Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1220, Wolcott Burnham, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Burnham, Wolcott Woolcott Sarah B.
W. 1220
B. L. Wt. 16259-160-55-
CONTENTS

N. D. 3404 Vermont
Woolcott Burnham
of Addison in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Judd of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wylllys in the Connecticut line, for the term of three years from the year 1778 to the year 1781
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 6. day of May 1818 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 6. of October 1818. and sent to Judge Rootlitt. Middlebury. Vermont
Continued on the Roll on 6th day of March 1829. and notification sent to Genl. H. at Seymour Present Pension commencing on the 12. of February 1829.
Amount due on 4th of Sept 1829. }
$ 51. 60
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, & May 1, 1820.
N. D. 4 March 1819
Col. C. Col. H. No. 11. May 27. 1847

1695 Moment Burlington Sarah B. Burnham widow of Woolcott
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 90 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818.
3 rd February 1853 Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Sept r / 53 sent to
Pensioner Lincoln Addison Co. Vt.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 22, 1815 , Page 25 Vol. A Feb y 3 rd / 53
1818
C. G.
Dr. George T. Wood, Feb y 4. 1853.

134983 } Set Mar 3/32 May 16/33
Sarah B. Burnham widow Nolcott Burnham put Pension
Sarah B. Burnham (wid) Nolcott, Pension Col. S.B. sp
May 16/33 Cont. line Revolution War
118-160 A. Feb 15/75-6,
Mr. sp
ms
Henry C Perkins Rutland Vermont
Vol. B2-139.-o

State of Vermont } District of New Haven } 1/2
On this 14 day of March AD 1853 personally appeared before the probate court for the district of New Haven Sarah B Burnham a resident of Lincoln in the County of Addison and State of Vermont aged Seventy seven years, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed February 3 rd 1833, that she is the widow of Woteall Burnham who was a private soldier and served in the revolutionary War for the term of two years or more and as she believes he served on the Connecticut Continental line but under what officers she can not say - she believes that he resided in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut when he entered the service and that he was placed upon the pension roll at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum on the 6 th day of October 1818 and that he was dropped under the Act of May 1 st 1820 and restored again commencing on the 12 day of February 1829 and continued to draw the same up to the 4 th day of September previous to his death and as she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim she would refer to the declaration of the said Woteall Burnham and the evidence on which he was pensioned to substantiate her claim.
She further declares that she was married to the said Woteall Burnham in Bristol in the County of Addison and State of Vermont on the

First day of June an thousand eight hundred and thirty four by Henry Green a Baptist Clergyman that her husband the Reverend Nathaniel Washburn died on the 23 day of January AD 1849 in the town of Lincoln aforesaid; that she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place on the 13 th day of June AD 1834 as above stated; she further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension, and that she has no record, and does not know of any record of her said marriage either public or private
Sarah B. Burnham mark
Henry Palmer Erastus G. Palmer
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before Harvey Merrill Judge
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Sarah B. Burnham and that she is a credible person and I further certify that the said Nathaniel Burnham & Sarah B. Burnham lived together as husband & wife all of my recent neighbors Harvey Merrill Judge

State of Vermont. Probate Court District of New Hampshire
I hereby certify that Henry Merrill Esq r is the Judge of the Probate Court for the districts of New Haven and that his signature to the foregoing certificate is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said
Court at Vergennes
the 21 st day of March 1853
Starpoint Registered

Woolcott Burnham,
Declaration de Ut
Comet —

State of Vermont ss -
On this 6 th day of May 1818 before me the subscri- -ber one of the judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, personally appears Woolcott Burnham, aged fifty six years, resident in Bristol in the County of Addison and State of Vermont - who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" that he the said Wool- cott Burnham enlisted into the service of the United States, in Connecticut, in the month of January 1778 in a company commanded by Capt. Judd, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Wyllys, for the term of three years, and continued to serve in said corps, at the White Plains, Horse Neck, West Point, Ver- Plank's Point, and in the Jerseys, - for the term of three years - the period for which he enlisted, and that he was honorably discharged in the

The month of January 1781 at West Point in the State of New York -
That he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for such port - and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services
I own to and declare before me, the day and year aforesaid Joel Doolittle
State of Vermont ss
Joel Doolittle Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Wool- cott Burnham, did serve in the Revolu- tionary War, as stated in the preceding de- claration, against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony had and taken before me, to the Secretary of the Department of War. Pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress - Joel Doolittle

State of Vermont } Addison ss. } Darius Matthews Clerk of the Supreme Court of the state of Vermont within and for the County of Addison Do certify that the Hon. Joel Doolittle is a judge of the said Supreme Court and that the foregoing is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Court this 9 th day of May A.D. 1818.
Darius Matthews

134.988-
BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Claim of Sarah B. Burnham
Widow of Nathan Burnham.
PRESENTED BY
Henry O. Perkins Rutland Vt.
that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and seal of Office, at
this 12 th day of April 1855. J. M. Chapman
Clerk.

Know all Men by these presents That I Sarah B. Bingham of Lincoln County of Addison and State of Vermont and widow of Wolcott Bingham deceased, who was a soldier in the service of the United States, do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Henry C. Perkins of Rutland Vermont - my true and lawful attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate, or warrant, due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the United States, under existing laws granting Bounty Lands to the officers and soldiers, or their widows and minor heirs, for services rendered in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, an attorney, or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises, as much so as if present myself.
Signed & sealed in our presence En witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty eighth day of March 185 5
Thomas J. Bingham
Sarah B. Bingham
Isaac Allen
Acknowledged and subscribed before me, a Notary Public in and for the County of Rutland and State of Vermont this 28 th day of March 185 5
P. M. Sayles Notary Public
Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF VERMONT,
COUNTY OF Rutland } ss.
I G. H. Hopkins Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned do hereby certify, that P. M. Sayles whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration, affidavit and power of attorney is, and was at the time of signing the same a Notary Public - in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and seal of Office, at Rutland this 12 th day of April 185 5
G. H. Hopkins
Clerk.
PRESENTED BY Mary O. Perkins Widow of Wolcott Bingham
Widow of Wolcott Bingham
Claim of Sarah B. Bingham
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
BOUNTY LAND.
134.933-

FORM OF DECLARATION
TO BE MADE BY THE WIDOW OF A DECEASED PERSON WHO HAS NOT HAD A LAND WARRANT.
State of Vermont,
County of Rutland ss.
On this Twenty eighth day of March A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid, Sarah B. Burnham aged Seventy-nine years, a resident of Lincoln in the State of Vermont who being duly sworn, according to law, declares that she is the widow of Wolcott Burnham deceased, who was a private in the revolutionary war, and for a long time before his decease was a revolutionary Pensioner. That Wolcott Burnham her husband died some time in February, she thinks in 1848; and that since his decease she has made applications for and received from the United States a pension; and that her first installment in the fall of 1853 - that Henry Mansel of Bristol Vermont made her application for said pension; and she has not the papers in her possession which she can refer to the records of the pension used on her aforesaid application; but can do so in case they cannot otherwise be found - she refers to said proof then used to prove her marriage, to prove the date of his application - She further states that she was married to the said Wolcott Burnham in Bristol in the month day of June A. D. 1834, by one Henry Green a Minister of the Gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah B. Burnham that her said husband died at Lincoln in the month day of February (she thinks) A. D. 1848 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d. 1855. She further declares that she has never made any other application, then this under any law of Congress and has never received any land warrant.
Sarah B. Burnham
We, Isaac Allen and Thomas J. Bingham residents of Lincoln in the State of Vermont upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the aforesaid Sarah B. Burnham in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Thomas J. Bingham
Isaac Allen
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
PM Sayles Notary Public
Justice of the Peace.

1 May 1820 209- Wolcott Burnham's Schedule Vc.
in letter 9 July 1825 to S. Duff - also 1 st schedule. 28 Jan. 1825 to Hon. H. Seymour & 26 May 1826 to Hon. H. Seymour clear: 1819-
Hon. Mr. Seymour, Senate

State of Vermont } On this 14 th day of January A.D. 1823, personally District of Addison } appeared before the Probate Court for said District of Addison (expressly made a Court of record by the laws of this State) in open Court, Wolcott Burnham, aged sixty two years resident in Lincoln in the County of Addison, late of Bristol in said County, who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows, - that he enlisted for the term of three years, in the month of January 1778, at Fishkill in the State of New York, in the company commanded by Capt. Judd, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wyllys, in General Parsons brigade in the line of the State of Connecticut - That he continued to serve in said Corps until the latter part of December 1780, or the first part of January 1781, when he was discharged from said service, at or near Westpoint in the State of New York; That he afterwards served for eight months under an engagement for that period: - That the date of his original declaration is the 6 th day of May 1818, and the number of his pension certificate 3404.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820, I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 intent 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 and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18 th 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

and by me subscribed.     1 Iron pot  1.25    1 Birkettle  .75    1 Small Spider  .50    5 Knives & Forks  .50    4 Old kitchen Chairs  .67    1 Old Cherry Table  1.00    1 Old Candlestand  .34    1 Pine Chest with drawers  1.00    1 Old pine chest  .34    1 Old Scapot  .25    3 Tea cups & Saucers  .20     6.80   
   1 Fire Shovel  .80    6 Old earthen plates  .36    1 Old pewter platter  .20    2 Old pewter plates  .20    2 Earthen Bowls  .17    1 Old wooden plough  1.00    1 Old brass kettle, worn out     Worth nothing but for old brass  1.00     3.43   
6.80 3.43 10.43
Wolcott Burnham.
And the said declarant, on his oath aforesaid further says that I am by occupation a farmer - that for several years I have been afflicted with Rheumatism in my limbs, which has increased upon me, until I am not now able to labour at all, and some part of the time am not able to leave my house, that I have a wife, aged 60 years, who is afflicted with the dropsy & is unable as not to be able to labour - one daughter, Esther, who will be eighteen years in May next, has always been feeble & afflicted with fits, and one Grand daughter, Mary Parenton, aged eight years, the child of a daughter, who was left poor sick & deranged, with a large family; the said Mary Parenton & her mother, I undertook to support; the rest of the family were taken charge of by the Town, as paupers; and the mother has now so far recovered as to support herself! That notwithstanding my poverty, I have endeavoured to support myself & family by my labour & the assistance of my children; and did not intend to apply for the renewal of my pension, as long as I could subsist without it; but my children have now all gone from me, except as above mentioned, and I am unable to labour, and have no means

30 of Subsistence except public or private charity.
36 Sworn to & declared on the 14 th day of January 1825
20 Before the Court aforesaid
20 Sam d Swift, Judge of the Probate Court.
1.00 43 80 43 I, John Simmens, Register of the Probate Court for the District of Addison in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Noliott Barnham did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy for the term of more than nine months under one engagement, on the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto 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 Ten dollars & 23 Cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 15 th day of January 1825.
John Simmens, Register

December 8, 1931
Reference is made to the Revolutionary War service of Wolcott Burnham and wife, Sarah, who was allowed pension on her application executed March 12, 1834, at which time she was seventy-seven years of age and was living in Lincoln, Vermont.
BA-J/MCS Am
Miss Jessie Burnham 3423 Lime Street Riverside, California
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of November 7, 1931, requesting information in regard to soldiers of the Revolution and the War of 1812.
The data which follow are obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 1220 , based upon the Revolutionary War service of Wolcott Burnham .
While living in Litchfield County, Connecticut, he enlisted in January, 1778, and served until January, 1781, as private in Captain Judd's Company in Colonel Wylllys' Connecticut Regiment. He afterwards served eight months as private, officers not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 6, 1818, at which time he was fifty-six years of age and was a resident of Bristol, Addison County, Vermont.
He died January 23, 1849, in Lincoln, Addison County, Vermont.
In 1825 he referred to his wife, her name not given, as being sixty years of age and to a daughter, Esther, born in May, 1807, and another daughter, name not stated, who had a child, Mary Purinton, who was eight years of age. He also referred to his son, Almon S., and two other sons, names not designated, and to his son-in-law, Paul Taylor.
Wolcott Burnham married June 1, 1834, at Bristol, Vermont, Sarah B. Palmer, and the marriage was performed at the home of her son, Banet B. Dean.

On account of the Revolutionary War service of Wolcott Burnham, his widow, Sarah , was allowed pension on her application executed March 18, 1853, at which time she was seventy-seven years of age and was living in Lincoln, Vermont.
In 1853 one Lorinda Bloss, aged thirty-three years, stated that she was the daughter of Sarah B. Burnham and that she was present at the marriage of her mother and Wolcott Burnham which was in the home of her half brother.
In 1825 one Orin Burnham was living at Starksboro, Addison County, Vermont, and one Oliver W. Burnham was living in Lincoln, Vermont, relation to soldier not stated.
The War of 1812 records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to pension having been claimed on account of service of Oliver W. Burnham and Amos Gill.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Rev Mar
WIDOW, &c.
1909 Dec. 3 Hist. to Mrs. Ella F. Gregory. V. 24. 1916 Aug. 14 Hist. to Mr. W. R. Burnham 1921 Dec. 8. Hist. to Miss Jessie Burnham. See records in Rev. Ch. Oliver Burnham 815-333. Yes
File No. 12120
Sarah B. Burnham Widow Woodcott Burnham Rev. Rev. was
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. A , Page 100
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ No. 259
J Mrs. A. A. A.

Dear
Return this letter to Hon Mr Hardy with a proper answer. I have
Feb. 4. 1852
John Gladstone Esq Washington City D.C.

June 11. 1853
Ms. A. 2. 2. 202 App't. of Sarah B.
Burnham. widow of Lev Alcott Burnham Addison County Vermont:
Ms. 19
Act 3 d Feb. 1853
Rev:
Adm l $46 per annum Commencing 3 d Feb. 1853
Claimant Lincoln Addison Co: Vermont
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business
Good case of damage Paul St. Co.

Feb 18 BRISTOL JUN 1 V.I.
FREE
Hon S P Waldo
Cambrian of Pennsylvania
Washington City D.C.

3404.
Vermont Roll- 4
Woolcott Burnham Wyllyp's Private - Regim. Connecticut line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of October 1818 and sent to Joel Doolittle Esq r Judge - Middlebury, Vermont.
Arrears to 4th of Sept - 1818. 3m th  \frac{26}{31} \frac{4}{30} --- 31:75 Semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 th March 1819 --- 48: $ 79:75.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 years
Bristol, Addison Co.

Nov. 14/53, (F);
Boyle

1695, Vermont, Sarah B. Burnham widow of Waxcott, who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private , Ct Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 90 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 2 nd day of Sept. '53, and sent to
Pensioner, Lincoln, Vt.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 25 Vol. A
Examined with Orig. Rolls Aug. 1883 M.G.

As the origin of the debt the claimant to from Almon C. Burnham of $510, does not appear to have been shewn, and there is no evidence to shew that it was a bona fide debt, this case must have been admitted under the New Regulations.

Pension Office Aug 24/53
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was last paid; and (if in your power) the date of his death.
Very respectfully Your Obed Servt
S. M. Waldo
H Cannipions
F. Burt Esq. } 3 rd Auditor } Present }
(See other side.)

Walcott Burnham, Act 18 th March 1818. $8. p. m. — Died 23 d January 1849. — Paid to his death.
J. Bush Auditor.

Application to be continued, under act 1 May, 1820, Woolcot Burnham,
Vermont,
Private, Served 3 years from January, 1778. —
A few articles of furniture. ————— $10. 43
States that he has endeavoured to support himself by his labor and the assistance of his children, but that they have now left him and he is unable to subsist without the aid of his country, or private charity. Schedule dated 14 Jan. 1825,
Makes the following statement in a subsequent affidavit dated 5 June 1825, States that on the 18 th of March 1818 he was possessed of a lot of land containing 135 acres situated on the Green Mountain, that it is nearly inaccessible a small unfinished house & barn thereon for a long time has endeavoured to sell the same, thinks no person would have given $600 for it in cash, — that it is a cold rough, stoney and hilly farm, and was wholly inadequate to the support of claimant and family, with all the labor he was able to employ upon it. States that he owed Henry Soper Esq. toward said farm three notes of hand, which, with the interest to 9 th Dec. 1823, amounted to $510, and a part or the whole of a $100 note, dated 27 Apr. 1812, which said Soper had sold to another man. — he also owed James Hooper, a considerable amount, but how much he cannot recollect, towards a lot of lands which claimant bought of him and which he sold to said Soper in part payment for the farm first above mentioned, and which was secured by mortgage to said Hooper, on the land sold to Soper, and which claimant was bound to discharge. That he also owed other debts which he is not now able to specify, all of which amounted to a greater sum than it was possible to get for his farm and all the other property he owned. That in March 1818 he had two or three cows and a few sheep, which he had taken from other persons, and which he was bound to return to them. That all he owned was sold 9 th Dec. 1823, for the payment of debts & expenses, States that knowing himself

to be wholly unable to discharge his debts or support his family and his liability to have the whole taken from him, which would be inadequate to pay his debts, and he himself sent to goad. He persuaded his son Almon S. Burnham to purchase the farm and pay his debts, states that his son had then been absent from him about five years, and had been enabled by his industry to collect $800 or $900, this he persuaded him to invest in the purchase of said farm, although he thinks his son could have better disposed of his money, his only inducement was to relieve claimant from his distressed situation, states that as near as could be ascertained at that time the debts amounted to $1200, all of which he agreed to pay and discharge the consideration of the deed was accordingly made at $1200, states that he has procured the affidavits of as many of his creditors as he has been able to do. States that so far from disposing of his property for the purpose of procuring a pension, he did not, at that time intend ever to make application for a pension, and intended as far as was in his power to support himself and family by his own labor or depend on the charity of friends, but on account of his infirmities and the sickness of his family he is not able to do much towards their subsistence. — Copy of deed exhibited, dated 9 th Dec 1823, Almon S. Burnham's affidavit exhibited, states that he paid to the creditors of claimant $1199, 94, their names given, and the affidavits of the principal creditors given, A. S. Burnham states affidavit is corroborative of the statement made by claimant, states that in Oct 1823, his father represented to him his distressed & embarrassed situation, that it was out of his power to pay his debts, or support himself and family and proposed to him to purchase his farm, and to advance property to pay or secure his debts, states that he had then been absent about five years, he accordingly called on the creditors to ascertain the amount due them, and on the 9 th Dec took a deed, that the debts were $1200 and that sum was accordingly put in the deed as the consideration, that he then considered this sum much more than the farm was worth, and should not have purchased it except for the purpose of relieving his father, this being all the property he had, with which to pay his debts, states that he has paid or secured to be paid, his debts as before stated, states that he agreed to make no further compensation for the purchase of said farm, and is under no obligation arising out of said purchase to do any thing towards the support of claimant and his family, states that at the time he made

the purchase claimant had no personal property except a few cattle & sheep, which he was under obligation to return to persons from whom he had them, that he now knows of no means of subsistence he has, except the very little labor he is able to perform which is wholly inadequate to his support, Henry Sopers affidavit states that on the 27 th Apr 1812 he sold the farm on which Almon S Burnham now lives to claimant for $900, - and in part pay took a lot of new land at $400 for which claimant owed S. Hooker something more than $200 for the remaining $500 claimant gave him his notes for $100 each, the 1 st payable in Oct 1818, the 2 d in Oct 1819, the 3 d in 1820, the 4 th in 1821 and the 5 th in 1822 - The two first notes he sold, the other three were computed with the interest on the 9 th Dec 1823, at the time claimant deeded the land to A. S. Burnham, who gave his note for the same. Nathan Rider, S. Drake affidavit, state that they were called upon to appraise the property of claimant and on inspection consider it of $600 value, Orin Burnhams affidavit, recd from A. S. Burnham $25 worth of cattle in Dec 1823, being a debt to that amount due him from claimant, D. H. Kilborn's affidavit $14.25 due him from claimant for shoemaking, recd payment from A. S. Burnham Jan 1824, Seth Pease's affidavit $44.17 due him from claimant premium to 1 st Dec 1823, took A. S. Burnhams note for same, P. Badolkin's affidavit, $13.36 for dressing cloth, recd A. S. Burnhams note for the same, A. Atwoods affidavit, $12.14 for carding, dressing cloth & boards, recd A. S. Burnhams note, Jacob Page's affidavit, recd $100 from A. S. Burnham for labor for claimant, Solomon Drake's affidavit, recd payment from A. S. Burnham 1 st Jan 1825, for 2 notes which he had held against claimant for a long time, amount $60.66 2/3 - Joseph Needhams affidavit recd payment of A. S. Burnham in Nov 1824, for $19, for medical attendance in claimant family for some years past, W. H. Holley, recd payment from A. S. Burnham, $10, due from claimant in 1823, Walter Pats affidavit, recd from A. S. Burnham $27.13, due in 1823 paid in 1825, Claimant aged 62, farmer, for several years afflicted with Rheumatism and not now able to labor, wife aged 60, dropsy, and feeble, a daughter aged 18, always been feeble and subject to fits, grand daughter aged 8 and her mother who was left poor and destitute with a large family, the remainder of her children supported by the town, (over)

I certify that I have examined this case and am of the opinion that, according to the principles which have governed in previous decisions, the claim ought to be admitted.
Samuel Swift Esq. Middlebury Vermont.
(Ma '15)
(last evidence 23 June 1825)
Proof

State of Vermont Addison County ss
On this 23 rd day of March A.D. 1883 before Harvey Merrill justice of the peace within and for the county and State aforesaid Asmus Hill resident of Bristol in the county of Addison and state of Vermont being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath testify and say that I am Town Clerk of the town of Bristol aforesaid and that I have in my possession the records of said town, and that I have examined the same and do not find any record of the marriage of Waball Burnham and Sarah B Dabner and I further say that I have acquainted with the said Waball Burnham; that he lived in the same small village where I now live in Bristol aforesaid, and that the said Waball Burnham & Sarah B Burnham has reported to have been married, and I very believe they have married, I know they lived together as husband and wife, and I further say that the said Waball Burnham died in Lincoln in said county some time in the year 1849 I think in the month of January
Asmus Hill
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me, and I certify that the said Asmus Hill who has subscribed the above affidavit, is the Town Clerk of said Bristol and that I am personally acquainted with him & that he is a credible witness Harvey Merrill justice Peace

State of Vermont Addison County ss }
On this 21 day of March an thousand Eight hundred and fifty three before Harvey Merrill Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Lorinda Bliss a resident of Vergennes in the County of Addison and State of Vermont aged thirty three years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath depose testify and say that she is the daughter of Sarah B Burnham of Lincoln in the County of Addison and State aforesaid and that she has at her half Brothers in Bristol in the County of Addison aforesaid on the first day of June an thousand Eight hundred and thirty four and has present and see her mother the said Sarah B Burnham married to Wheall Burnham by Elder Henry Green a Baptist Clergyman and further says that she knows that the said Wheall Burnham has died at Lincoln aforesaid in the 23 d day of January in the year an thousand Eight hundred and forty nine and that the said Sarah B Burnham is still a widow and that her name before marriage was Sarah B Palmer
Lorinda Bliss
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written before me, and I certify that I am personally acquainted with Lorinda Bliss who has sworn and subscribed the foregoing affi- avit and that she is a credible witness Harvey Merrill Justice Peace

State of Vermont } Addison County } ss
on this 23 d day of March A.D. 1853 before Harvey Munnell a justice of the peace within and for the County of State of Vermont duly authorized by Law to administer oaths personally appeared Henry F. Day a resident of Bristol in the County of Vermont who being duly sworn according to Law saith on his oath deposes testifies and says that he was present and saw Sarah B. Burnham and Robert Burnham late of Lincoln in said County deceased married by Elder Henry Green a Baptist Clergyman same time in the Spring or Summer of Eighteen hundred and thirty four the precise day he cannot recollect; I further say that I was living with Burnham B. Dean then of said Bristol, who was a son of the said Sarah B. Burnham, and the mar- riage was at the house of the said Burnham B. Dean, and I further say there was present besides myself at the marriage Lavinda Bliss who was a daughter of the said Sarah B. Burnham the said Burnham B. Dean and his wife and Noah Baldwin and his wife and I further say that I am forty six years of age and was born in said Bristol and have resided here ever since Henry F. Day.
Sworn to, and subscribed before me this day and year above written Harvey Munnell Justice Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Harvey G. Day the signor of the within affidavit and that he is a credible witness. Harvey Mansill Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont } I George S. Swift clerk of the County Addison County ss } court for the county of Addison in the state of Vermont, hereby certify that Harvey Mansill, whose signature is attached to the certificates annexed to the accompanying affidavits, was at the respective dates thereof, a Justice of the peace within & for said county duly commissioned and qualified, and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and truly believe said signature to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Middlebury in said county this twenty fourth day of March A.D. 1853. George S. Swift clerk of Addison County court.

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Henry G. Day the signor of the within affidavit and that he is a credible witness and I know that the said Henry G. Day was living with the said Burnt B. Dean who was my nearest neighbour on the north only about ten rods distance at the time the said Michael Brennan & Sarah B. Brennan was supposed to have been married
Harvey Merrill Justice of the peace
Jan 14 1892

rec d May 22. 1826
Woolcott Burnham for continuance
Hon: H. Seymour
Midbury
Printed March 11 th
Senator Seymour
Senator
Washington City
District of Columbia
Shoec

State of Vermont Addison County } I, Samuel Swift Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison, do hereby certify that the within named Robert Holley was on the said 24. day of April instant a Justice of the peace for said County, and his name subscribed to the within certificate is his own signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Middlebury this 28. day of April 1826.
Sam Swift Clerk &c

Bristol Vt March 10 th 1826
To the Rev. H. Lyman Esquire
Sir, we have been requested by Mr Wolcott Burnham of this town to give a statement of the situation of his property to you, that through you it may be communicated to the War Department. The particulars have been laid before that Department with a statement of facts as they really are; and the objection to his claim for a pension was, that he conveyed his real estate to his son. Previous to his conveying his property he petitioned for a pension, but being unable to obtain it he was obliged to sell in order to pay his debts and save the property from being taken by restraint. We are fully of the opinion that his real and personal property was not sufficient to have satisfied the debts he then owed; and the reason of his selling was that his creditors were becoming uneasy and had actually begun to enforce collection. His son then living about two miles from him on a farm which he had accumulated by his own industry, sold the same and applied the price thereof to the payment of his father's debts, and took a deed of his Father's land which he now holds. The manner of payment has been laid before the War Department. The price paid by the young man was certainly one third more than Mr Burnham could have sold for to any other person than, or even at the present time. Mr Burnham and wife are both somewhat in years, and their health very poor; and in our opinion if it were not for the assistance which he has from his children he must have his support from the town. He is an industrious man of steady habits and good moral character. And since we have been acquainted with him has not been possessed of a property worth more than from five to seven hundred dollars clear of debt. About fourteen years since he purchased the farm which he sold to his son for nine hundred Dollars

and turned in another lot of wild Land at four hundred Dollars, and had a term of ten years to pay the remaining five hundred Dollars, considerable part of which remained unpaid at the time when his son took the farm. And from the knowledge we have of his situation we do believe that he is as deserving as any man that has ever obtained a pension within our knowledge; and that he almost daily suffers for many of the necessaries scarcity of life for want of adequate means to procure them -
With consideration Yours At Servt
Robert Holley Nathan Rider Winter H. Holley Philetus Pier Henry Soper
State of Vermont Bristol April 24th 1826 addison County Then Personally appeared Henry Soper Nathan Rider Philetus Pier & Winter H. Holley and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing statement of facts Before me Robert Holley Justice Peace
Mr. Edwards Sir I am acquainted with Nathan Rider Winter H. Holley Philetus Pier & Henry Soper the persons who have signed the foregoing statement they are all men of credit to whose testimony full credit ought to be given Washington City May 20th 1826 Horatio Seymour of U. States Senate

I, Wolcott Barnham of Lincoln state of Bristol in the County of Addison State of Vermont, in addition to my declaration heretofore made for the purpose of being continued on the pension list under the act of Congress of the 1 st of May 1820, being duly sworn testify, that on the 18 th day of March 1818, I was sued of lot of lands then in Bristol, but since, by act of the legislature set to St. Johnsbury in the County of Addison, containing about One hundred thirty five acres, lying on the Gran Mountain, that it is in an inaccessible place through which there is no travelled road, on which was a small unfinished bare Barn, which I had long tried to sell but could not, and think no person could have been induced to give six hundred dollars for it in cash - That it is a cold, rough, stoney and hilly farm, and was wholly inadequate to the sup- port of my family, with all the labour I was able employ upon it - That I owed to Henry Soper Esquire towards said farm three notes of hand, which with the interest to the 9 th December 1823, amounted to five hundred ten dollars, and a part or the whole of a one hundred dollar note, dated 27. April 1812, which said Soper had sold to another man - I also owed to James Hooker a considerable amount, but how much I cannot now recollect, towards a lot of woods, which I bought of him for which I sold to said Soper in part payment for the farm just above mentioned, and with the secured by

mortgage to said Hooker on the land sold to Soper, and which I was bound to discharge: - That I also owed other debts, which I am not now able to specify - all of which amounted to a greater sum than it was possible to get for my farm & all the other property I owned in the world: - That on the said 18 th day of March 1818, I had no personal estate to any amount - and the little I had, I cannot say, from memory specify - but am confident I had no cattle of any kind, except two or three cows & a few sheep, which I had taken from other persons, for which I was bound to return to them - That, at any rate, every article of personal estate, which I owned on the 9 th day of December 1823 , except what is contained in my schedule, had, on the 9 th day of December 1823, been sold & appropriated to the payment of small debts & expenses: - That through the infirmities of age & the failure of my memory, I am not able to recollect any thing more particularly respecting the disposition of my personal estate: - That, knowing myself wholly unable to discharge my debts, or support my family, and my exposure to have the whole taken from me, without paying them, I to be sent to god myself, I persuaded my son, Almon S. Barnham, to purchase my farm & pay my debts: My said son had then been absent from me about five years, I had been enabled from his industry to collect together eight or nine hundred dollars - then I persuaded him to invest

in the purchase of said farm, although I have not doubted that he could have laid out his property much better elsewhere, or that his only inducement in purchasing the farm was to relieve me from my distressed situation. I had before made the same proposal to two other sons, who declined to accept it: — As near as we could ascertain at that time my debts amounted to twelve hundred dollars, all of which he agreed to pay & discharge me from them, which I believe he has now done — And accord- ingly the consideration of the deed was called $1200; — I have procured the affidavits of as many of my creditors to the amount of their debts, as I have been able to see. And I further say that so far from disposing of my property for the purpose of procuring my pension, I did not, at that time intend ever to make application for it, but intended, as far as in my power to support myself & family by my own labour, or depend on the charity of friends; but on account of the own infirmities & the sickness of my family, I am not able to do any thing considerable toward my subsistence. —
Wolcott Burnham
Subscribed & sworn this 3 d day of June 1825
Before me John Simmons Jus. peace

Case of Wolcott Burnham
March 28 th 1809
1809 March 28 1809

I Jacob Page of Lincoln County of Addison and State of Vermont testify and say that Almon S. Burnham has payed me to my full satisfaction the sum of one hundred dollars that Wolcott Burnham owed me for labor
Jacob page
State of Vermont } Addison County } Lincoln June 1 st 1825 personally appeared Jacob Page and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth
Before me Harry Dyer Just of the Peace

I Solomon Brule of Bristol County of Addison and State of Vermont before and say that on the first day of January A.D. 1824 Almon S. Burnham paid me to my satisfaction for two notes which I had a long time held against Walcott Burnham amounting to Sixty Dollars and Sixty Seven Cents Solomon Brule
I Joseph Kedham of Bristol County of Addison and State of Vermont before and say that in the Month of October or November A.D. 1824 Almon S. Burnham paid me nineteen Dollars that Walcott Burnham owed me for Barnes born in his family as a Persian for years past Joseph Kedham
State of Vermont of Bristol Jan 2 nd 1825 Addison County I hereby appeared Solomon Brule & Joseph Kedham and made oath that the above Affidavits by them subscribed contain the truth
Before me Henry Sohier Just of the Peace

State of Vermont } I Winters H. Holley of Bristol Addison County } of Bristol in the County of Addison and a State of Vermont Testify and say that Simon J Burnham paid me a Deft which was due from Woteott Burnham said Deft. Due in the year 1828. and was not paid till Dec 1825- Bristol June 3 1825- Winters H. Holley
State of Vermont } I Walker Peet of Bristol in Addison County } the County of Addison and State of Vermont Testify and say that Simon J Burnham paid a Deft to me which was due from Woteott Burnham said Deft Due in Dec 1823 and not paid till Dec 1825 the Amount of said Deft was $27, 13 Walker Peet Bristol June 3 1825-
State of Vermont, Bristol June 3 rd 1825 Addison County } Personally appeared Winters H. Holley & Walker Peet and said oaths that the foregoing affidavit by him Subscribed contains the truth Before me Robert Holley Just Peace

I, Almon S. Burnham of Lincoln, late Bristol in the County of Addison State of Vermont, in addition to my affidavit made before Henry Soper Esquire on the 2 nd day of June instant, being duly sworn testify that I have heard read an affidavit of Walcott Burnham made on the 3 rd day of June A.D. 1825, before John Simmons Esquire, and that said affidavit, so far as relates to the purchase of his farm by me is correct; - That in the month of October 1823, my father represented to me his distressed & embarrassed situation as to property, and that it was out of his power to pay his debts, or support himself & family, and proposed to me to purchase his farm, and to advance property to pay or secure his debts, so as to free him from the continual anxiety & trouble occasioned by his debts pressing upon him: (I had then been absent from him about five years.) I accordingly called on his creditors to ascertain the amount of his debts & the manner in which I could pay them - and having ascertained this, I agreed to purchase the farm according to his proposal, and on the 9 th day of December of that year I took a deed - That I ascertained his debts to be about 1200 dollars, and that sum was accordingly put into the deed as the consideration; - That I then considered this sum much more than the farm was worth, and should not have been induced to purchase it, except for the purpose of relieving my father - this being all the property he had in the world, out of which his debts could be paid: - I have accordingly paid or secured

his debts, as stated in my other affidavit; - that I agree to make no other or farther compensation for the purchase of said farm, and am not under any obligation arising out of said purchase to do anything towards the support of my father or his family; that at the time I made the said purchase, the said Wolcott Burnham had no personal estate of any value, except a few cattle & sheep, which he was under obligation to return to persons from whom he had taken them - & which he did turn out: And I now know of no means of subsistence, which he has, except the very little labour he is able to perform, & that is wholly inadequate to his support.      Elmer S Burnham
Subscribed & sworn this 22 o
day of June 1825.
Before me
John Simmons Jus. peace

State of Vermont, I, Samuel Swift Clerk of the County Addison County } Court for the said County of Addison do hereby certify that John Simmons, Henry Soper, Robert Holley & Philetus Pier Equities, before whom the preceding affidavits purport to be made are, and, since the first day of December last, have been Justices of the peace for said County; that I am acquainted with their several hand writing, and have no doubt, that the name of each subscri- bed to the respective preceding certificates is his own signature. And I further certify, that I am acquainted with nearly all the foregoing deponents, and that they sustain the reputation of credible witnesses , and from what I have understood believe them all to sustain that reputation.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 23 rd day of June 1822.
Sam l Swift Clerk.

I over Burnham of Starksboro County of Addison and State of Vermont of lawful age testify and say that Almon S Burnham paid me twenty five Dollars worth of cattle some time in the Month of December 1823 it being a sum due me from Walcott Burnham Orin Burnham
State of Vermont of Lincoln June 2nd 1825 Addison County personally appeared over Burnham and made oath that the above affidavit by him Subscribed contains the truth
Before me Henry Soper Just of the Peace

Affidavit of Ann Bingham

Affidavit of John H. Killeen

I John H Kelton of Bristol County of Addison and State of Vermont Before and say that Almon S. Burnham paid me for Walnut Burnham fourteen bottles and twenty five cents being an acct. for Shoe making paid in January 1824-
John H. Kelton
State of Vermont Addison County, ss. Sworn to Jan 2nd 1825
Second Before me
Henry Soper Justice

I Oliver W Burnham of Lincoln County of Addison and State of Vermont of lawful age testify and say that Almon S. Burnham has paid me thirty dollars that Wolcott Burnham owed me for money lent him the said Wolcott - in the month of October in the year 1815 -
Oliver W. Burnham
State of Vermont of Bristol June 2nd 1825 Addison County To all to whom these presents shall appear Oliver W. Burnham did make oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth
Before me Henry Soper Just. of the Peace

I the undersigned of Bristol County of Addison a State of Vermont do hereby certify that in the month of March of 1827 I took Almon S Burnham note as security for the sum of forty four dollars & Seventeen cents for money which Walter Burnham owed me due to 1 st December 1823
Guth Peake
State of Vermont Addison County ss Bristol Jan 2 nd 1825
I Philip Vadekin of Bristol County of Addison and State of Vermont do hereby certify that on the 23 rd day of December 1823 I received Almon S Burnham note as security for the sum of thirty five dollars that Walter Burnham owed Vadekin & husband for buying cloth
Philip Vadekin
I Almon S Burnham of Bristol County of Addison and State of Vermont do hereby certify that on the 23 rd day of December 1823 Almon S Burnham made me his note for twelve dollars & 17 cents for money which Walter Burnham owed me for buying cloth, pressing & boards
Almon S Burnham

State of Vermont of Bristol June 2nd A.D. 1824 to Addison County / Personally appeared Seth Pease Whilch Vashon & Amasa Stearns Subscribers to the within Affidavits and made oath that the same contained the truth
Before me Henry Soper Justice of the Peace
Approved of J. Pease S. Pease A. Stearns

I Henry Sohier of Bristol County of Addison and State of Vermont Do here and Say That on the 27 th Day of April A D 1812 I Sold the farm on which Almon S. Burnham now lives to Wolcott Burnham for the Sum of nine hundred Dollars and in part Pay I took a Lot of new Land at four hundred Dollars which in the Said Wolcott then owed James Hosker then thing more than two hundred Dollars for the remaining five hundred Dollars he gave me his notes for one hundred Dollars Each. The first was made payable in the Month of October A D 1818 the 2 nd in October A D 1819 the 3 rd in 1820 the fourth in 1821 and the fifth in 1822 the two first notes I Sold and know not but that were paid the other three were computed with their Interest on the ninth Day of December A D 1823 being the time that Wolcott Burnham bided the farm to Almon S. Burnham at five hundred and ten Dollars for which Said Almon at the request of the Said Wolcott gave me his note —
Bristol 2 nd June A D 1825
Henry Sohier —
State of Vermont Addison County } Bristol 2 nd June A D 1825 Personally appeared Henry Sohier and made oath that the foregoing Affidavit by him Subscribed contains the truth — Before me — Robert Holley Just Peace

We the under Signers of Bristol County of Addison and State of Vermont Before and Say That the farm that Walcott Burnham Lately bequeathed to Almon S Burnham is situate in the town of Lincoln formerly Bristol and is on the Green Mountain tract and near one of the highest peaks of said Mountain and is a capital soil and production for grass being situate in a hill country and mostly bounding to the north is not production for any thing except potatoes and small quantities rye and as we are requested to state the Value of the same in money we have valued the same at five hundred three Dollars 75 cents Nathan Rider Solomon Drake
State of Vermont Bristol 21 Jan 1897 Addison County Personly appeared Nathan Rider & Solomon Drake Subscribed to the above Affidavit and made oath that the same was true to the best of their knowledge B. Johnson Philias Paine Just of the Peace

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
That I Wolcott Burnham of Bristol in the county of Addison and state of Vermont
for and in consideration of the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars current money of the United States, received in full to my satisfaction of Alman S Burnham of Bristol aforesaid
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have given, granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, convey and confirm. unto the said Alman S Burnham his heirs and assigns forever, a certain parcel of land lying and being in Bristol aforesaid described as follows - To wit Twenty five acres off the East end of the second division lot drawn to Francis Nash - and sixty acres off the west end of the second division lot drawn to Abel Sibley - it being the whole of the farm that I the said Wolcott now live on in said Bristol
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above granted and bargained premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereof and thereto belonging, to him the said Alman S Burnham his heirs and assigns, to his and their own proper use, benefit and behoof forever. And I the said Wolcott Burnham do for myself, heirs, executors and administrators, covenant to and with the said Alman S Burnham his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, that at, and until the insealing of these presents, I am well seized of the premises in fee simple; that I have good right and lawful authority to bargain and sell the same in manner and form as is above written; that they are free and clear of all incumbrances; and that I will warrant and defend the same against all lawful claims and demands of any person or persons whatever.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and seal, this ninth day of December Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and twenty three Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in presence } Wolcott Burnham (L S) of Henry Soper Henry Soper
STATE OF VERMONT, } Bristol 9th December 1823 Addison County, ss. }
Personally appeared Wolcott Burnham the signer and sealer of the above instrument, and acknowledged the same to be his free, voluntary act and deed.
Before me, Robert Hally Just Peace December 1 st 1824 Received and recorded the above deed Abel Hally Soper Town Clerk

Bristol Town Clerk's Office June 2 nd AD 1825 - I hereby certify the within to be a true copy of record Attest Henry Soper Town Clerk
Copy of Alnion P er Burnham Deed from Wolcott Burnham

I Almon S Burnham of Lincoln County of Adison and state of Vermont testify and say that I purchased a farm of Holcott Burnham on the _____ day of December A 1823 and payd him as follows
  to Rodman Chapman 25 19   to Ethanial Jewit 16 11   to David P Sash 43 63   to Salmon Bruthengard 13 34   to Amasa Atwood 12 14   to Milo J Warner 1 00   to Michael Dayfoot 6 00   to Noble Hanson 4 60   to John H. Kilburn 14 23   to Seth Peak 2 90   to Phetelus Pier 3 17   to Amasa Grinnell 11 87   to Lotrop 2 00   to John Dodge 4 00   to Friedrich Peet 23 17   to Frederick Walker Peet 12 00   to Joseph Needham 10 00   to W H Hawley 1 75   to Pelitiah Gove 1 52   to Benjamin Tabor 75   to Elisha Green 1 30   to Daniel Picket 1 00   to Mrs Phelps 6 00   to Nathan Bider 47 00   to Seth Peak 100 00   to Jacob Page 108 00   to Henry Loper or Eben Turner 30 00   to Ethanial Jewit 61   to Solomon Drake 36   to Oliver H Burnham 25   to Orin Burnham 510 00   to Henry Loper 90 20 
11991 94
to A Demand I hold against the said Holcott previous to the purchase of all the above debts were due and payable previous to the purchase and payd at his request
Almon S Burnham

State of Vermont of Lincoln June 2nd 1825 Addison County ss To all by whom these presents shall be read Almon S. Burnham and made oath that the within affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth. Before me Henry Soper Just. of the peace
Affidavit of Almon S. Burnham

Brief in the case of B Sarah Burnham, widow of Walcott Burnham Addison County and State of Vermont act 3 rd February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of March 18 th 1818
Marriage proved by parol evidence duly certified to be credible
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Mrs. Sarah Burnham { Lincoln, { Addison County, { Vermont { Name and residence of Agent
R. Beddy Examining Clerk.

Sept 13 45 Add to Molatt Burnham Oct 1818 Remotely
J S Church Commission of Union Washington City D C

Bristol (Oct September 6. 1847) J. S. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
I take the liberty to write
You at the request of a revolutionary pensioner by the name of Walcott Burnham
Mr Burnham was put on the pension roll and a Certificate issued dated the 18 th March 1818 and he drew three times he thinks, and there was a law passed requiring the pensions to be very poor in order to draw their pension
Mr Burnham owned a little farm at the foot of the grand mountain in Lincoln unincumbered but owned at the time more than he was worth, and did not apply for his pension for Eliza Lears. Now Mr Burnham is old feeble and supported by charity he thinks he ought to have the benefit of that Eliza Lears pay — Will you have the goodness to inform me. The cause for Mr Burnham to receive in order to obtain the benefit of the Eliza Lears pay
I am respectfully Yours &c
W. H. Holley
Now J. S. Edwards
Commissioner of pensions Washington City

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Geo M. Moore
Claim No. Nov 29, 1909
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Wolcott Burnham
Service _____ Res
Additional Service. _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No O. W. S. W or R. as abn except W.F. 1220

Milwaukee Wis. Apr. 20 - 1909 1025 Grand Ave
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D.C. - Dear Sir,
In the United States Census of 1840, of Pensions for Revolutionary or Military Services, is the name of Wolcott Burnham, age 76 Addison County Bristol Vermont.
Will you very kindly find what their services were - and let me know - I think they may have been in the border warfare of Vermont - as his name does not appear with the soldiers of the Revolution Respectfully (Mrs) Ella Finland Gregory.

BOOKS, STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT
Rev.-16.26.
DRUGS, CHEMICALS PAINTS, OILS, WALLPAPER
W. A. Burnham
Registered Pharmacist
COMPLETE LINE OF JEWELRY JEWELER AND WATCHMAKER
GROTON, SOUTH DAKOTA Aug. 4, 1916
Chief of the Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
Will you give me information as to the military services of Wolcott Burnham, in the Revolutionary War?. He was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War and died Jan.24, 1849, at the residence of my father in Lincoln, Addison County, Vt. My Daughters are des desirous of joining the "Daughters of the Revolution" and I ask the information as he was my Great Grandfather. Hoping for an early reply and thanking you in advance for the information, I remain
Yours Truly W. A. Burnham

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Walcott Burnham wid. File 1220
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan'y 1778 Jan'y 1781 Pvt. Judd Hillyer Verm.   officers not stated 8 mos officers not stated        
Battles engaged in, 1
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lyndon Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, May 6. 1818. His d was al.
Residence at date of application, Bristol, Addison Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, 56 died at Lincoln Addison Co. Vt Jan'y 1849 23
Remarks: In 1823 - I referred to his wife then 60 yrs old, a daughter Esther 17 yrs, a daughter name Mary Burindon was 8 yrs. Son Almon S.; two other Sons, names not stated & Son-in-law Paul Taylor referred to. Soldier was at Bristol Vt. June 1. 1834 Sarah B. Palmer, the marriage was performed at house of her son Bennett B. Dean. March 18. 1853 while a resident of Lincoln Vt. aged 77 years. Clarinda Bloss 33 yrs old in 1853 says she is the daughter of Sarah B. Burnham and that she was present at the marriage of her mother to Walcott Burnham.
Very respectfully, omit aw. not soldiers, relatives at her half brothers

Wolcott Burnham's Schedule
Con.
pen: to com: 12 Feb. 1829
Hon. H. Seymour, Senate U.S.

State of Vermont 3 On this 19 th day of February 1829, personally appeared before District of Addison ss the Probate Court for said District of Addison, expressly made a Court of record by the laws of the State, in open Court, Wolcott Burnham aged sixty seven years, resident in Lincoln in the County of Addison, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and 1. May 1820, that he the said Wolcott Burnham enlisted for the term of three years, in the month of January 1778, at Pechskill in the State of New York, in a company commanded by Capt Sudd, in the regiment, commanded by Colonel Myllis, in Gen. Parsons' brigade, in the line of the State of Connecticut; that he continued to serve in said corps, until the latter part of December 1780, or the first part of January 1781, when he was discharged from said service, at or near West Point, in the State of New York; that said enlistment and service were on the Continental Establish- ment; that his name has been placed on the pension list; that the date of his original declaration is the 6 th day of May 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is 3404.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any man- ner, disposed of my property, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress en- titled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18 th 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 any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed
  1 Iron pot — 1.25 1 Old pine Chest — 1.34 2 Old pewter plates — .20   1 Dish kettle — .75 1 Old Tea pot — .25 1 Old wooden plough 1.00   1 Small Spider — .50 3 Tea cups & saucers — .20 1 Old brass kettle, coon   5 Knives & forks — .50 1 Iron Shovel — .50 out, worth nothing   4 Kitchen Chains — .67 6 Old Earthen plates .36 except as old brass — 1.00   1 Old cherry table 1.00 2 Earthen bowls — .17   1 Old Candlestick — .34 1 Old pewter platter — .20   1 Pine Chest with drawers 1.00   10.23 

That the foregoing articles are the same, as contained in a schedule presented, on the 11 th January 1825, because none of them have been sold; but they have been so much scattered since, that I am not able to say, that they are now all in existence; that I have lived with different children; - for about two years, I lived with Paul Taylor, the husband of my daughter; and the remainder of the time I have lived with my son, Almon S. Burnham; and the only compensation I have been able to make either is the little labour I have been able to perform. And during the time I have been wholly unable to provide for myself, having no property, & not being able to perform any labour of consequence: That some time previous to making my schedule in January 1825, I had become greatly involved in debt; and sold the farm I had owned in the mountains in Bristol, which has since been let off & annexed to Lincoln, to my son, Almon S. Burnham, for the purpose of discharging my said debts, - knowing that it would be impossible for me any longer to retain it; And the said Almon S. has paid to the full amount of the value of said farm, and the full amount of the sum agreed upon as the value. Which said transaction was explained as far as I was able, by affidavits accompanying my former schedule in January 1825. That I am by occupation a farmer, but on account of my age & rheumatism, with which I am much afflicted, I am not able to labour but very little: That I have depending on me a wife aged 64 years, afflicted with dropsy, and able to perform no labour but knitting.
Sworn to & declared on this 9 th day of February 1829, before the Court aforesaid
Sam l . Swift Judge of the Probate Court

I, John Simmons, Register of the Probate Court for the District of Addison in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said M c lell Burnham did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy for the term of more than nine months, under one engagement, in the Continental Establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto 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 Ten dollars Twenty Three Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 12 th day of February 1829.
John Simmons
1825,