Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,298, Martin Burk, Md.
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SERVICE
Md.

Burk, Martin

NUMBER
S30,298
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Kentucky 32,084 
Martin Burk 
[of] Scott Co in the State of Kentucky 
[who] was a Private in the company comm[anded]
By Captain Morris of the Regt comm[anded] 
by Col Forrest in the Maryland 
line for 6 months 

[Inscribed] on the Roll of Kentucky 
[at] the rate of 20 Dollars ____ Cents per an[num] 
[to] commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Novr  1843 and sent to Hon. R M Johnson, Present 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1843   250
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1844.  10.
[Total:]   $260.00

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

[R]ecorded by No D Brown  Cle[rk]
[B]ook E2 Vol. 7. Page 4. 

Repd
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Kentucky Scott County Sct 
On this 19th day of November 1838 Personally appeared 
in open Court before the court of Scott County now sitting 
Martin Burk a resident of Scott County Kentucky aged eighty six 
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 the 7th 1832 That he enlisted or entered 
the service of the United States under the following named officers 
and served as herein stated. This declarant states that to the best 
of his recollection. It was on the 23d day of May when he enlisted 
under Captain James Morris in Montgomery County Maryland 
and he enlisted for five Years, or during the war and served 
the whole time faithfully under the command of Col Uriah Forrest 
of the 12th Regiment of the Maryland troops and the 
first Battle in which he fought was the battle of Brandywine 
and in which battle Colo Forrest lost one of his legs by a 
cannon ball. Then said Regiment was commanded 
by Colo Betty of George Town MtGomery [Montgomery] County Maryland and 
marched from that place by the way of the head of Elk 
crossing the Hamden Road and then to Bunkers hill and fought 
in that Battle, and the next he fought in was that of 
Germinton [Germantown], and from that place to the Eutaw Springs and 
further states it was in cold weather he had no stockings and barely 
any shoes or at least they were so bad that he could be tracked 
by his blood for miles and fought in the battle of the Eutaw Springs 
still under the command of Captain Morris. Then was ordered 
to Charlestown South Carrolinia [Carolina] which was burnt down 
before we arrived and then was ordered to Camden and that 
Battle was over before we got there all we done was help to bury 
the dead and from Camden we were ordered to little York
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at which place the British surrendered, and that was 
the end of my enlistment and from York to Annapolis in Maryland and there got a discharge 

Where and in what year were you born. and I was born in 
the County of Galloway in Ireland in the month of November 1752 
have you any record of your age and if so where is it. No written record 
in the United States all I know is from memory 

Whare ware [where were] you living when called into service - whare have you lived since 
the Revolutionary war and whare do you now live. I was living in MtGomery [Montgomery]  
County Maryland when I entered in the service, and returned to said County after 
the war was over and maried [married] in said County and then moved to Kentucky and 
lived in Jasemin [Jessamine] County two years and moved to Scott Co Ky and has lived 
there ever since 

How were you called into service were you drafted or did you Volunteer 
or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom. Neither-- I enlisted 
for five years or during the war 

State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops whare you served, such continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the General Circumstances of your service. There was a Captain Thomas Bill 
of George Town Militia a Colo Betty as stated above a Regular 
Commanded the 12th Regiment after Colo Forrest lost his leg and was unable 
to act. There are many others who I knew at the time, but now 
have forgotten there names 

Did you ever receive a Discharge from the Service and if so by whom was 
it given and what has become of it. I did receive an honorable discharge 
at Annapolis and it was worn out by wear and tear in my pocket not 
thinking I ever would have use for it But cannot rember [remember] the names of 
the Officers that signed it but one was a Major 

State the names of the persons to whom you are known 
in your neighborhood and who can testify as to you[sic] character
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for varacity [veracity] and their belief of your services as a soldier 
of the Revolution. Ans Colo Richd M Johnson Revd J M Drew Barnaba Worland James Combs

That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person 
whos [whose] testimony he can procure who can testify to his services 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or anuity [annuity] except 
the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll 
of any Agency of any State 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Martin Burk his + mark

We J M Drew a clergyman residing in the vicinity and James Combs 
residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well aquainted with Martin Burk 
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe 
him to be Eighty six 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 day and year aforesaid } 
J. A. Drew, priest of the Roman Catholic Church 
[illegible]
James Combs 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation 
of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department 
that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he 
States And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that 
J. M. Drew who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman 
resident in the same vicinity and that James Combs who has also 
Signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible 
person and that there statement is entitled to credit
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I Ben B Ford Clerk of the Court of Scott County 
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings 
of the said Court in the matter of the application of Martin Burk 
for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and seal of office this 23rd day of 
November 1838 and 47th year of the Commonwealth 
All Ben B Ford Clk

We the undersigned near neighbours of Martin Burk have known 
him for upwards of thirty years - and say he is reputable in his 
character and believe the facts stated in the foregoing declaration to 
be the truth, and that it is the General opinion of his neighbors 
that he served in the Revolutionary war 
Rd. M. Johnson 
Benj. Wright 
George W Lusby
The above sworn to and subscribed this 17th day of Nov 1838 before me
Robt McCalla J.P 

I certify that the above named Colo. Richard M Johnson Majr Ben Wright and George W. Lusby are men of high standing in 
Society and reputable in their characters 
Given under my hand the day and date above Robt McCalla JP 

Adress R McCalla Stamping Ground Scott Co Ky
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30298 
Revy INVALID. 
File No. 30,298  
Martin Burk 
Pri Rev War 
Act: June 7 32 
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 98 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Martin Burk 
Kentucky
Suspended 
let 26 June 
1839 R. McCalla 
Hon. J. Fornance
March 8th 1842
let: 19th Nov. ‘42 Hon R. M. 
Johnson & Clk H Reps do. to
Hon R.M. Johnson Jan 27 1843

Act of June 1832
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Dec 7 42
Martin Buck 
(or Burk)

Secry of War
admits this claim 
for $20 per ann 

Hon R. M. John[son]
Present 

[written over body of above text]
James L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
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War Department, 
Pension Office, 
Feby 13. 1840 
Sir,
Agreeably to the request contained
in your memorandum made on the back 
of the letter of R. McCalla, I herewith enclose 
the papers of Martin Burk, for the purpose 
of laying them before Congress. I will 
thank you to sign the enclosed receipt and return it to this office. 
Mr McCalla’s letter is herewith returned to you. 
I have the honor to be 
very respectfully 
Your obt servt 
J L Edwards 

Hon. R. M. Johnson, 
Vice President, U. States
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Jacob Rose
John Jacobs
Martin Burk
Julias Ceasar

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Present


Forman Il

Hon J Fornance
HR
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Feb 26th 1842 

To J L Edwards Esq 
Com of Pensions 
Dear Sir 

I have the honor to 
acknowledge the receipt of the enclosed 
letter and agreeably to your request Send
the petition and resolution now before 
the Committee. 

I enquired of Mr Butler and 
Mr Ridgway for further information but 
they could give me none.

With Great respect 
Yours
J Fornance
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Pension Office 
February 25th 1842
Sir,
In reply to your enquiries in yours 
of the 23rd inst I have the honor to request that 
some other data than the names of the petitioners 
may be afforded in order to ascertain the 
cases to which you refer. The Indexes and 
Registers of claims in each state under the 
Various acts afford a surface for general examination, involving very great labor, and 
the identity of names involves an uncertainty 
to which cases our attention is required. This may 
be obviated either by forwarding the petitions or giving a synopsis of them. The cases to which I refer are those of Lisa Rose, John Jacobs Martin Burt and Julius Casar 
I have the honor to be 
Very respectfully 
Yr. Mo. Obt. St
J L. Edwards 

Hon. J. Fornance 
House of Representatives
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Martin Burk 
Ky act 32 
Pension 
Authority 

Mr Cole 
Feb 21 1837 

Ex[?] Mr Ellis 
March 37
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Scott County Kentucky 
February 7th 1851 
The Commissioner of Pensions will please permit 
Mr Vespasian Ellis to Examine the pension application 
and proofs filed by Col R M Johnson in the 
year 1842, as the undersigned believes, under the act of 
Congress passed June 7th 1832 in relation to the services of Martin Burk who resided in 
the County of Scott and State of Kentucky 
I make this request being myself entitled to whatever may be due for such services- Witness James G Leach 
Mary Burk her X mark
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House of Reps. U. States 
Decem 7. 1842 
Sir
In answer to your letter of this date, stating that the papers of Martin Buck of Kentucky, were withdrawn from your office by the [illegible] Fornance
on the 8th of March last, and asking that they be returned to you for further use in yr. office, I have 
to state that the papers have not been presented 
to the [?] nor are they on file in this office. 
I am, Very respectfully, 
Yr. Ob St
S Burche 

Col. James L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
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34.602 
Martin Burk
Feb 13. 1840 
Ken[tucky]

M Buck 

Hon R. M. Johnson 
made a memorandum 
on the back of a 
letter to him which has 
been returned See let 13 Feb[?]
1820[?] Hon R. M. Johnson 

Hon R. M. Johnson 
Vice Presd US 

Col. J. L. Edwards
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White Sulphur PO[?]. Ky

Col J. L. Edwards 
I send the amended declaration 
& other papers of a poor man who 
lives near me & whom I have known 
for 30 years. He ought to have his 
Pension & if such cases are rejected
I should not be surprised if some 
affliction was to come upon our 
County. Please ansr [answer] me & oblige 
your old friend 
Rh. M Johnson 
4 Augt 1841[?]

You have proof that Elizabeth Cleavland[?] 
is still alife [alive] why, why, is not her pension certificate forwarded
Rh.M J
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Pension Office 
March 9th 1842 

Sir 
I have the honor to return you the 
petition of Lisa Rose and to state that it 
does not appear by the registers of claims 
under the acts of July 4th 1836 & July 7th 1838 
that any claim has been asserted in her 
name from Ohio or that there has been 
any pensioner of the name of Jacob Rose 
on the Ohio list of Pensioners 

The papers in the case of Martin Burk 
no.1 to 7 inclusive are herewith forwarded to 
you. By reference to them it will be seen 
that he has adduced no evidence of his service 
while his claim is resisted by the evidence 
of the rolls at Annapolis and by the inconsistencies 
of his statements. His first battle 
was that of Brandywine on the 11th of September 1777
and his second was Bunker's Hill June 17th 1775! He also fought at Eutaw (8th Sept 1780) and marched to Charleston but did not arrive 
before it was burnt (May 1780) returned to Camden too late to engage in the battle (16th of  
August 1780)and marched to York Town to witness the
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the surrender of Burgoyne at which place 
his five years enlistment expired. This 
statement if dictated by him condemns 
his claim even if it was not contradicted by 
the fact that there were no such enlistments 
in 1775 or 1776 as five years and no such officers 
as he designates in the Maryland Line 
as appears by the certificate of Mr G. Brewer. 

In the case of Julius Casar I would 
refer you to the enclosed copy of my letter 
of the 24th of September last to Mr Huggett[?]. John Jacobs is an Invalid Pensioner who 
having been placed on the Pension list before 
the burning of the war office, has no papers 
on file in this Department. 
I have the honor to be 
Very respectfully 
Yr. Mo. Obt. St
J L Edwards 

Hon. J. Fornance
House of Representatives
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Land Office, Annapolis 
June 26th 1839 
Sir,
Yours of the 18th Inst, with the declaration of 
Martin Burk enclosed, was received. The rolls of the 
revolution in this Office, have been very carefully examined, and 
they afford no evidence of his service, he alleged to have enlisted 
under Captain James Morris, of Montgomery County and to 
have served in the 12th Maryland Regiment, There were but seven 
Regiments of Maryland in the Continental line, and I find no officer 
of the name of James Morris, that commanded a company 
the in the Militia or Regular service, There was a Captn. Jonathan Morris, of Frederick County, that Commanded a 
Company in the 7th Regiment of the Maryland line, but 
the name of Martin Burk, does not appear upon the roll 
of his Company, The declaration is herewith returned 
Very respectfully, 
Yr. Obt. St.
G. G. Brewer

J. L. Edwards, Esqr
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Jan 11. 1841 
Martin Burk 

Hon R M Johnson
Vice Prest [President] U. S.

J. L. Edwards
Pension office
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Please inform me if the 
papers referred to are in your 
office as they cannot be found 
in the Senate & with yours 
return the within & oblige 
Rh. M Johnson
I want the papers or Copy of 
the Declaration proof
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26th Cong 
1 Sep  }
Documents 
relating to the claim 
of Martin Burk for 
a pension 

1840 Feb. 25. Referred to the 
Com: on Pensions 
April 27. Report adverse 

this had better be presented vent 
Session of Congress 
RMJ

Vice Prest [President]
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Land Office Annapolis, 15th Octr 1838 
Sir, 
Yours of the 8th Inst, with the declaration of 
Martin Burk enclosed, was received, I have very carefully 
examined the records of the revolution in this Office, and 
do not find his name upon any of the rolls as having served 
in the Maryland line, The declaration is herewith 
returned,
Very respectfully, 
Yr. Obt. St
G. G Brewer 

J. L. Edwards, Esq
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Hon
J L Edwards
Comm of Pensions
City of Washington DC

Stamped Ground July 18

July 26
Kentucky
Martin Burke
Add proof
Act 7 June 1832
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State of Kentucky 
Scott County }SS

Personally appeared before me Robert McCalla a Justice of the peace for said County Martin Burk who being 
duly sworn deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise 
length of time of his services, but according to the best of 
his recolection [recollection] he served not less than five years as mentioned in 
his declaration and during which time he was a private 
and for such service he claims a pension. and he further states 
That he never was a Militia man during the old Revolutionary 
War and as to the events which accrued he is unable from 
the grate length of time to give them minutely. and the reason 
why he is so late in applying for a pension is that under the act 
of Congress of the 18th March 1818 he could not procure in Ky [Kentucky] 
any proof of his services, and he was too poor to go to MuntGomery [Montgomery] County in Maryland upon an uncertenty [uncertainty]. 
Martin Burk his X mark

Sworn and subscribed to this 
16th day of July before me 
R. McCalla J P 

Martin Burk is reputable in his character and it is the belief 
of his neighbours that he served in the revolutionary war as stated above 
R. McCalla J.P.

Martin Burk is a near neighbour of mine 
& has been for upwards of twenty years & 
I believe him to be a man of truth & I believe 
the above statement of his to be correct & true & it is believed by the neighbours & by us all that 
he served in the revolution, and R McCalla signed 
his name as above & he was at the time & now is a justice of the peace for Scott County
Rh M Johnson
July 16th 1837
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FREE

Mail: 

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

STAMP - Annapolis MD Sep 30
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Land Office Annapolis, 30th Sept, 1839 
Sir, 
Yours of the 25th Inst, with the papers in the case 
Of Martin Burk enclosed, was received, - I have again very 
carefully examined the records of the revolution in this office and 
they afford no evidence of service of Martin Burk, neither his name, nor the names of the several persons, said to have served with him, are to be found upon the rolls, except John Gordon, and I find several persons of the name of John Gordon upon the rolls, - the declaration is herewith returned;
Very respectfully, 
Yr Obt St,
G. G. Brewer, 

J. L. Edwards, Esqr.
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Majr. McCalla
As to the pension 
of Mr. Burk

Col Edwards I want the
Papers in this case you 
can let them come to 
present them to Congress as
I have known old Mr. Burk 
for 30 years & I can Certify 
In his favor. Send this back
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January 29 1840 
Scott County Ky 

Dear Colo
I herewith send a request to you an[sic] Colo 
Butler to try and have an act passed for the bennifit [benefit] of 
Martin Burk to enable him to draw a Pension as a Revolutionary Soldier  I have made all efforts in my power, and they have all 
proven abortive  The last letter I Received from the War Department 
Stated that his claim was inadmisable [inadmissible] unless he could 
prove by two witnesses who had personal knowledge of such alleged 
services which cannot be procured nor no other than his own 
Declaration which he sent on Stating minutely all his routs[?] and 
battles in which he fought &c &c.As to his being in the Revolutionary 
War, there is no doubt, and that he served 5 years as he stated in 
his declaration and since he sent on his Declaration I have found 
has been severely wounded in the left thigh with a musket ball at 
the Battle of Bunkers hill and that the ball was taken out by Doct Betty 
Surgeon to the 12 Regmt [Regiment] of the Maryland line I had him examined by 
Docters Macey and Sinclair at the White Sulper Inn and they both 
concur in opinion that is a gun shot wound 

Martin Burk has spent his blood and Treasure and the prime of life in his countrys service and now in his 89th year 
very poor and infirm unable to work and no property to support him 
is now holding out his Paralytick hands for that boon which a 
holy and Benevolent Government has designed for such as him to 
nurish [nourish] and cheer him in his few last steps to the Grave. and it is 
denied  is it because he is poor. The reason I ask is I know men 
in this county who are dandled on the lap of January rolling in 
Carriages, with land and slaves to support them, drawing pretty pensions 
who never heard the war dogs have only at a safe 
distance driving been and the like  and now grumbling like 
breeding cats against Government, not giving them more and poor old 
Martin nearly at starvations point and cannot get a cent unless its through 
you and Colo Butler - 
Your friend personally and politically 
R McCalla

Colo Johnson 
& Butler 
Waton [Washington?] City
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Martin Burk

Sept 25

Stamping Ground Ky

FREE
17 Sept 1839

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
City Washington
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Stamping Ground 
Scott County Ky
Sir
Your letter of the 26 July has Just come to hand 
and as it has been stated in a former communication 
to you that Martin Burk knows of no living witness 
by whom he can prove his services in this State, and never 
knew until verry lately That upon the very rapid decrease of [Rev]olutionary soldiers, that there was a law past [passed] that a man 
from his own declaration could establish his claim to a 
pension provided he could prove himself to be a man of 
honest and upright principals, all of which has been done 
to the satisfaction of the Scott County Court  Should there be 
any lack of formality in his first Declaration I am unable 
to detect it but as to facts he can say no more than what he has 
stated only this by some time reflecting he recollected the 
names of his messmates which are as follows
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John Gordin - James Brecken - Patrick McCulloch 
William Jarvis - James Schofield and _____McClane 
and himself (Martin Burt) made seven. He is now in 
his 87th year very poor and not able to make a living by labour 
and if any of the Revolutionary soldiers Deserves a Pension it is him 
I am no attorney for Martin Burk only Exoficia [ex officio] If he ever 
is so fortunate to receive a pension I am not to have anything 
for the trouble I have been at  I shall account myself 
well rewarded  If by anything I can do for his benefit or relief 
I am very respectfully 
Yours
R McCalla

Hon 
J.L Edwards 
Comr of Pensions 
Washington City
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Sept 24

Stamping Ground Ky
17 Sept 1835

34602
Martin Burk
Ka
Oct 1832

FREE

J R Poinsett - Secretary of War
Washington City

Pension
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September the 10th 1838 
Scott County Kentucky 
Martin Burk of said County makes the following 
Declaration to obtain the benifit a pension act passed by Congress 
and States on oath. That he Enlisted in the Army 
of the Revolutionary War in Montgomery County State of Maryland in the month of 
May (But the year not recollected) in the company of Captain James Morris 
in the 12th Regiment commanded by Colo Uriah Forrest, and traveled through 
Maryland Virginia and South Carrolinia [South Carolina]. Under the command of Generals 
Morgan and Greene and fought hard in the battles of Brandywine Bunkers 
hill and the Eutaw Springs and sundry other skirmishes. And then was ordered 
to Camden South Carrolinia. Then Returned to little York Virginia 
from thence to Anapoles [Annapolis] and there obtained an honorable discharge - which 
was distroyed by wear and tear in his pocket not thinking he ever would have 
any use for it. And in all he served five years Martin Burk his mark 

State of Kentucky Scott County Sct 
Personally appeared before me Robt McCalla a Justice of the peace for said 
County  Martin Burk the above named and made oath that the foregoing is 
the truth Given under my hand this 10th day of September 1838 
 R McCalla J.P

I unhesitatingly say that Martin Burk is Reputable in his charactor the day and date above written R McCalla J P 

All the undersigned have been acquainted with Martin Burk for a long time and 
believe him to be a man of truth 
Tho Henderson D.D. 
VP US Rh M Johnson 
James Combs
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34.602[?] 
Martin Burk 
Kentucky
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An Ameded [Amended] Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress Passed June 7, 1832 
State of Kentucky 
County of Scott   }
On this 31 day of July 
1841 Personally appeare open Court before 
the Magistrate Court Now sitting Matin [Martin] Burk a residenter [resident] of the County of Scott 
State of Kentucky Aged Ninty 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 7, 1832 
That he entered the Services of the United 
[S]tates on the Maryland line at or near the 
Commencement of the war of the Revolution 
and was in the service at last [least] 
Five years  He enlisted in Montgumry 
[Montgomery] 
County State of Maryland in the month 
of May (the year not recollected) under Captain James Morison and in the Twelvth Ridgement [regiment] 
Commanded by Colonel Forrest and was under 
the command of General Morgan and Green 
And Fought Hard in the battle of Brandy[wine] and Bunkershill [Bunker Hill] and at the Eutaw Springs 
and March through Virginia and South 
Carolina and was in other battles but 
In consiquen [consequence] of his great age and loss of 
memory he is unable to give as full an 
account as he desires and refers to his 
Former Declaration and evidence [?] 
for the evidence of his Service 
He was honorable discharge at the close of the
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war which discharged has been destroyed as 
It was considered of no value He States that 
he is a poor unlearnt man and has had a very Large Famly [family] of Children to provide for 
and has lived a very retired life 
Confined in Poverty at home trying 
to make an honest support for his famley 
and has in a great measure been Ignorant 
of the Provisions made for the Solders [soldiers] of the 
Revolution  He was wounded in his Right thy [thigh] with a musket ball in the war of the revolution 
which was take[n] out of his thy [thigh] by the 
Surgeon of the 12th Ridgement [regiment] which wound 
has affected him during his whole life and he being enterly [entirely] ignorant of any 
Provision having been made by 
Congress for Persons who were wounded 
in the War of the revolution  he 
has never made an appication [application] for a Pension 
as an Invalid  He states that he now knows 
of no Person who was with him in the 
service or with whom he was acquainted 
during the war of the Revolution 
and the best evidence that he is at this great 
Length of time able to Produce is his 
Wound which he received whilst he was 
in the Service of his Country in the war 
of the Revolution which he prayes may be examined in open Court which 
was Examined about Eighteen months ago by Drs Macey and Sincler [Linder?] and They pronounce the 
Said Wound was made with a muskett [musket] ball 
and That the Said Wound Totaly disabled me 
From  hard Labour in which the use of [?] leg is required
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He states that he fought for liberty alone and that being 
obtained he was satisfied and would never have 
have applied for a Pension but from the 
urgent solitations [solicitations] of his neighbours and Friends 
who beheld his helpness [helpless] and destitute situation 
and his neighbour Maj Robert McCalla (who now no more) who had been acquainted with him to upwards of Thirty years kindly offered to attend 
to obtain a pension for him 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or Annuity Except the Present and he declares that 
his name is not on the Pension Roll of Any 
Agency in any State 
Martin Burk 
Sworn to and Subscibed the day and year above written 
before the Magistrate Court of Scott County Kentucky 
being a Court of Record and the said Court after the examination of his Wound and the Eviden [evidence] and opinion of Drs Macey and Sincler who are known to the Court to be 
Surgeons Reputable in their Profession 
do hereby declare their opinion that the above 
named applicant was a revolutionary Solder [soldier] and served as he states 
I Willis Dohany 
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and 
and Presiding magistrate of the said Court do hereby 
Certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceding 
of the Said Court in the matter of application of 
Martin Burk for a Pension who is well known 
to the Court to be a man of respectibily [respectability]  and Truth 
In testimony wereof [whereof] I have hereunto Set my hand and Subscribed 
my name this 31 day of July 1841 
Left [illegible] and Right Interlined before signing }
Willis Dohany JP
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State of Kentucky 
Scott County Sct 
I Ben B Ford clerk of 
the Court for the County aforesaid do certify that Willis Doheny One of the feeling in and for the County Justes of the penal aforesaid and the Contined which he presides is by ben a Court of the and the signature purporting to be his is In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and caused the Seal of my said Office to be afford in George Town the 3rd day of August 1841 and 57th year of