the country it is unnecessary to state now.  He wore his commission suspended from his neck by a ribbon until it was worn out.  As has already been stated in a former petition
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which petition it appears was rejected on account of his name not been found on record.  That petition was made out according to law, signed by two witnesses who could testify to his being an officer in the Revolutionary Army.  My father cannot even produce his dismissal a circumstance which he very much regrets, as it was lost, he does not know how.  He send this, his second petition through the solicitation of friends, who feel sanguine in the belief that it will not be rejected.  Should he appear more important than is consistent, (illegible) embarrassment is his only apology.  Had he been in any circumstances, he would have showed public officer further trouble, and perhaps his own feeling a second denial.  Although when he sees all his brother officers and soldiers with whom he associates made comfortable for life (and even in more instances, the widows and children of revolutionary elements) he feels that he is not asking for a public boon.  Although under existing circumstances he claims - should they be acknowledged, he will certainly consider it a favor for which he will ever feel grateful.
    My father's private character is not wholly unknown to you Sir, should there be other public officers who are not satisfied in that respect, they are referred to the following gentlemen to whom my father is personally known.  By a written communication with either they can obtain every satisfaction.  The Rev. Alexander Boyd of Newtown of whose church my father is a member, Chief Justice Ewing of Trenton, New Jersey, (Charles Curing) Mr. Anthony Finley who keeps a bookstore at the corner of Chestnut and fourth street Philadelphia or John Pugh Esq. of Doylestown. My father is now in the seventy fifth year of his age.
                                      Yours respectfully,
                                               //s//
                                       Mary T. Burrows   
                                   written in behalf of her
                                    father Nathaniel Burrows

Mr. Samuel D. Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury
Newtown May 25, 1829.
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1832  Pen
Nathl Burrows
at Incd to 156.66
to what date paid
Phila

Died 10 July 1840
& pd in full
  Whitney
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22 157

T. Coryell
William (illegible)

Died July 10, 1840.
& Pd in full

Burrows
Boroughs
Burris

   Died in Pa. - believed 1839 or 40 in Bucks Co., Pa Service in N.J. Line and formerly lived in that state. Only lived in Pa, and N.J. - & sure that he was a pensioner - as also was his brother John Borrows.

(illegible) due.
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Nathaniel Burress
Bucks Co. Pa.

Under Act of /32

Mr.  Babson

Rev War

was he a pensioner

15026

Pennsylvania