Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12371, Asa Burnham, Conn. Continental

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(3-1776)

SERVICE  NUMBER

Conn.  Burnham, Asa  S. 12371
Continental

Carded
CONTENTS

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275
New York

Asa Burnham
of Cayuga in the State of N York who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Belcher of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Huntingdon in the * Connecticut line, for the term of 22 mos from Apl 1777 to  17
Continental and * Conn Records completed. ss Nov. 8/05.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 110 Dollars per month [crossed out] annum, to commence on the 4 day of Mar 1832 and 

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th of Augt 1837 and sent to Asa Burnham Aurora N York

the Roll on  day of
182  and notification sent to
at
Pension commencing on the
of  182

Amount due on 4th of Mar 1832 $110
Semi-annual alce Sep 4 - " $55
$165
{Revolutionary Claim,
Acts}
7 June 1832

Recorded Book D Vol 5 Page 69

Date of death not on AB

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Asa Burnham
a Pensioner

Certificate No. 2100
6 Aug. 1818

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State of New York
Cayuga County Ss- On this fourth day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court, in the Court of Common pleas held at the Court House in and for said County of Cayuga being a Court of record for the said County Asa Burnham aged Sixty six years, resident in the Town of Scipio in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary War as follows - That in July 1775 he enlisted for six months in Captain William Belchers Company, in Colonel Jedidiah Huntington's Regiment in the line of Connecticut for which he has a Sergeants Warrants - And having served out his term he returned home & remained there until the American Army retreated out of New York in the year 1776, when he volunteered with the Militia and joined the American Army at Kingsbridge and continued with the army until the Battle of White plains and the Enemy returned and Crossed the North River for New Jersey and the Eastern Militia were discharged, after which he returned home and Continued there until the last of February or the first of March 1777 when he enlisted for the War in Captain William Belchers Company in Colonel Jedidiah Huntington's Regiment who being promoted to a General, said Regiment was Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Prentice & he & the recruits were collected or mustered in April after and put under the Command of Major Sill & joining the Army at Morristown in New Jersey as the Army lay at Brunswick; - the British removed to New York & the American Army crossed the North River and encamped at Peekskill until the British went to the Chesapeake and General Washington marched by Land to meet them & had the Battle of Brandywine about which time said Regiment left Peekskill and joined the main army soon after the Battle of Germantown - The British wintered in

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Philadelphia the winter after and the American Army at Valley forge- the June following, the British Army moving for New York were attacked by the American Army and had the Battle of Monmouth, and that on the American Army to moving, he the deponent had orders to remain and did remain at Valley Forge to take care of the invalids and rejoined his Regiment soon after the Regiment crossed the North River - He recollects of no battle that year afterward - The British lay the ensuing winter in New York and part of the American Army at Reding in in Connecticut, and that during that winter and he believes on or about the 2d day of January 1779 he received a discharge from the Army, having hired a man to take his place as will more fully appear by his discharge and the Certificate of his having hired a man to take his place on file in the office of the Secretary of War forwarded in the early part of the year 1818, to obtain a pension or allowance under the Act of Congress passed March 18th 1818-
And he further saith that according to his best recollection he made his first declaration on oath in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 on or about the 7th day of April 1818 and that the number of his pension Certificate is 2100, and that he has regularly received his pension under said Certificate up to, and including the half year ending March 4th 1820-
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with interest thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United

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States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed & by me Subscribed-

And the said Asa Burnham on his oath aforesaid further declares that he was [illegible] a Sadle & Harnessmaker and pursued the same after his discharge from the Army till about ten years ago when age and adverse fortune led him almost wholly to abandon it;- since which he has been able to labour part of the time and by working on the land of one of his relatives and the assistance and aid of his friends he has been enabled to provide in a plain and frugal manner, support for himself and his wife Lucy aged Sixty four years or thereabouts and who is withal infirm & his daughter Charlotte aged about seventeen years and who is rather feeble than robust, which is all that his family Consist of residing with him ~
Asa Burnham
Sworn to and declared on the 4th day of July before
John Grover, John Beardsley &
Rufus Sheldon, Judges of Cayuga Common pleas.

A Schedule subscribed by Asa Burnham of Scipio in the County of Cayuga Containing his whole Estate and income (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted) to wit-
Real Estate, Houses, lands or tenements, Cattle, Horses, Sheep or Swine - I have none -
Household furniture, I have,

1 Beauro [Bureau], 40 years old - $6.00 |  2 pine chests - $4.00
2 Common Tables - 6.00 | 1 Candle Stand - 2.00
9 Common Chairs - 5.00  | 1 plain looking glass - 2.00
1 small pine Cupboard - 1.50 | 2 Wash Tubs - 0.75

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5 Meat Tubs & Bands - $2.50 6 plain Coffee Cups  & saucers $1.00 [written over ".75"]
3 small tubs - 1.00  9 tea Cups & saucers - 0.75
1 Two part Kettle - 2.05 2 tea pots - 0.75
1 Bake pan - 1.50 1 Coffee pot - 0.30
1 Teakettle - 0.75 2 Sugar Bowls - 0.36
1 Spider - 0.50 1 Wash dish - 0.12 1/2
1 Skillet - 0.25 2 Milk Cups - 0.12 1/2
6 Milk pans, brown Earthen 1.50 1 Quart decanter - 0.25
4 pots do do - 0.50 1 pint do - 0.18
1 pitcher do do - 0.12 1/2 1 pint tumbler - 0.09
Sundry small articles of old tin ware of about the value of two dollars - 2.00 6 wine Glasses - 0.37 1/2
6 small old silver teaspoons 2.50
1 pair common shovel & tongs 2.00
1 pair of And Irons - 2.00
A few knives, awls, hammers  such like articles being part of the tools formerly used in his trade of Saddle & harnessmaker worth about four dollars 4.00 1 stone Jar - 0.36
2 Glass Bottles - 0.25
3 pine pails - 0.50
9 Knives & forks - 1.50
6 large black tin aprons 0.25
2 Common earthen platters 0.25
3 large plates - 0.25
27 table plates of all sizes - 1.68 1/2
2 pitchers - 0.30
Asa Burnham
Dated July 4th 1820

State of New York
Cayuga County ss; I James Glover, clerk of the Court of Common pleas in & for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Thirty two Dollars and Eighty two cents. And I do further Certify that the said Court is a Court of Record, acting according to the course of the Common Law, having a jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, possessing the power of fine & imprisonment

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keeping a Record of its proceedings, and having a seal.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this fourth day of July, Eighteen hundred & twenty.
James Glover Clerk
of the Court of Com pleas of
- Cayuga County

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Children of Asa Burnham
Pensioner under act
1832 Cayuga Co
s [illegible, crossed out] if [illegible] & [illegible]

J D Woodward Atty

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State of New York County of Cayuga
On this 18th day of October 1853 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Charlotte M Smith
a resident of the town of Ledyard - in said County aged fifty years and made oath according to law that she is directly interested in a claim against the United States for certain arrears or increase of pension, supposed to be due to the Child or Children of Asa Burnham of New York a deceased pensioner of the U S.
and she hereby appoints J. DOUGLAS WOODWARD, Counsellor at Law, of Plattsburg, N. Y., her Attorney to prosecute said claim, and examine all papers and documents in relation thereto, on file in any of the Departments at
Washington City or elsewhere, and to receive from the officer authorised to issue the same, a certificate for any arrears or increase of pension to which Deponent may be entitled, and to do all other acts and things in and about obtaining such arrears or increase of pension as Depenont might or could do, were she personally present at the doing thereof; and she hereby revokes all former powers if any inconsistent with the above, and authorizes her said Attorney to appoint Attorneys, one or more, under him, for any or all the purposes aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever Deponent's said Attorney or those appointed under him shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises. In witness whereof the said Deponent has hereunto set her hand
and seal the day and year first above written.
In the presence of
Chas Campbell
Charlotte M. Smith

Sworn to, Subsribed and Acknowledged, before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and I believe the Deponent to be directly interested in the claim above mentioned, and the identical person therein alleged and described, and I have no interest in the result of said claim and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Chas Campbell Justice Peace.
of Cayuga County

State of New York County of Cayuga ss. I, the subscriber ^Dep Clerk of said County, certify that Chas Campbell before whom the above affidavit and Power was sworn and acknowledged on the 13th day of October 1853 was at said time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified, and that I verily believe his signature above written to be genuine; and I have no interest in the result of the claim to which the foregoing paper relates, and am not concerned in its prosecution. Witness my hand and official seal at Auburn
in said County this 15th day of October 1853.
[L. S.] Thos B. Hudson Dep Clerk
Cayuga Co

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January 24, 1934

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BA-J/EEL [illegible]
Asa Burnham-9.12371

Mrs. John Kitchen
Walnut Creek
California

Dear Madam

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Asa Burnham, a soldier of the Revolutionary War and a pensioner.

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.12371, based upon the military service of Asa Burnham in that war.

Asa Burnham was born August 28, 1753, in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, and lived there and at Preston, Connecticut, until the Revolution.

He enlisted at Norwich or at Preston, Connecticut, in July, 1775, and served six months as sergeant in Captain William Belcher's Company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connecticut Regiment: he enlisted in 1776, just after the retreat of the American Army from New York, and served until after the battle of White Plains: officers' names and exact dates for this service not given: he enlisted about March 1, 1777, received a sergeant's warrant and served in that rank in Captain William Belcher's and Ebenezer Perkins' Companies, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's 1" Connecticut Regiment and was discharged January 2, 1779.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, while residing in Scipio, Cayuga County, New York.

In 1820, soldier stated that his family then residing with him consisted of his wife, Lucy, aged about sixty-four years and his daughter, Charlotte, aged about seventeen years. He did not give the maiden name of his wife nor the date of their marriage and there are no further data in regard to her.

[Handwritten in right margin]
Did not use Col. Prentice's [illegible] as they were never higher than Lt Col & the Regt. had three full Colonels Starr, Durkee & Butler The latter serving until 1783

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In 1839, Asa Burnham was residing in Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York.

In 1853, Charlotte M. Smith, a resident of Ledyard, New York, made affidavit in behalf of the children of Asa Burnham, but did not give their names nor state whether she was related to the family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Asa Burnham (S.12371), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:

Asa Burnham, Certificate No. 295, issued October 16, 1832, rate $110 per annum, commenced March 4, 1832, Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.


-2-

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Dec. 18, 1895
Mil. histy to
Mr W. C. Ford, Treasury
1910 July 6 Hist to Mrs. Elisha E. Rogers. V.L.M.
1934 - Jan 24 - Hist to Mrs John Kitchen - EEL

12371.
Rev War
INVALID.

File No. 12, 371
Asa Burnham
Sergt Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. A, Page 52
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. DIV.
MEMORANDA.

Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
1 Full name of soldier:
Asa Burnham
2 Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Shaftsbury, Vermont
3 Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Aurora, Cayuga Co. N. Y.
4 Date of death (as near as possible):
January 1st 1846
5 Christian name of widow:
Lucy (Huntington)
7 Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Yes - He received pension.
Remarks:
He is said by his immediate family to have been a Major in the Revolutionary army & to have drawn a U.S. pension until his death.
Full name and address.
Worthington C. Ford
Treasury Department
Washington D C
6-870

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A.O.T 3-871
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Briefed by A. MacD. 29/6/10
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Asa Burnham
Service NH, ; Conn
Additional Service  Rev.
No claim, State records , 191
No claim, combination records , 191

REMARKS:

Inv. File No. 12371 (Conn)
no others
Wid. File No. 15616 (NH.)
No others
No. Rej. sent for

6-1944  Chief Division

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Card is Right except Charlotte M. Smith shld not be put in as a child

Return to use
AW

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2100
New York

Asa Burnham
Sergeant  4
Connecticut line 77 to 78
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of -8- Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 of April 1818-

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th of Aug. 1818 and Sent to Seneca Wood-
Aurora- Cayuga Co. NY-

Arrearages to 4th Sept 1818 -
4 mos. 28/30th - $39.46

{Revolutionary claims,
Act 18th March, 1818,}

Continued

Col. Huntington

Scipio Cayuga Co.

[very faint, right page] Certificate sent to S. Wood Esq 26 Feby [illegible]

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Payable on the 4th March and 4th Septr of each year, at the Branch Bank, US New York City ---

2100

Recorded

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WAR DEPARTMENT.

Revolutionary Claim

I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18th March 1818 Asa Burnham - - - - late a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution - - - is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of eight dollars - cents per month, to commence on the 7th day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen -

GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this Eighth day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighteen

J. C. Calhoun
Secy of War

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July August 20
Pension Office

22 mo.

drop him from old Rate

$110 per ann.

Asa Burnham

Aurora N.Y  Free
July 28
Hon
Lewis Cass
Secretary at War
Washington City

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Town of Ledyard, County of Cayuga and State of New York July 26. 1832

Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary at War
of the United States of
America

Sir
Having observed the act of Congress of the 7. June 1832 Supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and soldiers of the revolution" and the instructions founded therein, I, enclose, surrender and return to you my certificate for a pension under the Act of 18. March 1818. at the rate of eight dollars per month and request to be supplied instead thereof with new certificate at the rate of twelve dollars per month commencing from the 4th day of March 1831. pursuant to the aforesaid supplementary acts-
I, hereby agree and admit that I, have received my former pension at the rate of eight dollars per month until the 4th day of March last
My rank was that of sergeant in Captain William Belchers company in the first Connecticut Regiment of Infantry of Continental troops as will appear by my discharge filed in your office in the year 1818
I, reside in the town County and State aforesaid and request all communications to be made to me there, name of the Post office Aurora 
Yours Respectfully

Asa Burnham

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Free

Aurora
July 10

Hon John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War,
Washington City.

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Aurora, Cay. Co. July 9th. 1820.

Sir,

Enclosed are the proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas of Cayuga County (New York) in relation to the claim of Asa Burnham of Scipio, in sd. County, to be continued upon the Pension list.

Any communication from you on the subject may be directed to me, at the Post-office "Aurora Cayuga County New York"-

I am Sir, very respectfully
Your Most Obdt & very
Humble Servant

Seneca Wood.

Hon. J. C. Calhoun

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Free

Aurora July 10

Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secretary in the War Department
City of Washington

[sideways] Correct

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Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secretary at War

Sir

The enclosed were returned to Seneca Wood who originally forwarded them to you to obtain additional certificates from the Judges which in the absence Mr. Wood I, have attended to and desire that the voucher if any is granted by Government may be transmitted to him or me at this place
I am sir your
Obdt. Servt
E Burnham

Aurora N. Y. July 15. 1818

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State of New York
Cayuga County Ss; Asa Burnham of the Town of Scipio in the County of Cayuga and State aforesaid to me well Known being duly sworn deposeth and saith that in the latter part of February or the fore part of March in the year 1777, he enlisted as a Soldier for during the ^late Revolutionary war then existing between Great Britain and the then Colonies of North America now United States of America on the Continental establishment in the line of the State of Connecticut in a Batallion or Regiment commanded by Colonel Jedediah Huntington and in Captain William Belchers company and after so enlisting pursuant to General orders was inoculated for and had the Small pox and joined the army in the month of April 1777. and was soon afterwards appointed a Sergeant in said company and had a warrant to that effect which he retained during and many years after the war but which is now lost or destroyed
That having faithfully done his duty until late in the year 1778. he became desirous of leaving the army and proposed to the said Jedediah Huntington Who then was a Brigadier General in the line of Connecticut on the Continental establishment to be discharged on procuring a man to take his place during the remainder of the War to which he assented upon which the deponent employed Moses Canory for that purpose and on the thirtieth day of December 1778. procured him to enlisted for during the war in the [illegible] and Stead of deponent in the Company to which deponent belonged said Company then being under the Command of Captain Ebenezer Perkins of which John Tiffany was Lieutenant in a Regiment or Batallion then commanded by Colonel Sill a resident of Lyme in Connecticut - and on said Moses Canoreys enlisting as aforesaid received the Certificate hereto annexed marked A. from the said Lieutenant

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John Tiffany at Reading in Connecticut where the Army were in Winter Quarters the field officers and the said Captain Ebenezer Perkins being absent from Camp - which Certificate the deponent carried to said Colonel Sill at Lyme who gave it back to deponent with a line to said Brigadier General Jedediah Huntington who was then at home in Norwich which certificate & line was delivered to him & he returned said certificate to deponent and gave him the discharge also hereto annexed marked B. from which time and not before deponent quit the service of his Country.
This deponent further Saith that he was sixty four years old the 28th day of August last & was born in Norwich in New London County and State of Connecticut and resided there and at Preston in the same County until he enlisted as aforesaid and never lived without the United States-
That he now is and long since hath been extremely reduced in circumstances and hath no estate excepting a few articles of household Stuff and needs the support [crossed out] assistance of his country for support

Asa Burnham

Subscribed and sworn ~ ~
before me Barnabas ~ ~
Smith one of the Judges of ~
the Court of Common pleas ~
in and for the County of Cayuga
in the State of New York This
7th day of April 1818.
Barn. Smith

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State of New York  Cayuga County Ss;  Be it remembered that on this Seventh day of April 1818 personally came and appeared before me Barnabas Smith Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Cayuga Asa Burnham to me Known and subscribed and made oath to the preceeding deposition-     
And I further certify that I have been well acquainted with the said Asa Burnham for upwards of Twenty years and that during the period aforesaid he hath Sustained a good moral character and is entitled to full belief and credit - which knowledge, his deposition and the vouchers hereto annexed is to me entirely satisfactory evidence that the said Asa Burnham served his country in the late Revolutionary War against the common enemy on the Continental establishment in the line of Connecticut from April in the year 1777 until December 1778 and was then honorably discharged from service and is entitled to & needs the assistance of his country for support -   
Given under my hand at Scipio in the County and State aforesaid the day and year aforesaid    
Barnabas Smith      
I Barnabas Smith one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for Cayuga County in the State of New York do also certify that I am well satisfied that said Asa Burnham the above named applicant is in indigent circumstances and needs the support of his Country Given under my hand at Scipio in the County aforesaid this 13th day of July 1818   Barna Smith

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State of New York
County of Cayuga I hereby certify that Barnabas Smith Esquire before whom the within Affidavit appears to have been made, was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County acting under the authority of this State, that full faith and credit are due to his Official acts in that Capacity and that his Signature, thereto subscribed is Genuine. In testimony whereof I  have hereto affixed the seal of said County the ninth day of April 1818
E. T. Throop Clk
pr. J. D. Casey Dep Clk

Asa Burnham
Application for a Pension under the Act of 18. March 1818

Found on the Connt. rolls. - The judge is desired to certify that he is satisfied [underlined] the applicant is in indigent circumstances and needs the support of his country. 

Jno. C. Calhoun Secy. War

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Asa Burnham
Application for a Pension under the Act of 18. March 1818

Found on the Connt. rolls. - The judge is desired to certify that he is satisfied the applicant is in indigent circumstances and needs the support of his country.

Jno. C. Calhoun Secy. War

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B     Data 15616      
WORTHINGTON C. FORD,     
CHIEF OF BUREAU.      
Treasury Department,       
BUREAU OF STATISTICS.     
WASHINGTON, D. C.,     Nov. 12, 1895 
[stamp] SECOND DEPUTY DEC 14 1895 COMMISSIONER      
Hon. Wm. Lochren,     
Commissioner of Pensions.      
My Dear Sir: May I ask if there is any record in your office of one Asa Burnham whose service in the Revolution entitled him to a pension, which he was said to have enjoyed many years. He came from one of the New England states, New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts, I do not know which. Any expense entailed in the matter I shall be very glad to pay.     
Respectfully yours, 
Worthington C. Ford

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WORTHINGTON C. FORD,
CHIEF OF BUREAU.

SECOND DEPUTY
DEC 14 1895
COMMISSIONER

Treasury Department,
BUREAU OF STATISTICS.

WASHINGTON, D. C.,
Dec. 12, 1895

My Dear Sir:

I return the papers relating to Major Asa Burnham, with the request that your records be examined for any information concerning his service they may contain.

Respectfully yours,
Worthington C. Ford

Hon. Wm. Lochren,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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MRS. JOHN KITCHEN
WALNUT CREEK
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
CALIFORNIA

Jan 13-1934.

Should you please send me what data you can of Asa Burnham [underlined] Sergeant, who was a pensioner of Revolutionary War.

Very truly,

(Mrs) John Kitchen

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99 Division Street,
Norwich, Conn., 
June 25, 1910.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.:

Dear Sir:
At the time of the Revolution, an Asa Burnham served in the war and belonged in Preston, Connecticut. Later, he is called "sergeant". He removed in 1779, to Vermont, as shown by a record in lists published by the Connecticut Historical Society. Under the act of 1818, in the list of pensioners (Connecticut) residing in the state of New York, is the name of Serg. Asa Burnham. Would you kindly oblige me with the facts concerning this Asa Burnham, his birth, birth-place, death, or any particulars, so that he may be positively distinguished from the Asa Burnham of Litchfield.

Your kindness will be greatly appreciated.

Yours truly,
Mrs. Elisha E. Rogues.

JUN 27 1910

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O. W. & N. Div.
F. S.
M. E. C.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., November 22, 1895.

SECOND DEPUTY
DEC 14 1895
COMMISSIONER

Sir:

In response to your request for information relative to Asa Burnham, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that the data given is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make a satisfactory search for his services. For purposes of identification you will please fill out the enclosed slip as fully as possible and return the same to this Bureau, together with your letter of November 12th.


Very respectfully,
Wm Lochren
Commissioner.


Worthington C. Ford, Esq.,
Chief, Bureau of Statistics,
Treasury Department,
City.

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-sion on file in this Bureau. Asa Burnham Sur. File 12371 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.   July 1775   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  6 months    RANK.  Sgt.    OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  CAPTAIN William Belcher in the militia at Kingsbridge   COLONEL Jedidiah Huntington  STATE Conn

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.   Fall 1776   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  6 months    RANK.      OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  CAPTAIN William Belcher in the militia at Kingsbridge  COLONEL Jedidiah Huntington  STATE Conn

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Feby or March 1777   LENGTH OF SERVICE. Jany 2, 1779     RANK.      OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  CAPTAIN William Belcher, Ebenezer Perkins      COLONEL Jedidiah Huntington, Sill  STATE 

Battles engaged in
Residence of soldier at enlistment    lived at Norwich and Preston Conn until he enlisted     
Date of application for pension  Apr. 7 1818.  This cl. was al.
Residence at date of application    Scipio, Cayuga Co N. Y.
Age at date of application   born at Norwich New London Co. Conn.  Aug 28, 1753   Date of death is not stated
Remarks:     Soldier’s wife Lucy  was 64 years old in 1820.   In 1853 Charlotte M. Smith a resident of Ledyard  Cayuga Co. N. Y. Aged 50 years filed a Power of Attorney in the interest of the children of Asa Burnham deceased.
Very Respectfully,

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O. W. & N. Division.
E.S.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
December 13, 1895.

Sir:

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of ASA BURNHAM 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.

DATE OF ENLISTMENT | LENGTH | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED | STATE
OR APPOINTMENT | OF SERVICE  | | CAPTAIN | COLONEL |

He first enlisted in July, 1776, and served six scales as a sergent in Capt. Wm. Belcher's company, of Col. Jedediah Huntington's regiment; in 1778, served a short time in the militia of King's Bridge - officer's names not stated; in Feb. or March, 1777, enlisted as a private for during the war in Capt. Wm. Belcher's company, Col. Huntington's regiment, joined the army in April, following and was soon promoted to sergent; served until late in the year 1778, when he decided to leave the army and, having hired a substitute named Moses Canory to take his place, he was discharged on Jan. 2, 1779. Capt. Ebenezer Perkins was then in command of his company.

Battles engaged in, None mentioned.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Norwich, or Preston Conn.

Date of application for pension. April 7. 1818

Residence at date of application, Scipio, N.Y. Scipio, N.Y.

Age at date of application, Sixty-four years on Aug. 23, 1832

Remarks:  Born in Norwich, Conn.

Very respectfully,
Mr. W. C. Ford,
Bureau of Statistics, 
Treas. Dept.


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Commissioner.