Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16875, Seth Burgess, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
or Burgess, Seth Burgess Olive
W. 16875
CONTENTS

New York. 4385.
Oliver Burgeff, dec d . widow of Seth Burgeff
who died on the January 1814 of Poughkeepsie in the State of New York who was a Lieut. in the Co. commanded by Captain Wheeler of the Reg commanded by Col. Simonds in the Massachusetts line for 12 months, 16 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 167 Dollars 10 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & end 20 th Aug. 1837, the day of her death.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of July 1846 and sent to Hon. J. D. D. Moore, W. of Rep.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by D. H. Wood Clerk. Book C. Vol. 2. Page 107.
F. J.
Rept.

Seth Burges Born may 31 / 1785
Olive Burges Born November 16 1787
The Birth of our Children
Joel Burges Born April 5 1769
Jonathan Burges Born January October 24 1770
Selendia Burges Born December 25 1771
Seth Burges Born July 26 1774
Olive Burges December 25 1775
Henry Burges Born May 31 1778
Rubin Burges Born April 19 1780
Simpsonius
Ebenezer Burges Born on Friday 28 th March 1788
Urena Burges Born 7 th of January 1800 on Tuesday
Horton Burges Born Sept r 25 1801

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of congress of the 4 th July 1836 State of New York County of Cayuga ss. on the 21 st day of May 1846 personally appeared before the court then in session held at Auburn in and for said county Jonathan Burges of Seneca in the county of Cayuga and State aforesaid aged seventy six in October 1846 that is seventy five years in Oct last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836
That this deponent is a son of the late Seth Burges late an officer in the war of the Revolution and who resided at the time of his performing the service till 1778 or 1779 in Berkshire county Massachusetts, where this deponent was born, that the said Seth Burges died in January 1814 eighteen hundred and fourteen, leaving a widow viz Olive Burges this deponent's mother, and who died a widow on the 20 th day of August 1837 eighteen hundred and thirty seven, that this deponent's said father and mother were married in 1768 seventeen hundred and sixty eight, that this deponent was born in 1770 and was the second child of his said father & mother, that the said Olive Burges his said widow died 20 th August 1837 eighteen hundred and thirty seven, being his widow at her death, and that at her death, she left the following named children her surviving being her only children her surviving & that each of them is of the age of twenty one years and upwards, to wit Jonathan Burges of Seneca in the county of Cayuga, Selinda Calwell of Saratoga, Saratoga County New York, Olive Carroll of Seneca Cayuga county New York, and Harvey Burges of Perry Wyoming county New York this Declaration and application is made for the purpose of obtaining for the surviving children of the said widow Olive Burges the pension due to her at her decease under the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836
Subscribed and sworn before the court — Jonathan Burges

in Open Court the day and date last above written before
J. L. Richardson First Judge of Cayuga
The Court certify that the within named Jonathan Burges is a respectable person, that evidence appeared before the Court, viz, the affidavit above mentioned of Jonathan Burges and the attached affidavits of John Gady Joseph Newland Peleg Slade Betsey Slade Olive Garrot & Aaron Murphy that Seth Burges who had the reputation of having been an officer in the war of the Revolution died in January 1814 eighteen hundred and fourteen, leaving his widow Olive Burges, who remained his widow till her death & that she died on the 20th day of August 1837 eighteen hundred and thirty seven, leaving at her death the following named children her surviving being her only children her surviving & that each of them is of the age of twenty one years, & upwards to wit Jonathan Burges of Senpionius in the County of Cayuga & State of New York, Selinda Calwell of Saratoga, Saratoga County New York Olive Garrot of Senpionius in the county of Cayuga and State of New York and Harvey Burges of Perry Wyoming County New York, the proof to the facts set forth in the certificate of the Court were satisfactory to the Court
The words "& upwards" in the twelfth line from top of the above certificate of the court interlined before execution
J. L. Richardson First Judge of Cayuga

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16875 - Rev
Oliver Burgess Widow of Seth Burgess Lieut Genl War.
Act: July 4 th 36
Index:—Vol. A , Page 104
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Olive Burgess Pensioner of N. Y. Law 1836 An old case of mine. from Abad Joy

Olive Burges of New York, under law of 1836 - case on file

N. 6743
Oliver Burgep decd Mdm of Seth NY act 4 July 1836
Adm o 12 mo 16 ds Leavt
$167. 10 per an
from 4 March 1831 to 20 th August 1837 the day of her death payable to Dr. Nathan Burgep, Selinda Calu re, Oliver Carroll and Harry Re Harry Burgep and surviving Children of Oliver Burgep dec d .
Hon J. D. Mott House of Reps

Prussian Office July 1846
Sir
I have the honor to
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6743
Oliver Burgess. dec d N.Y.
Act. 4 July 36
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Wrona due 20 August 1837
No. of Rep. From Mr. Jory Ovid - I presume John D. D. & Co. 25 May 1836

State of New York
Cayuga County Clerk's Office p I Philip Van Andale Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Joseph S Richardson by whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken and by whom the foregoing certificate was made was at the time of taking and making the same first Judge of said County duly appointed and qualified to act as such, also that Harvey Heath by whom several of the foregoing affidavits were taken and certificates made was on the several days on which they severally purport to have been taken a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected and qualified to take the same, And that I am well acquainted with the signature of said first Judge and said Justice and believe the foregoing purporting to be theirs, each to be genuine, In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 21 st day of May 1846 Philip Van Andale Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Oct o 29. 1845.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Seth Burgess is borne upon a pay roll of capt David Wheeler's company, in Col Benjamin Simonds' reg t for service at Tienderoga, as a Lieutenant from Dec r 16. 1776. to March 22. 1777. 97 days. said roll was sworn to in Berkshire County September. 8. 1777. - Upon a pay roll of capt Peter Porter's company, in Col John Brown's reg t of militia from the County of Berkshire, as a Lieutenant from September 22 to October. 8. 1777. 16 days. Upon a pay roll of capt Enoch Noble's company, in Col Ezra Wood's reg t , as a Lieutenant from May 20 1778. to February. 7. 1779. 8 months & 23 days. said roll was sworn to in Berkshire County, May. 15. 1779. And the above is all the evidence of service, which can be identified as that of the individual described in the annexed application.
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Pierpont; Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Search
Application for Certificate of Revolutionary Services By a child of a deceased Widow,
State of New York County of Cayuga. Town of Senpronius
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in this Office of the service of my late Father Seth Burges,
He enlisted in the year early part of the war from the town of Dalton (now called Hinsdale) County of Berkshire State of Massachusetts, in the company of Capt —
— in — Regiment and served as a Lieutenant until the close of the war. He died in the year 1814
The only other facts which I recollect are as follows
He was at Battle of Bunker Hill & Stillwater at the taking of Burgoyne, was out with Genl Sullivan through the Western Country,
I am now seventy five years old, and my memory does not enable me to state anything further material to the search required
I have empowered Mr Arad Doy of Orisk Seneca Co N.Y. to act in the premises as my Attorney,
Witness my hand, this twent second day of July 1845
Signed in my presence his Jonathan X Burges by said Jonathan Burges mark Benj F Perry justic peace

State of New York
County of Cayuga
ss. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Peleg Slade of said county aged seventy four years after being duly sworn according to law depose and say that he became acquainted with Seth Burges and his wife Olive fifty five to sixty years ago in Stillwater Saratoga County New York that when he first became acquainted with the parties he understood and believed that the said parties had removed there from Berkshire County Massachusetts and that the said Seth Burges had the reputation of having been an officer in the war of the revolution, that the said parties had when this deponent first became acquainted with them four or five children the oldest of which was one or two years older than this deponent, that the said Seth Burges died in 1814 leaving his widow Olive who remained his widow till her death and that she died on the 20 th day of August 1837 eighteen hundred and thirty seven, leaving at her death the following named children her surviving being her only children her surviving and that each of them is of the age of twenty one years, and upwards, to wit Jonathan Burges and Olive Carroll of said county and state Melinda Caldwell of Saratoga county New York, and Harvey Burges of Wyoming county
New York
Peleg Slade
Subscribed and sworn before me this 20 th day of May 1846 Harvey Heath Justice Peace

I certify that the within named Peleg Slade is a respectable person Harvey Heath Justice Peace

State of New York
County of Cayuga } ss. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Olive Garrol of Seneca Falls in said county aged seventy one years after being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she is a daughter of Seth and Olive Burges late of Cayuga County New York deceased, that the attached Record is the old original family Record of her late Father & Mother that it was written in her late father's hand writing and that it has been known and regarded as the old original family record of her late father and mother more than fifty years that she has cut it the said record from her father's family Bible and this day attached it hereto Subscribed and sworn before me this 20 th day of May 1846 Harvey Heath Justice Peace
Olive Garrol
I certify that the above named Olive Garrol is a respectable person and her statement entitled to full credit
Harvey Heath Justice Peace

State of New York
County of Cayuga ss. Personally appeared before the subscribers a justice of the Peace in and for said county Aaron Murshey of said county aged fifty two years after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that in the year 1807 he became acquainted with Seth Burges and his wife Olive that at that time the said parties resided in Senpionin Cayuga County New York that when he first became acquainted with the parties he understood and believed that the said parties had removed there from Saratoga County New York and that the said Seth Burges had the reputation of having been an officer in the war of the Revolution, that the said parties had when this deponent first became acquainted with them four or five children that the said Seth Burges died in 1814 leaving his widow Olive who remained his widow till her death and that the date of the death of the said widow as inscribed upon her grave stone was 20th August 1837 eighteen hundred and thirty seven, and that she left at her death the following named children her surviving being her only children her survivors and that each of them is of the age of twenty one years upwards to wit Jonathan Burges and Olive Carroll of Cayuga County New York Melinda Calwell of Saratoga County New York and Harvey Burges of Wyoming County New York
Subscribed and sworn before me } Aaron Murshey this 18 th day of April 1846 Harvey Heath Justice }

I certify that the within named Aaron Murphy is a respectable person
Harvey Hecath Justice Peace

State of New York
County of Onondaga } ss. Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county. Betsey Slade of said county aged sixty four years after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that when she was a child she resided upon the same farm with Seth Burges and his wife Olive in Stillwater Saratoga County New York and that the said Seth Burges had the reputation of having been an officer in the war of the Revolution that the said parties had four or five children the oldest of which was ten or twelve years older than this deponent, that the said Seth Burges died in the year 1814 leaving his widow Olive who rem- ained his widow till her death and that she died on the 20 th day of August 1837 eighteen hundred and thirty seven, leaving at her death the following named children her surviving being her only children her surviving and that each of them is of the age of twenty one years and upwards, to wit, Jonathan Burges and Olive Garrol of said county and state Melinda Caldwell of Saratoga County New York and Harvey Burges of Wyoming county New York
Subscribed and sworn before me this 20 th day of May 1846 Harvey Heath Justice Peace
Betsey Slade

I certify that the within named Betsy Slade is a respectable person
Harvey Heath Justice Peace

State of New York }
County of Cayuga } ss Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County John Cady of said county aged eighty years after being duly sworn according to law deposes & says that before and during the war of the Revo- -lution he was personally acquainted with Olive Burgess and her late husband Seth Burgess, who at that time resided in the then town of Dalton Berkshire County Massachusetts, that the said parties were living together as husband and wife years before the commencement of the war of the Revolution, that the said Seth Burgess had the reputation of having served as an officer in the said war of the Revolution, that the said Seth Burgess died in 1814 leaving his widow Olive who remained his widow till her death, & that she died on the 20th day of August 1837 eighteen hundred and thirty seven, leaving at her death the following named children her surviving being her only chil- -dren her surviving & that each of them is of the age of twenty one years & upwards, to wit - Jonathan Burgess of Cayuga County New York Selinda Caldwell of Saratoga County New York; Olive Carroll of Cayuga County New York & Harvey Burgess Wyoming County New York Subscribed & sworn before me } this 16th day of April 1846 } John Cady Harvey Heath Justice Peace }

I certify that the within named John Cady is a respectable person
Harvey Hecatt Justice Peace

State of New York
County of Cayuga } ss. Personally appeared before the subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Joseph Newland of said County aged ninety years after being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that during the war of the Revolution he became acquainted with Seth Burges and his wife Olive in Saratoga County New York that it was then understood and believed that the said Seth Burges and his wife Olive had removed then from Berkshire County Massa- -chusetts and that this deponent was subsequently acquaint- ed with the said parties in Cayuga County New York Subscribed and sworn before me this 20 th day of May 1846 Harvey Heath Justice Peace } Joseph Newland

I certify that the within named Joseph Newland is a respectable person
Harvey Heath Justice Peace

State of New York County of Cayuga ss Orin Standish of said County being duly sworn, deposes and says that he was acquainted with Olive Burges, late widow of Seth Burges, the children of the said Olive Burges have applied for a pension for the amount due to their said mother at her death in 1837 - this deponent deposes and says that he was an undertaker in 1837 and that as such, he was called upon to make a coffin for the said Olive Burges when she died and that he had such coffin made, and on referring to his book he finds that the said coffin was made and noted on his book the 22 d day of August 1837 eighteen hundred and thirty seven, that the said Olive Burges died on the 20 th day of August 1837 that this deponent has been to the grave of the said Olive Burges and that he finds upon the grave stone her death cut in the stone as having died on the 20 th day of August 1837
sworn and subscribed before me this 20 th day of June 1846 Harvey Heath Justice Peace
Orin Standish
I certify that the above named Orin Standish is a respectable person Harvey Heath Justice Peace

State of New York,
County of Cayuga ( ss ) Phoebe Atwater of said county being duly sworn depose & say that she was personally ac- quainted with Olive Burgess, late widow of Seth Burgess who applied for a pension through her surviving children, this deponent well recollects the time of the death of the said Olive Burgess, and that she died on the 20th day of August 1837 eighteen hundred and thirty seven, that this deponent assisted at her death, & helped to make her grave clothes, that why she so well recollects the date is that a young woman, a Miss Spencer died within a week of Mrs Burgess, and the Miss Spencer died the middle of August 1837, that she this deponent assisted at her death, & assisted in making her grave clothes & knows from this deponent well, that the said Miss Spencer died before Mrs Burgess three to nine days, & that the said Olive Burgess died on the 20th of August 1837, that this de- ponent has often attended upon death occasions.
Subscribed & sworn before me,
This 17 th day of June 1846. { Atwater
Harvey Heath Justice Peace } Phoebe Atwater
I certify that the above named Phoebe Atwater is a respectable person.
Harvey Heath Justice Peace

State of New York
County of Cayuga is Milo Spencer of said county being duly sworn depon and says that he was personally acquainted with Olive Burgen, late widow of Seth Burgen, whose children have applied for a pension as due to their said late mother Olive Burgen, this deponent will recollect the date of the death of the said Olive Burgen, to wit, that she died on the 20th day of August 1837 eighteen hundred & thirty seven, that as a date, which this deponent can never forget, he depon & says that he had a sister who died on the 17th day of August 1837, that this deponent does only recollect the day of the death of his sister, but he has an entry of the day of her death, as having taken place on the 17th day of August 1837 and this de- ponent depon & says that he knows & that he cannot be mistaken when he depon & says that the said Olive Burgen died after this deponents sister and only a short time after it, to wit on the 20th day of August 1837 - that this deponent has been to the grave of the said Olive Burgen & finds upon her grave stone that she died the 20th August 1837
Subscribed & sworn before me this 18th day of June 1846
Milo Spencer
Harvey Heath Justice Peace
I certify that the above named Milo Spencer is a respectable person
Harvey Heath Justice Peace

State of New York Cayuga County, Clerk's Office. J. Ebenezer Bloob, Deputy Clerk of the County of Cayuga and of the Courts thereof do hereby certify that Harvey Heath whose name is subscribed to the foregoing and attached affidavits was at the several days they respectively purport to have been subscribed and sworn to before him a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized to take the same. Also that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and believe each purporting to be, to be his genuine signature. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County & the Court of Common Pleas thereof this 30 th day of June 1846
Ebenezer Bloob Dep Clerk

Payment to be made at Albany by T. W. Alcott Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of New York.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol- ume 2. Page by
D. H. Wood Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claims.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 4 th . July 1836, Oliver Burgess, dec d , late of New York, and Widow of Seth Burgess, a Lieutenant in the Revolution, is entitled to a pension at the rate of one hundred sixty dollars and ten cents per annum, from the 4 th March 1831, to 20 th August 1837, the day of her death.
The amount is due and payable to Johnathan and Harry Burgess, Selinda Caluett and Olive Carroll, only surviving children of Olive Burgess dec d .
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 30 th day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty- 8 .
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. §
Commissioner of Pensions.