Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3102, Frederick Burket, Va.

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C
8-1776
SERVICE
VA.

Burket, Frederick

NUMBER 
S. 3102

Carded

CONTENTS

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25461
Jonesboro Tennessee
Frederick Burkett
of Greenbo in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the con commanded
by Captain Smith of the Regt commanded 
by Col Moffitt in the Virginia
line for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Jonesbor Tennessee 
at the rate of 30 Dollars – cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Jany
1833 and Hon John 
Blair HR

Arrears to the 4th of Sept   		       75 –
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March     15 –
						               $90 –

Revolutionary Claim,}
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,

Book E Vol. 6 Page 122

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Virginia he further states that he served three months to the Battle of German Town was marched through Resil Town Virginia he further states that he served three months to the Albemarl Barricks (sic) as a gard (sic) to gard (sic) the prisoner he futher (sic) states that he served three months tour to Blufords defeat he further states that by reason of old age & loss of memory and & at this time almost deaf he is unable to give proper information in regard to his officers who he served under having served in the whole the term of one year thru month & that he has no documentary evidence & that he knows of no person whose testamoney (sic) he can pricure (sic) who can testafy (sic) to his Service he humbly wishes every whatever claim to a pention (sic) or [illegible] except the percent and declares that his name is not on the pention (sic) role of the agency of any state 
Question by the Justice
1. When & in wat (sic) year was you born 
	answer – in the year 1752
2. Have you any rcod (sic) of your age
	answer – I have not
3. Where was you living when caled (sic) into Service. Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live
	answer I lived in Agusta (sic) County Virginia when I was caled (sic) into service & have lived in Tennessee since was & I live at this time in the county Green Tennessee 
4. how ware (sic) you caled (sic) into service. Were you drafted? did you volunteer or were you a substitute
	answer I volunterd (sic) to the Gilford battle & the others 4 tours I was drafted
5. State the name of some of the regular officers who was with thru troops Where you served such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
	answer General Greene was the commander in chief at the battle of Gilford & any of the other officer I cannot recollect (sic) at this time

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Virginia he further states that he served three months to the Battle of German Town was marched through Resil Town Virginia he further states that he served three months to the Albemarl Barricks (sic) as a gard (sic) to gard (sic) the prisoner he futher (sic) states that he served three months tour to Blufords defeat he further states that by reason of old age & loss of memory and & at this time almost deaf he is unable to give proper information in regard to his officers who he served under having served in the whole the term of one year thru month & that he has no documentary evidence & that he knows of no person whose testamoney (sic) he can pricure (sic) who can testafy (sic) to his Service he humbly wishes every whatever claim to a pention (sic) or [illegible] except the percent and declares that his name is not on the pention (sic) role of the agency of any state 
Question by the Justice
1. When & in wat (sic) year was you born 
	answer – in the year 1752
2. Have you any rcod (sic) of your age
	answer – I have not
3. Where was you living when caled (sic) into Service. Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live
	answer I lived in Agusta (sic) County Virginia when I was caled (sic) into service & have lived in Tennessee since was & I live at this time in the county Green Tennessee 
4. how ware (sic) you caled (sic) into service. Were you drafted? did you volunteer or were you a substitute
	answer I volunterd (sic) to the Gilford battle & the others 4 tours I was drafted
5. State the name of some of the regular officers who was with thru troops Where you served such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
	answer General Greene was the commander in chief at the battle of Gilford & any of the other officer I cannot recollect (sic) at this time

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(Smudge on top of paper)
can you ever receive a [illegible] from the [illegible] and if so by whom was it given & what became of it answer _ I never did receive a discharge in writing I state the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood and who can tesafy (sic) as to your caricter (sic) for caracity (sic) and good beheavour (sic) your service or a Soldier of the Revolution &c.
he further states he is unable to attend the cort (sic) from (the following is crossed out: I rite & subscribe the day & year aforesaid)
Bodily infirmity in order to have his claim then made out Sworn to & Subscribed (sic) the day & uer aforesaid
Y Sert
John Balch
Justice of the peace
[illegible]

We Wilkins Kirkpatrick, a Clergyman residing in the County of Greene and Vincent Jackson residing in same the hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Frederick Burkett who has subscribed & Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty one years of age that he is reputed & believed in the nebourshood (sic) where he resides to have been Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion Sworn to & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Wilkins Kirkpatrick
Vincent Jackson
John Balch
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee}
Greene County }
I Andrew Patterson clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Green do, hereby certify that John Balch Esq [illegible]

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State of Tennessee}
Greene County}
I Andrew Patterson clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Greene do, hereby certify that John Balch Esquire before whom the foregoing proceedings on the application of Frederick Burkett, for a pension, took place, was at the time and now is, an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, and that his signature thereto, affixed, is in his own proper hand writing

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Office the 24th day of July 1833

A. Patterson
By V Sevier DC

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State of Tennessee}
Greene County}
On the 10th day of June 1833 personally appeared before me John Balch one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County Frederick Burkett a resident citizen of the County & State aforesaid aged eighty one years who being first being duly Sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benfite (sic) of the Act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832 that he entered the serve of the United States under the following named officers & Served as herein stated Court that in the year 1777 he was enrolled as a volentier (sic) under Colo Moffet in Capt Smiths Company in the Virginia Militia for the term of three months that he entered said service in Augusta County Virginia and joined the main army at Stantown & was marched un the Command of Colo Moffet and Capt Smith through Virginia by Way of the high rock ford to Gilford North Carolina when he was in the Battle of Gilford and was severely wounded in the neck & continued in said Service until march in the same year when he was discharged by Capt Smith at or near the high rock ford he further declares that he was previously enrolled as a Soldier for a tour of duty in the County of Augusta state of Virginia under Capt Bohannon & Capt Woll & was marched by way of the big Savanah to Green brier & Served three month and was discharged in [illegible] County

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State of Tennessee}
Green County}
I John Balch one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County do certify & declare it is my opinion after the inoutgation (sic) of the matter and after propounding the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the before mentioned applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & Served as he states & I do further certify that it appears to me that Wilkins Kirkpatrick who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Green and that Vincent Jackson who also signed the same is a resident of the same place is a credible person and that these statements is entitled to credit & further certify that the applicant from bodily infirmity cannot attend the court given under my hand that this 10 day of June 1833

John Balch (Seal)
Justice of the peace

I certify that the applicant Frederick Burket is known to me to be aged infirm and affected with blindness; that the foregoing attestatements of John Balch the magistrate are genuine from my knowledge of his signature. And to the

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Rogersville  9th July 1836
Enclosed I send to the Department of application of Fredrick Burket for a new Certificate (paper is torn and some facts are missing)  ld man lives in another County & the reason has not sooner been sent an, is that my little intercourse between the place lives & this place.  I received his a few days ago.  The papers are made (paper torn – missing words) ean as I could to the regulations of (torn page – words missing) antanent, which were enclosed to me (page torn- words missing) time age & which I herewith return.
Very respectfully
W. O. Winston

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Frederick Burkett.
Tennessee

(i)

from - pr gr -
$30

Smith
Moffitt

Admd [underlined]

[illegible]
Hon J. Blair
Jonesborough

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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
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 your return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Frederick Burkett,
(the following is in column format)
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant’s service. Years/Months/Days
Rank of the claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

I am respectfully, 
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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2.

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 person 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.  Person who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefit 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 person’s 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 Junes, 1832.

State, Territory or District of}
County of                              } ss.
On this            day of        personally appeared (a) before      A. B. a resident (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   € 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. 4This 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 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 (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 not (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 the 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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3.
alleged services, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable actin 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 in the imposition, if one be atlempted (sic) ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. 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 was, and where do you now live?
4. How were you living when 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 give, 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 person 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 hi,, 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 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 ae requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject [document fold and cannot continue sentence]
Applicant unable to appear in [document fold and cannot continue sentence] 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 of 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 payment 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 interest will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the service 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 serviced.
[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 he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. 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 serviced not less than the periods mentioned below, and is 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 person 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 places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with all 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 give his certificate in every case.
[i]	The Clerk must affix 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 public 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 office, 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 Troopers.  The proof required by rule is not [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 declarations

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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
10 April 1829.

Fredrick Burket of    in the County of Green in the State of Tennessee 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 Revolution,” approved the 15th May, 1829.  He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in captain Smith’s company, in Col Mofett regiment of the Virginia line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing. –
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary,
G A Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Third Auditor’s Office,
13th April 1829

(the following has been crossed out)
{It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to}
It further appears that Fredrick Burket is not now on the pension list of any -------agency, and has not been so since the 3rd March 1826
The name of Fredrick Burket cannot be found among those of the Virginia line, to whom Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars, were issued –
Peter Hagner, Aud

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War Depart. Bounty land office
30 apl. 1829.

The records of this office do not show that Fredrick Burket of the Virga line ever received or is entitled to, bounty land of the United States.

Robert Taylor

General Land Office
1 May 1829

The name of Fredrick Burket does not appear in the list of Warrants found by the Register of the same office at Richmond VA sofaras they have been received

G W Graham
Commissioner

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Frederick Burket

Jonesboro
for 
new Au

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State of Tennessee}
Green County }
Majistrates Office
On this 18 day of arch 1836 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Green State of Tennessee personally appeared Fredrick Burket who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Smith in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Moffet in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Tennessee that he received a Certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which Certificate he placed in the hands of an attorney to draw his money for him as he was too old & infirm to attend to it himself and that he has been informed that his said Attorney lost the same in the Town of Greenville some time in March last all of which will appear from the statement of said attorney hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed before}
me the day and year aforesaid]
Frederick X Burket
(X his mark)
attest Joseph Davis JP (Seal)

State of Tennessee}
Green County}
Personally appeared on the 18 day of March 1836 before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid James G. Guthrie who on his oath declares that he is personally acquainted with Fredrick Burket and well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit
Sworn and subscribed to before}
me, the day & year aforesaid} JP (seal)

James G Guthrie

attest Joseph Davis

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State of Tennessee}
Green County}

I George W. Foute Clerk of the County of Pleas and quarter sessions for the County aforesaid in the State aforesaid do hereby Certify that Joseph Davis Esqr whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavits and before whom the same were sworn to is same and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified and that said signature appears to be [illegible] his own proper hand writing.

Given under my hand and seal of Office at Office in the Tow of Greenville this 20th day of June 1836
G.W. Foute
By V Sevier DC

State of Tennessee}
Green County}
I Joseph Davis the acting Justice of the Peace before who the foregoing affidavits were made, do hereby Certify that the Deponent aforesaid is a person of veracity and that his statement is entitled to and credit. 
Given under my hand this 18 day of March 1830
Joseph Davis JP Seal

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State of Tennessee}
Hawkins County}

On this ninth day of July 1836, before me the subscribed, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Hawkins in the State aforesaid personally appeared William O. Winston who on his oath declars that he hereto fore acted as the attorney in fact of the said Fredrick Burket and as such had his pension Certificate in his passion and that some time in March 1835 the same was lost out of his possession so that he does not now know where it is or what what has become of it and that said Burket was entitled to draw as a pension twenty dollars per annum.  

W. O. Winston Clk

Sworn and subscribed to before e the day and year foresaid
N. Fain JP
for Hawkins County.

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Greenville T}
June 4 1839}
Free

Hon. Saml D Ingram
Sec. Treasury U. S.
Washington City

(written upside down)
Revolutionary
A. Patterson

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Recd 16 June 1829
Under the act entitled an act for the relief of the surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution approved on the 15th May 1828.

Before me Robert Maloney a Justice of the peace in the County of Green and State of Tennessee personally appeared Charles Dyke seventy years of age and made oath that Frederick Burket who has applied for a pension under the above mentioned act did serve in Captain Smiths Company – of Augusta County State of Virginia and that he enlisted for and during the war and continued in the service till its termination and that the said Burket received toward the close of the war, a shot that wounded his head and that by recessive fatigue he became and invalid and unmarried so some years after and now is very poor and has nobody to do the back thing for him but his within something like seventy years of age.
Charles X Dyke
(X his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed before me this third June 1829
R Maloney Jus P

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State of Tennessee
Green County

I Andrew Patterson Clerk of the Court of Please and Quarter Sessions in the County of Green and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Robert Maloney Eqr – whose hand and seal is affixed to the foregoing certificate affidavit was an acting Justice of the peace for the county and state aforesaid and that due fourth and credit ought to be paid to all his acts and deeds as such

Seal

In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of my office to be hereunto affixed this 3rd June in the year 1829

A. Patterson
By V. Sevier DC

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Frederick Burket
Green County
$30 pr ann –
Payments to be made at Jonesboro
By Wm. K Blair
Agent of paying Pension=
ers in the Agency of Jonesboro
Tennessee

Mr. Allison

Another certificate 
has been hd a this
case – [illegible] this

Recorded in the Pension Of=
fice, in Book E Vol 7
Page 123 by Dan Boyd
Clerk.

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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Frederick Burkett of the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive thirty dollars and 

CANCELLED (written crossways)

cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this Eleventh day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty=four

Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.}

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

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Frederick Burket
Payments to be made at Pinesboro Ten
by Wm. K Blair Esqr
Agent for paying Pension =
ers in the Agency of Jonesboro, Ten

Recorded in the Pension of =
fice, in Book E2 Vol 7.
Page 146 by –
J. T. Sprague Clerk.

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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United
States of the 7th June 1832, Frederick Burket
of the State of Tennessee
who was a private during the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and
cents per annum, during his natural life, 
commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-
annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 25 day of July one thousand eight
hundred and thirty =four
Wm Smyth
Acting, Secretary of War

Seal
Examined and}
Countersigned.}
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

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Greenville T}     Revolutionary Claims
March 19 1839}

To the Honorable Samuel D. Ingam
Mail}   Secretary of Treasury
           Washington City

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For the purpose of obtaining 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 May 1828 I Frederick Burket of the County of Green and State of Tennessee do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the termination at which period I was a private in Captains Smiths Company commanded by Col. Morfett in the regiment from Stanton Va. this declarant is upwards of seventy eight or nine years of age he was Cut with a sword at the battle of Guilford and was in several battles which he had his discharge for and has lost it his memory is bad being old and infirm cannot recollect the regiment to which he belonged he also declares that he afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars to which he was – entitled under a resolve of Congress passed 15th May 1778 and further declares that he was not on the fifteenth day of May 1878 and the pension list of the United States

Witness my hand & seal this 3rd day of March 1829

Signed Fredrick X Burket
(X his mark)

Sworn & subscribed to this 3rd March 1829
John G Stout JP (Seal)
Justice of the peace

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Before me John G. Stout a Justice of the peace for said County and State of Tennessee personally appeared Charles Dyke & John Burket.

of the said County who did severally make oath that Fredrick Burket by who the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the revolution in manner of service stated witness my hand & seal this 3rd March 1829

Charles X Dyke
(X his mark)

Sworn & subscribed to this 3rd March 1829
John G Stout J.P. (Seal)
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee
I Andrew Patterson Clark of the Court of Please and Quarter Sessions for Green County do certify that John G Stout before who the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time an acting Justice of the Peace for said County of Green duly empowered to administer oaths.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Office this 19th day of March 1829

A. Patterson Esqr
By V. Sevier DW

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Greenville Tennessee  March 19th 1829

Dr. Sirs

Mr. Burket desired me to request of the department to let him know the result of the foregoing as early as possible

James Holbe
atty at law

Page 31

On this 10th day of July 1834 personally appeared before me Jese Creech – one of the acting Justices of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid Fredrick Burket a resident of Green County, Tennessee aged 83 years old next August, 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 7, 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated:  This Applicant states that he was born in Philadelphia County in the State of Pennsylvania on the fifteenth day of August 1750, that he has no record of his age, nor was there ever one as he knows of, but he recollects what his parents told him about his age which is as above stated.  This Applicant further states that he was living in Augustia County State of Virginia when he first entered the service of the United States as a Volunteer under Captain David Bell in the year 1776 the month he does not remember that they were called out by the United States to march against the Indians who were harassing the frontiers that the Company rendizvouse (sic) at the house of Capt Bell and from thence were marched to Green Briar & from thence across the Mountains, that they remained among the Mountains for some time without being stationed at any particular place that he is unable to state further particulars of his service, neither can be name the rest of his Officers. it having been so long & he now being so old & nearly deprived of his recollection of those times, but about the time he entered the service & the length of time he served, he is not mistaken for he calculates the time he entered the service by the age of his first child, & he is certain that the Term lasted three months the time for which the volunteers were called out. That from

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this expectation they returned home & done dismissed from the service without receiving a written discharge
This Applicant further states that he again entered the service as a volunteer in the year 1780 or 81 the month he does not remember, under Captain Smith & Lieutenant Christie & Col Monford commanded the Regiment that the Company to which this Applicant belonged rendezvouse (sic) at Santon & from thence the regiment was marched across Little Dees River & Dann River & the High rock pond & on to Gilford where under the command of General Green they fought the Battle of Gilford in which battle he was wounded in the neck by a Musket Ball, for the Battle of Gilford they marched to the Troublesome Iron works & from thence home that he never received a written discharge from the service. This Applicant further states that this Term of service lasted three months.  This Applicant further states that his father was named Fredric Burket & serviced before the revolutionary war against the Indians, but that all his service was during the Revolutionary War.  This Applicant further states that he lived in both states for the term of eighteen months during the war for which he is advised he cannot draw
This Applicant further states that he is now 83 years old or nearly so & that he is very infirm on account of which he is unable to attend Court, & his memory is very much impaired so that he is unable to state a great many circumstances of his services, & has forgotten some of his Officers, but as to the length of his services he can recollect which is not less than above stated making in all in months & for such service he claims a pension, He further states

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that he cannot name any regular or Continential (sic) forces in the service with him  This Applicant further states that he has no documentary evidence of his services.  He further states that the reason he applied in Hawkins County is that he lived near the line & that the nearest Magistrate to him lived in Hawkins & he is unable to go far & that he is as well known in Hawkins as in Green County.  This Applicant further states that he never received a Commission.  He further states that he has lived since the Revolutionary war in Virginia & Tennessee & does now live & has lived in Tennessee for the last twenty five years.  This Applicant further states that there is no Clergyman in his neighborhood & that he knows of no one now living by whom he can prove his services but that he is well known in his present neighborhood to William Keel and John Rader – who can testify to his character and veracity & their belief of his services during the Revolutionary War.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State or (if any) only on that of the Agency of the State of Virginia
Fredrick X Burket
(X is his mark)
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid –
Jesse Creech JP (Seal)

We William Keel & John Rader residing in the neighborhood hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Fredrick Burket who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be 83 years of age; that he is refuted and believed in the neighborhood where he resides

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(Written vertically):
W O. Winton Rogerville (left side)

31,591   (right side)
Frederick Burkett
Tennessee
Jonesboro Agency
fee 1776 po
6-120

to have been a Soldier of the Revolution in that we concern in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Jesse Creech

And the said Jesse Creech Magistrate as aforesaid does hereby declare his 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 & served as he states.  And the said Magistrate further certifies, that it appears to him that William Keel & John Rader _ who have signed the preceeding (sic) certificate are residents in the neighborhood and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit 
And the said Magistrate further certified that the said Applicant cannot from Bodily infirmity, attend Court
Jesse Creesh, JP (Seal)

I Stockley D. Mitchell, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Hawkins County Tennessee, do hereby certify that Jese Creech whose signature appears to the forgoing Declaration & Certificates is now & was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace for Hawkins County duly commissioned & qualified to hold the Court of Pleas sec and that said signature (sic) appears to be in his own proper hand writing,

(SEAL)
Given under my hand & seal of Office. at Office in Rogersville this 11th day of July 1834
S D Mitchell Clk
By WB Mitchell DClk

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Miss Wilson:
It looks as if this lady just couldn’t do as you requested. 
She sends neither a money order nor certified check, but it is all right, after three trys.

NCL

Burket, Frederick
Va.
S3102

Page 36

(handwritten- left side)
1926 June 9 photos mailed to Ruth G. Snoddy (& Mrs. W. N. Goodwin) AW


(Right side)
Rev War
3102
INVALID.

File No. 3102
Frederick Burket
Pvt. Va. Mila

Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870]

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(Page badly damaged and torn)
(Left side of page)

26.963  
Tenn Jonesboro Agency
Burkett
in the State of Ten
who was a Pr in the Company commanded
by Captain Bell of the Regt commanded
by Col in the Va
[illegible] Militia
6 Mo Jo $ 20.00

Subscribed on the Roll of Jonesboro Agby
at the rate of 20 Dollars – Cents per annum.
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of July
and sent to 
W. O. Winston, Rogersville Tenn,

Arrears to the 4th of 4 Mch ’34	60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept “	10.00
					$70.00

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832}
by J. T. Sprague Clerk,
Vol 7 Page 146

(right top of page)
(torn page) blicate certificate issue
22 July 1836, and forwarded
W. O. Winston, Rogersville, Te

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(THIS FILE CONTAINS TWO IMAGES)

LEFT:
3-2233		113
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
April 30, 1926
Chief Rev Sect (Division -crossed out)
I have this day received
From Mrs. W. N. Goodwin
check   No.
for amount left blank requesting
(arrow)
photostat copy} as per
(post office address- crossed out)
letter herewith.
(handwritten at bottom)
{Please return check for certification
Check returned to Mrs. W. N. Goodwin & Finance Div notf AW}
Chief Finance Div.

RIGHT:
3-2233		113
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
May 8, 1926
Chief Rev Sect (Division -crossed out)
I have this day received
From Mrs. W. N. Goodwin
check   No.
for $2.36 in payment of 
(requesting – crossed out) 
photostat copy} as per
(post office address- crossed out)
letter herewith.
(handwritten at bottom)
{Check to be returned for correct amount and certification
Handwritten: 
{May 12, 26
check returned & Finance Div notf AW}
Chief Finance Div.  
NCL

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6769
3-2233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
May 24 1926
Chief Rev Sect (Division crossed out)

I have this day received from
Mrs. W. N. Goodwin
Draft   No
For $2.35, requesting  (handwritten: OK & Cf)
Photostat copy} as per
Letter herewith.

(handwritten- left side)
June 9, 1926 photos mailed & Finance

(handwritten in darker ink)
Div regr
both names
Mrs. W. N. Goodwin
& Ruth G. Snoddy
Put on envelope
AW

O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Division.
NCL

aw

Page 40

Request for Photostating
(To be prepared in duplicate.)
3-2006
Ex. DW

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK

Job No. 3498		Date May 29, 26
Subject Frederick Burket. Rev. S3102
1 copies of 5 pieces consisting of 14 pages to 
(No.)          (No.)                           (No.)
be forwarded when completed to the Rev. & 1812 Wars Section Division.
Remarks:
Approved:
DE Wilson
Chief Sect

Chief Clerk

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Frederick Burkett, Pri. Jonesboro, Ten. Agency
Act June 7 1832, at ≠20 per ann.
To what time was he last paid?
Pen. Office
July 22nd 36 
R. B.
3th Auditor

Frederick Burkett at $30 per ann
Does not appear to have been paid
At all from the book of this office
3rd Auditors Office
July 22

Pens with – same man – was originally at ≠30 in accounting inf papers

Page 42

Fredrick Burket – Pvt
Va. line.
Tenn-
Ad Inv File No 3.102
OK

Guidence (sic) insufficient

Page 43

Stratford, Okla.
April, 23, 1926

(Stamp): 
FINANCE DIVISION
APR 30 1926
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

My Dear Sir:
I am enclosing my (handwritten between lines: acct left blank & drawn to commr of pensions & no cefd) check and I want you to please send me a photostatic copy of the Revolutionary War Record of Frederick Burkett of Va.
He made application for pension from Hawkins Co. Tenn.
May I please her from you soon?
Most sincerely,
Mrs. W. N. Goodwin
Box 206

(Postal stamp)
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
H
APR 20 1926

14 pages

(stamp)
FINANCE DIVISION
APR 30 1926
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

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AWS
Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.

May 1, 1926

Mrs. W. N. Goodwin
Box 206
Stratford, Okla.

Madam: 
I have to advise you, that if you wish photostat copies of the papersin (sic) the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 3102, of Frederick Burket, of Va.. the name will be furnished you, at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired.  The number of pages to be copied is fourteen.

The exact amount should be forwarded to this Bureau, by money order or certified check drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, (not to the order of the Commissioner of Pension).

Herewith is returned your blank check drawn to the order of the Commissioner of Pensions, which cannot be used in connection with this matter.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.

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(Handwriting at top of letter):
CWD
She did not write a letter in reply to Bureau letter of May 1, 26 she returned that letter with check below noted.  So I returned both letter & check to her with this letter

Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.

Mzy 12, 1926.

Mrs. W. N. Goodwin
Box 206,
Stratford, Okla.

Madam:
I have to advise you, that under the regulations governing the purchase of photostat copies of papers in the Department of the Interior, if payment is made by check, it is required that said check be certified and your attention is invited to paragraph two of the Bureau letter of May 1, 1926, so informing you.

Herewith is returned the check sent to this Bureau by you, dated May 3, 1926, on the First National Bank of Stratford, Okla, drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, for two dollars and thirty-six cents, signed by Ruth G. Snoddy it is not certified.

It is requested that in making payment for photostat copies of fourteen pages in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 3102 of Frederick Burket, you will furnish either a certified check, or money order, for the exact amount, two dollars and thirty-five cents.

Upon receipt of same your request copies will be complied with.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

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IN REPLY TO			AW

3-1865
Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
May 1, 1926.

(Postal stamp): 
U.S. Pension Office
O
May 8 1926

(STAMP): FINANCE DIVISION
MAY 8 1926
Bureau of Pensions

Mrs. W. N. Goodwin,
Box 206,
Stratford, Okla.

Madam: 
I have to advise you, that if you wish photostat copies of the papersin (sic) the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 3102, of Frederick Burket, of Va.. the same will be furnished you, at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired.  The number of pages to be copied is fourteen.

(handwritten to the side):
 .15
 14
 60
150
210
 25
$2.35

Not $2.36
Check rejected

The exact amount shouldbeforwarded (sic) to this Bureau, by money order or certified check drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, (not to the order of the Commissioner of Pension).

Herewith is returned your blank check drawn to the order of the Commissioner of Pensions, which can not be used in connection with this matter.

Respectfully,

Winfield Scott
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.

(Postal stamp)
U. S. Pension Office
L
May 24 1926

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IN REPLY TO			AW

3-1865
Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
May 12, 1926

See below (arrow to bottom of page)
(STAMP): FINANCE DIVISION
MAY 24 1926
Bureau of Pensions

Mrs. W. N. Goodwin,
Box 206,
Stratford, Okla.

Madam: 

I have to advise you, that under the regulations governing the purchase of photostat copies of papers in the Department of the Interior, if payment is made by check, it is required that said check be certified and your attention is invited to paragraph two of the of the Bureau letter of May 1, 1926, so informing you.

Herewith is returned the check sent to this Bureau by you, dated May 3, 1926, on the First National Bank of Stratford, Okla, drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, for two dollars and thirty-six cents, signed by Ruth G, Snoddy, it is not certified.
It is requested that in making payment for photostat copies of fourteen pages in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 3102 of Frederick Burket, you will furnish either a certified check, or money order, for the exact amount, two dollars and thirty-five cents.
Upon receipt of same your request for copies will be complied with.

Respectfully:
Winfield Scott
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

(Cancelled postage stamp)
U.S. Pension Office
May 24 1926

(arrow pointing to this):
I am so sorry about my not sending the check. Please address
Ruth G Snoddy