Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,152, George Burk, Va.
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(8 - 1776)
SERVICE
Va.
Burk, George
NUMBER
S. 32, 152
CONTENTS
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Decr. copd. by Mr Polk, 2d Audrs. office
Date of death not on AB.
Indiana
22124
George Burk
of Jefferson Co in the State of Indiana
who was a private in the com commanded
by Captain Tipton of the regt commanded
by Col Crockett in the Virginia
line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Oct
1833 and Hon Wm
Hendrick Madison
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 200.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 40 00
$240 00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by
Book Danl Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 105
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6824
Declaration of
George Burk
George Burk
VA State Roll
if not a roll
look for affidavit
Hon W. Hendricks
Madison
Ind.
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State of Indiana
County of Jefferson  On this 4th day of September 1832, personally
appeared before the Judges of the Circuit Court for Jefferson County
Indiana George Burk of the County and State aforesaid, aged 69 years
who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make
the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he enlisted
in the Army of the United States in the year 1779 with Captain
Abraham Tipton and served in Col Joseph Crocket's regiment
of the Virginia line, under the following named officers General
George Clarke Col. Joseph Crocket, Major George Wales, Adjutant
Peter Moore, Capt. Abraham Tipton & Ensign Henry
Deming - That he left the service in the Fall of 1781 - lived 
in Shenandoah County, Virginia, when he entered the service. Was
in several skirmishes with the Indians, but in no regular battle.
That he marched from Albemarle Barracks, in to the State of
Maryland, thence back to Virginia and rendezvoused in Shepherds
town. Thence across the Alleghany mountains to the New Store or
the Mononghehala river, thence on the to the Falls of the Ohio
river - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or an annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is
not on the Pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
George Burk Seal
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that
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the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served
as he states
M.C. Eggleston Pres Judge Seal
D. Blackmore Seal
Elmon Geice Seal

I, R. C. Talbott Clerk of the Jefferson County Circuit Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of
the said Court in the matter of the application of George Burke for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 4th day of September 1832
R. C. Talbott Clk
[SEAL]

State of Indiana
Jefferson County Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid George Burke 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 period
mentioned below, and in the following grade. For two years I served as a private soldier; and for such service  I claim a pension 
George Burke x his mark
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 8th Jany 1833 
MW Taylor J. Peace
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State of Indiana
Jefferson County I R. C Talbott Clk of the Jeff.
Circuit Court within and for the State and County
aforesaid, hereby certify that W. M. Taylor who appears to have taken and signed the above affidavit is an acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified and that to all his acts as such full faith & credit are and of right ought to be given as well in Courts
of Justice as elsewhere
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal this 8th day of January
AD 1833 
R.C. Talbott Clk
[SEAL]
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George Bark
Indiana
from 1779 private
2 yrs $80
look for affidavit
Hon W. Hendricks
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, showing the service of George Burk
Period when the service was entered 
1779
Duration of the
claimant's service.
Years.
2
Months.
Days.
Rank of the claimant.
Pr.
2
Names and rank of the Field
officers under whom he served.
Col Crockett,
be state [illegible]
Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
69
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
not on Roll.
There are no affidavits on file in the
War office, must therefore produce the necessary
proof of service
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
There certainly is somewhere proof in the above case
on file in the pension office heretofore submitted there by
my self then purport not recollected
Sept 1. 1833.
William Hendricks
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [sic] or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or District of
County of
On this              day of                  personally appeared (a) before                     A. B. a resident of (b) of                    in the county of and State, Territory or District of              aged (c)                   years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)               , with and served in the                 (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I      of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of        for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this        day of
& c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ,
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I,                 Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this              day of & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his-
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected [sic]. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an officer.
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which h serve, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitle. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For __________ year _______________months, and __________ days, I served as a ______________. For __________ months and ______ days, I served as a ___________; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the
militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no published seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] in a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.

[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of Indiana
Jefferson County

Before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County & State
aforesaid came George Burk, who being by me first duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist, deposeth & saith that the Schedule or list of property owned or claimed by him as set wit on the other page is just & true that he does not at this time nor does any one in trust for him or his use own or possess any more property than is set forth on the other page. That he resides on Congress land, & has not for the last twenty years owned any real estate, nor has he ever sold, assigned or transferred any property either real personal or [illegible] to any one in trust for
for the purpose of bringing himself within the
Law to obtain a pension. That his family
consists of his wife now about seventy one
years of age & one daughter an idiot aged about forty four years, That he is himself
aged about sixty eight years & not able to
do any labor of any consequence towards
supporting himself & family. That much
of the support of himself & family is derived
from the Charity of his neighbors
Sworn to & Subscribed before me
this 15th day of January 1831
W. Wharton J.P.

George
Buck
X
his mark
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Schedule of property owned by George Burk, an applicant for a pension

Real estate I have none, nor has any person in trust for me or for my use.

2 Cows worth $6 each $12.00
1 [illegible] & bedding - worth - 5.00
2 small calves worth - 2.00
4 shoat, 1 sow & 6 pigs - 5.00
1 old mare with 2 colts about - 20.00
1 ax - 1.00
1 hoe - .50
1 old plough (20 years old) - .50
$46.00

Debts due to me
Abijih Grimes owes me $11.75 but is insolvent

Debts by me owing
To Mordicai Brink, $3.00
Dan c. M. Larimore 4.00
- Ames - 1.50
Crosby Lewis - 1.37
Walter Scott - 7.30
Gam c. Taylor - 1.00
20.00

Amt. of property after the payt of debts $25.94
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March 6, 1936

George Burk-B.32152
BA-J/AWF

Mary B. Tandy
103 West Main Street
Madison, Indiana

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request Revolutionary War record of George Burk, pensioned while living in Jefferson County, Indiana in 1832.

The data which follow pertaining to George Burk were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 32152, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of this soldier are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.

While residing in Shenandoah County, Virginia, George Burk enlisted sometime in September 1779 and served as a private in Captain Abraham Tipton's company, Colonel Joseph Crockett's Virginia regiment; he guarded prisoners at Albemarle Barracks, was out against the British and Indiana in the District of Kentucky, had several skirmishes, and was discharged in the fall of 1781 at the Falls of the Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832, then sixty-nine years of age and a resident of Jefferson County, Indiana.

In 1831, he referred to his wife, aged seventy-one years, and to a daughter aged forty-four years; he did not give the names of either.

The papers in this claim contain no further
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reference to the family of George Burk.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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32152
Revy INVALID.

File No. 32,152
George Burk
Pri. Rev. War
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Act: June 7" 32
Index: -Vol. 2, Page 98
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1915 June 21 Hist. to
Mrs. Eliza Rogers. V.L.M.
1927. Dec. 15 Hist. to
Mabel Ellis Aug.
-------------------------------
1933 - May 12 - hist. to Mrs. J.E.
Gladney. See her letter in Samuel Burk W. 2912  AWF
1936 -Mch 2 hist to Mary B. Tandy AWY
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Deposition of Joseph Barlow
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The affidavit of Joseph Barlow aged about seventy years after being duly sworn this affiant states that in the year 1779 about the month of September of the year George Burk enlisted himself in captain Abram Tiptons Company belonging to Col. Joseph Crocketts Regiment in the Virginia line of the continental army and served therein two years or upwards   that said Burke is now about sixty six years of age his companion old and inform neither able to support themselves and further this affiant saith not
Joseph Barlow x his mark
Teste B. Watts

Boone County Sct
This day the above named Joseph Barlow made oath to the above affidavit before me Benjamin Watts a justice of the peace for said County  Given under my hand this 22nd day of October 1829
Boone County Kentucky
Benjamin Watts  [handwritten seal]
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Kentucky Boon County

  I Willis Graves clerk of the Boon County Court do hereby certify that Benjamin Watts, Esq. before whom the the within affidavits are taken and sworn to & whose signature is affixed to it is one of the Commonwealth's justices of the peace in aforesaid County of Boon duly appointed commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credits is due to all his official acts as such.

In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my name and affix the seal of my said office this 22nd day of October A.D. eighteen hundred and twenty nine.

Willis Graves CBC
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Report of the Committee on Pensions on the petition of George Burk for a pension.

That it appears to the satisfaction of the committee that in the year 1779 the petitioner enlisted in the county of Shenandoah in the state of Virginia, under captain Abraham Tipton, whose company belonged to Colonel Joseph Crocketts regiment in the Virginia line of the Continental army; and served therein about two years.
It is also stated in his petition that he is now about sixty five years of age; is in indigent circumstances and has a helpless family. But as there facts are not corroborated by others, and not even sworn to by himself the committee are of opinion that there is not sufficient evidence before them to entitle the petitioner to relief. We therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolution
Resolved, that the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted.

(Concurred in Jany. 19 1829)
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of the necessary evidence you may succeed  I transmit the state of the case to you
Yours &c
William Hendricks

Jan. 22. 1829.
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Madison, Jany 9th 1833.

Dear Sir,

   Enclosed I forward you the amended declaration of George Burk, which I think embraced every thing necessary to bring his case under the Pension Law.  You will be so good as to obtain from the files of the Pension office, the affidavits of Wm. Hall and Barlow, which proves his identity and service beyond doubt and present them with the present declaration .
  Your attention to this business will be thankfully acknowledged and should there be any thing wanting in the application, which can be supplied, here, write me immediately, as I am anxious to get this business finally disposed of before you return.
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W. Hendricks respects to Mr. Edwards
forwards the papers of Geo. Burke
& begs leave to refer to the papers
alluded to which are on file in
his office
18 Jan 1833
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State of Indiana
Jefferson County
I R.C. Talbott Clerk of the Circuit Court within & for the County & State afd. do certify that W.G. Wharton before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to then was & still is an acting Justice of the Peace within & for the County & State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified & that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court at the Courthouse in Madison this 18th day of January 1831
R.C. Talbott Clk
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Madison In. Sept 4th 183

Sir
Herewith are the papers of George Burke an applicant for a pension, that have already been laid before the department.  with the addition of William Halls affidavit & Governor Hendricks' statement in relation to proofs in this case.
Respectfully yours &c
Courtland Cushing

J.L Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
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State of Indiana
Jefferson County SS
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid William Hall who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and that he was acquainted with George Burk who is now an applicant for a pension during the revolution.  that said Burk enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1779 with Captain Abraham Tipton and was discharged in 1781.  that said Burk was a good & faithful soldier & so considered by all who knew.  & further saith not
William Hall x his mark
Sworn to & subscribed this 4th day of September 1833 before me
W.W. Taylor J. Peace

State of Indiana
Jefferson County ss
I R.C. Talbott clerk of the Circuit Court in for the County aforesaid certify that Wm. M. Taylor who appears to have taken and signed the above affidavit is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified and that to all his acts
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as such full faith & credit are and ought to be given in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 4th day of September 1833

R.C. Talbott C.H.C.
By J. W Lanier
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State of Indiana
Jefferson County
Before me the undersigned one
Justices of the Peace within & for the County
& State aforesaid, personally came Amariah Foster, of lawful age who being first duly sworn deposeth & saith that he has been acquainted with George Burk of said County (an applicant for a pension) for about ten years, that during the whole of said time the said Buck has lived in a poor destitute situation that has not at any one time period been the owner of any real Estate, & that the personal effects belonging to him did not at any one time exceed thirty dollars in value. Deponent further states that for several years he resided in the neighborhood of said Burk and was well acquainted with his situation, that his family are in a helpless condition -
his wife being about seventy one years of age, himself about sixty eight & an idiot daughter aged about forty pres. as deponent is informed & believes.
Deponent further states that said Buck is not now able to labor for a subsistence owing to the infirmities of age & has to depend on the charity of his friends for the support of himself and family. That he has no doubt but the schedule of the property of said Buck accompanying this & sworn in on the
15th inst, is just & true
A. Foster

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 18th January 1831

W Wharton J.P.
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[Large Xs are inscribed over the majority of the text, with the exception of the note, indicated by N.B. at the bottom.]

 State of Indiana
Jefferson County

Before me the undersigned
one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the County & State aforesaid personally came James C. Lee of lawful age who being by me first duly sworn deposeth & saith that he has been acquainted with George Burk of said County (an applicant for a pension) for about            years, that within said period he (said Buck) has not in any real Estate & now lives in [illegible] land as he is informed
believes,  & that the whole amt of his personal effects at any one time within said period, would not exceed                   dollar value, that he is at this time & for a long time previous has been in a destitute situation, that his family is in a helpless condition, not able to support themselves & that the said Bank at this time owing to his infirmities of age is not able to labor sufficiently to support himself & family. That he has examined his schedule of property accompanying this & his affidavit sworn to on the 15th [illegible] & has
no hesitation in saying that the schedule contains a just & true statement of his condition & that the parts sworn to in his affidavit are also just & true.

N. B.
Mr. Lee is lying sick & not able to attend at magistrates office, which accounts for the
above being stricken out
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State of Indiana
Jefferson County
⎬
Before me the undersigned one of the
Justices of the Peace within & for the County &
State of Personally came Gamaliel Taylor Sheriff
of the County of Who being by me first duly
sworn deposeth & saith that he has been acquainted with George Burk of said County (an applicant for a pension) for about four or five years, that I have been at his house, that I would not give ten dollars for all the personal effects in his house, that his family is in a helpless condition that he is not now able to support himself & family owing to the infirmities of age
Deponent further states that he has examined the schedule of property accompanying this made out by said Buck & Sworn to by him on the 15th inst. and has no hesitation in giving it as his belief that the Schedule is true & correct & that the matters set out in his affidavit are true & further saith not
Gamaliel Taylor

Sworn to & subscribed before me
this 18th January 1831 -
W Wharton
J. P.
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State of Indiana
Jefferson County Set

I Richard C. Talbott
Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court, do certify
that William G. Wharton Esqr before whom
the [illegible] affidavit was sworn and
subscribed to, and who has certified the same
was at that time and still is an
acting Justice of the peace, within and
for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts
as such
In Testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the Court
aforesaid, at Madison, this
18 day of January 1831
R.C. Talbott
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21,103

Additional papers

George Burke
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The State of Indiana
Jefferson County 

This day personally
appeared before me
the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within
and for said county, George Buck, who being
first duly sworn deposeth and saith, that some
time in the month of September, in the year
seventeen hundred and seventy nine he entisted
in the company commanded by Capt Abraham
Tipton, whose company was attached and belonged to Col. Joseph Crocketts regiment, in the Virginia line of the Continental army; that he
served therein two years or upwards, when he
became lame in consequence of being frosted
in his feet, and obtained a written discharge
from Col. Crockett, which discharge he has
lost. He further states that he is now about
Sixty Six years of age, his companion is
also advanced in life, and very infirm, that he
is poor and entirely unable to support him
self, either by labor, or out of any property
he possesses, and farther saith not:

George Burk
X
his mark

Sworn to & subscribed before me 10 Nov 1829
John Pugh, Justice Peace
Page 33

The State of Indiana
Jefferson County

This day personally appeared before me the
undersigned a Justice of the peace within and
for said County, William Hall a resident of
this County of lawful age who being duly sworn
deposeth and saith, that he is personally acquainted with George Bank, whose name is
affixed to the foregoing affidavit. that he was
was acquainted with him and was knowing
to his service in the continental army. that
he belonged to the company of Capt Abraham
Tipton, in Col Joseph Crocketes regiment in
the Virginia line of that army. He further
States that said Bank is very poor and has
no visible property, that this applicant is a
pensioner, regularly enrolled, and
for the saith not.
William Hall
X
his mark

Sworn and subscribed
Before me the undersigned
to this 17th Nov 1829 
Timothy Barker
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The State of Indiana
Jefferson County 

 Richard C. Talbott, Clerk
of the Jefferson Circuit Court, do hereby certify that
John Pugh and Timothy Barber Esqr who have
certified the foregoing affidavit, were at the
time of certifying the same acting Justices
of the peace within and for the County afore
said, duly commissioned and qualified and
that full faith and credit are due and ought
to be given to all their official acts as such
Given under my hand and seal of
the Court aforesaid, at Madison
November 11th 1829
C. Talbott
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State of Kentucky Boone County Sct
I Joseph Barlow of the County and State afsd. being now aged ab out seventy years do hereby upon oath state that I am personally acquainted with the within petitioner George Burke & was in the service with him from the year 1779 to 1781 & do know that said Burk performed the service as stated in the within petition
Given under my hand this 8th Nov. 1828
Joseph Barlow

Boone County Sct
This day Joseph Barlow the above named affiant personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in & for sd. county of Boone & made oath to the truth of the above statement - & I do further certify that sd. Barlow is a man of veracity.  Given under my hand this 8th of NOvr. 1828
B. Watts  J.P.B.C

We the undersigned being acquainted with the petitioner George Burk and being of opinion that for his services in the revolutionary war he should be renumerated & in some degree relieved by the Govt. of the U States We therefore unite with him in petitioning Congress to pass such an act for his benefit as may be thought equitable by the Honle. body 
- 
Benjn Craig
Elijah Kirtley
John Feloway
D [illegible]
Richd White
Edward F Vawter
Wm. Wright Southgate
J.H. Kirtley
R.S. Wheatly
John Mason
Isaac Everitt
J.G. Hamilton
Moses Scott
John White
G. Hawkins
C. Gaines
R Bullock
D.R. Buckner
M Herndon
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To the Honble. the members of the Senate and house of representatives in the Congress of the United States assembled - your petitioner George Burk of the County of Jefferson and State of Indiana would respectfully represent to your Honbl. body that he is now aged sixty five years & infirm in body & in indigent circumstances with a helpless family  and your petitioner would farther state that during the revolutionary war in the year 1779 he enlisted in the county of Shenandoah in the State of Virginia under Capt. Abraham Tipton whose company belonged to Col. Jos. Crocketts Regt. in the Virginia line of Continental service  that he continued in service in the same company for two years & was then discharged in the falls of the Ohio river during which period he was continually in the service guarding the British prisoners at Albemarle Barricks & in repulsing the british & Indians from the district of Kentucky;  In consequence of my indigence & infirmity & being informed that general laws heretofore passed by congress for the benefit of the revolutionary soldiers does not embrace my case or furnish any relief for me - I therefore hereby petition & humbly ask of your honorable body to pass such an act for my benefit as in your wisdom you may deem just and equitable &c &c
Novr. 8th 1828

George Burk x his mark
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21 Cong
2 Sess.

Petition   Inda
George Burke, of Jefferson Co. Indiana, Colo Crockett Va, a soldier of the revolution praying for a pension

1828, Decr. 31st referred to Comitee on Pensions
1829 Jany 19  Report adverse

1829, Decr. 14  referred to the Committee on Pensions

1831 Feb. 7.  referred to committee on Pensions.
"  Feb: 15  Discharged - 

32152
Dischd

Hon. W. Hendricks
W. Johnson , Keny
Page 38

Edward Graves
Willis Graves
James Hamilton
James K. Duke
Elijah Williams
Alexr Ross
Moses Maxfield
Elliot Minor
James Kearny
Samuel Cox
John Wallace
Henry Blunt
Reuben Graves
D M Calvert
Willis White
Preston Hampton
Andw Hamilton
John Thomlinson
Jonas Crisler
Joel White
Jonathan Carpenter
Joel Yager
Robt Baggess
Ben H. Sherrill
E F Fowser
Jonathan Weldon
Hiram Keeting

Jn H. Craig
John Finch
Hannery Miller
Abraham Anderson
John Ellis
John Wallace
Benjn Lowlis
Richard Marrs,
Robert Huey
George Combs
J M Preston
Ch Chambers
Matthew Mc Hatton
Jacob Rouse
Thos J Trundle
Thomas Reed
Spencer Runyan
David Gunroe
Garrett Treasure
Augustus W Gaines
F L Vawter
John Marshall
Samuel Johnson
Wesley Hundon
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207 Avenue 2, Attica, Indiana
June 17, 1927

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentleman:

the U.S. Pension record of 1835 shows that George Burk was a resident of Jefferson County, Indiana.  Will you please give me what data you have about this man and his family.


Yours truly,
[signature]
Mabel Ellis
Page 40

[handwritten]
June 11,1915 | Rev & 1812 [initials TG

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir
Will you kindly send me any data you may have in regard to the following persons.
1st Philip or George Burk, who enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Virginia.

2nd George Burk, enlisted in War of 1812 from Nicholas Co. Kentucky.
Am tracing ancestry in order to join D A. R. and were referred to you by Adjutant General.  Any information will be much appreciated and if there is any fee for same please let me know.
Yours Respectfully
Mrs. Eliza Rogers
10101 So 11st.
Lincoln
Nebr.
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Madison, Indiana
January 20, 1936

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs;

Will you kindly send me the pension record of GEORGE BURK, who is on the pension list for Jefferson County, Indiana in 1832.  He was from Virginia.

Yours truly,
[signature]
Mary B Tandy
105 W. Main St
Madison 
Indiana

[date stamped]
[RECEIVED]
[JAN] 27 1936] 
[MAIL] SUS-DIV.
[VETS ADV]
READ[ ]
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S.F. 32/3-2 | Washington, D.C., -----------, 19--

In replay to your request of --------------, received--------- for a statement of the military history of George Burk a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the 
desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
__________________________________________________
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. |
Sept. 1779
LENGTH OF SERVICE. |
2 years
RANK. |
Pvt. 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | CAPTAIN. |
Abraham Tipton
COLONEL. |
Joseph Crockett
STATE. |
Va.

Battles engaged in, | Several Skirmishes with Indians.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, | enlisted in Shenandoah Co. Va
Date of application for pension, | Nov 8, 1828, 
[illegible]
Residence at date of application, | Jefferson Co. Indiana
Age at date of application, | 65 years
Remarks:| In 1831 he referred to his wife then 71 of age and a daughter aged about 45/44 years their names are not stated.
the only soldier this name in Rev. records.

Respectfully, 
6-Commissioner.
Page 43

Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.

December 15, 1927

Mabel Ellis
207 Avenue Two
Attica, Ind.

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 32152, it appears that George Burk enlisted in Shenandoah County, Virginia in September 1779 and served two years as a private in Captain Abraham Tipton's Company, Colonel Joseph Crockett's Virginia Regiment, and was in several skirmishes with the Indians.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 8, 1828, while a resident of Jefferson County, Indiana, aged sixty-five years.

In 1831, he refered to his wife, then seventy-one years of age, and to a daughter, aged forty-four years, their names not given.  No further family data.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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May 12, 1933
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

George Burk - S. 32152
Samuel Burk - W. 2912
BA-J/AWF

Mrs.  J. E. Gladney
Stamps
Arkansas

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the records of George and Samuel Burk, pensioner of the War the of the Revolution.
the data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in their respective claims for pension, based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.

George Burk - S. 32152
The date and place of birth of George Burk are not stated, nor are the names of his parents shown.

George Burk, while residing in Shenandoah County, Virginia, enlisted in September, 1779 served as a private in Captain Abraham Tipton's company Colonel Joseph Crockett's Virginia regiment.  He guarded the prisoners at Albemarle Barracks, and was out against the British and Indians in the District of Kentucky, had several skirmishes with the Indians, and was discharged in the fall of 1781 at the Falls of the Ohio.

George Burk was allowed pension on his application executed on September 4, 1832, then sixty-nine years of age and living in Jefferson County, Indiana

In 1831 he referred to his wife as aged seventy-one years, and to a daughter aged forty-four years.  He did not give the names of either, and there are no other family data in this claim.
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2-

Samuel Burk-W.2912

The date and place of birth of Samuel Burk are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.

Samuel Burk enlisted, while residing in Culpeper County, Virginia, in 1775 and served as a private in Captain William McClanehan's company, marched to Williamsburg, his captain returned home, and he volunteered in Captain Abraham Buford's company, Colonel Stephens' Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Long Bridge, length of entire service twelve months.  He served in 1777, three months as private in Captain Rucker's company, Colonel Jame Pendleton's Virgina regiment, and was in an engagement at Mud Bank.  He moved to Fauquier County, Virginia and enlisted in1781 and served three months as private in Captain John Baul's (?) company, colonel Obannon's Virginia regiment.

Samuel Burk was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1832, then aged seventy-three years and a resident of Jessamine County, Kentucky.

The soldier, Samuel Burk, married September 2, 1786, in Rectortown, Fauquier County, Virginia, Mary Hurley, the daughter of Thomas Hurley of Culpeper County, Virginia.

Samuel Burk died March 16, 1841 in Shelby County, Kentucky, where he had lived about three years.

His widow, Mary Burk, was allowed pension on her application executed March 17, 1844, then living in Shelby County, Kentucky, and aged about seventy-four years.

The children of Samuel Burk and his wife Mary-
Sally or Sallay born July 7, 1788
Lusey or Susey "      September 11, 179-
James               "      October 22, 1792
Polley               "      February 4, 1794
Devarol            "      November 9, 1799
Jeer or Jeen     "       May 28.1799
Williee or Willis "     November 9, 1802,              married April 4, 1833 Priscilla Ann Solomone
Joanah              "       September 10, 1804

Sally burk in 1845 referred to her younger brother, Jerome
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3-

B. Burk; this may be the name Jeer or Jeen, born May 28,1799, as shown on the family record.  It

It is also shown that Jerome B. Burk married October 10, 1842, Mary Elizabeth Campbell Elliston: and that one Ann Burk was born February 12, 1815.
There are no further data in this claim relative to family.

Very truly yours

A, D, Hiller
Assistant to Administrator