Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21099, Silas Burdoo, Mass.

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(3-1776) Service Mass. Burdoo, Silas Number S.21099
Carded

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[hand written vertically "Revolution"] 21099
INVALID
File No. 21099
Silas Burdoo
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7, 32
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 51
(Arrangement of 1870.)

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Vermont 11.629
Silas Burdoo
of Windsor in the State of Vermont
who was a Pr. in the Company command 
by Captain Wood of the Regt. command
by Col [Garrick] in the Massachusetts 
[illegible] for Troops
11 No. Private 36.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of May
and sent to 
1833 R. Washbone, Ludlow Vt. 
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1833 – 73.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4, Sept, 18.33. 
$91.65
{Revolutionary Claim as of June 7, 1832}
Recorded by J.T. Sprague Clerk, 
Book E. Vol. 3 Page 52

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State of Vermont, Windsor County ss.} Declaration of Silas Burdoo
On this seventh day of September eighteen hundred 
and thirty two personally appeared [words crossed out] before Jabez Proctor Esq. 
Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Windsor
[word crossed out] Silas Burdoo, a resident of Reading, in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged eighty four 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 7th, 1832. That he volunteered in the 
service of the United Sates on the nineteenth day of April, seventeen hundred
and seventy five, in Capt. Boardman’s company, and was in the Battle at Lexington, Massachusetts on the same day, and after following the British forces back from 
Lexington to Boston, was dismissed. 
That he enlisted in the Army of the U. States in May, seventeen
hundred and seventy five, at Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts, with 
Capt. Wood, (thinks his name was John Wood) and served in the Regiment
of the Massachusetts line under the following named Officers. Col. Gearish, 
Major Baldwin, who commanded the Regt. after Gearish was broken. Adjutant 
Fibiger, Capt. Wood, Lieut. Child, Ensign, don’t recollect; noncommissioned 
Officers, Wood, Winshop and Thos [Thomas] Lock. Rendezvous’d at 
Cambridge Common until the 17th of June next following his enlistment
when the Regiment took up a line of march for Bunker Hill in Charlestown, 
and Capt. Wood’s company to which he belonged, proceeded as far as
Charlestown Common, in plain sight of Bunker Hill, where the celebrated 
Bunker Hill Battle was then raging. That at Charlestown Common, they 
received several volleys of cannon and grape shot from the enemy; and
after the American Troops were driven from Bunker Hill, he returned
in sd Wood’s company to Cambridge, and after refreshing, immediately 
proceeded to Prospect Hill, near Bunker Hill, where he stood on guard during
the night, whilst the American Troops were entrenching and fortifying 
the that place. That he occasionally guarded at Innman’s Point in 
Cambridge, and the remainder of the time, until Gen. Washington took the
command, encamped on Prospect Hill. That after Gen. Washington arrived
and took command of the Army, he went in Capt. Wood’s company to 
Mistick, (now called Medford) and was occupied as a guard at that place.

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and Chelsea, on the opposite side of the river. That whilst at Mistick he once
stood guard at General Sullivan’s quarters, at the “Bishop House,” so called 
at that time, from its being owned by a man by the name of Bishop. 
That having enlisted for eight months only, and having served the full term 
of his enlistment, he was discharged at Cambridge aforesaid in January, 
seventeen hundred and seventy six. That he does not recollect
ever having received a formal Discharge, and if he did, cannot tell
what has become of it. That he does not know that there is any further
record of his age, but if any, thinks it in Lexington Massachusetts where he 
was born on the 14th of February seventeen hundred and forty eight. 
That he resided at Lexington and Cambridge alternately until near
the close of the Revolutionary War, [words crossed out] when he removed
to Rindge in the state of New Hampshire, and from there to Reading 
in Vermont, where he has resided fifty years, and where he now resides. 
and that he knows of no surviving witness who has any personal 
knowledge of his said services. 
That in seventeen hundred and eighty one, the town of Lexington
aforesaid was required to furnish eight militia men, to
join the Army of the United States at Gallows Hill, on the bank 
of Hudson River south of West Point, in the State of New York, 
and to serve three months. That he volunteered for this service, 
and started from Lexington, according to his best recollection, 
in the fore front of September 1781, in company with William Diamond;
traveled by the way of Springfield Massachusetts, crossed 
the height of the green mountains at Mount Tom, near the
west line of Massachusetts passed through Fishkill in the state of
New York, and arrived at Gallows Hill in about eight days. 
That he embodied under Major Porter, Capt. Gilbert, Serg. French, 
and encamped on Gallows Hill in the rear of Col Jackson’s
Regt. That he was for a while employed on fatigue in 
making and repairing roads, but that he subsequently volunteered 
with about ten or fifteen others, to go to Danbury in the state of 
Connecticut and received one hundred and five head of 
cattle designed to be driven to the American army under 
the command of General Washington then besieging Cornwallis. 
That the party took charge of said cattle at Dansburry, 
crossed the Hudson River at King’s Ferry, landed the cattle 
on the Jersey Shore, and proceeded with them to Morristown
in the state of New Jersey, when he returned to Gallows Hill.

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That while at King’s Ferry he saw Capt. Calender of the 
Regular Troops, whom he knew, and who commanded a company
of Artillery at the Battle Bunker Hill in 1775. That he remained
at Gallows Hill but a few days only, when he was stationed at the 
Barracks in Fishkill, where he remained the remainder of the
three months for which he volunteered. That he was in Fishkill 
on the day of general rejoicing for the taking of Cornwallis. 
That having volunteered for three months only, and having 
served the full term for which he engaged, he was dismissed
at Fishkill in December seventeen hundred and eighty one. 
That he gives the names of the Hon. Samuel C. Loveland, a Clergyman
and Thomas F. Hammond, persons residing in his
neighborhood to whom he is known, and who can testify to his
character for veracity and their belief of his services as a 
soldier of the Revolution. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
Silas Burdoo
Jabez Proctor Judge 
We Samual C. Loveland, and Clergyman residing in Reading
in the county of Winsdsor and state of Vermont, and Thomas F. 
Hammond, residing in said town of Reading, hereby certify that we
are well acquainted with Silas Burdoo, who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty four years
of age, that he is reported 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.
Samuel C. Loveland
Thomas F. Hammond
Jabez Proctor Judge
I, Jabez Proctor, Judge of the Probate Court within and
for the District of Windsor and State of Vermont, do hereby
declare any opinion after the investigation of the matter, 
and after the investigation of the matter, 
and after putting the interrogators prescribed by the 
War Department, that the above named applicant

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was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served, as he states. 
And I, the said Jabez Proctor, Judge, as aforesaid, 
do further certify, that it appears to me, that Samuel C. Loveland, 
who has signed the preceding certificate, 
is a Clergyman, resident in Reading in the County of 
Windsor and State of Vermont, and that Thomas F. Hammond, 
who has also signed the same is a resident in the 
said town of Reading, and is a credible person, and
that their statement is entitled to credit. 
And I, the said Jabez Proctor Judge, as aforesaid, 
do further certify, that the above named applicant is
unable to appear in Court by reason of great age and
bodily infirmity. And I, the said Jabez Proctor, Judge, 
as aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contain, 
the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter 
of the application of the said Silas Burdoo for a pension. 
[signed] Jabez Proctor Judge
I Reuben Washburn Register of the Probate Court 
within and for the District of Windsor and State of 
Vermont, do hereby certify, that Jabez Proctor is Judge 
of said Court, and that the foregoing signatures purporting
to be his, are his genuine signatures. 
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand, and affixed the seal 
of said Court, this seventh day of September in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. 
Reuben Washburn.
[written vertically] 12,766

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[illegible]
11 months
$36.66
R. Washburn Esq.
Ludlow V

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[Form]
BRIEF in the case of Silas Burdoo 
County of Windsor in the State of Vermont
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? [answer] a Judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes
3. How old is he? 84 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
[illegible] in 1775. Years [blank] Months 8/3 Days. As a Private. Gen. Capt. Wood. Col. Garrick. Capt. Gibbert. 
5. In what battles was he engaged? [illegible, Lewiston?]
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cambridge, Massachusetts 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form authentication? and if so, in what respect? [Illegible. Correct?]
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. Richard Cutts Examining Clerk.

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12.766
Silas Burdoo
Sept. 11
Hon. Lewis Cass. Secy. of the War Department
Pension Case. City of Washington

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Hon. Lewis Cass, Secy of the War Department.
Dear Sir, 
At the request of Silas Burdoo, I enclose to you his Declaration for a Pension and it his wish, 
that his Certificate may be forwarded to me as soon, as convenient. 
I am, Dear Sir, with very great respect, your most obedient servant, 
Reuben Washburn