Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3095, Joseph Burk, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb
Burk, Joseph Mary
S 3095 B.L.H. 30608-160-55 cancelled B.L.H. 36121-160-55
CONTENTS

23493
East Tennessee
Joseph Burke of Cocke Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the com manded by Captain Lewis of the reg commanded by Major Lewis in the Mountain line for 6 months
Let to Pen age 19. Sept 1837.
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Jan y 1834 and Sam l M c Sharif Givernill
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 50, 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 10 00 $60
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Sam l May Clerk
Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 37

185696 Act March 3/55
Mary Burk widow of Joseph Burk - m ly Revolutionary war
Admitted 160 annu
Warrant No 36121 Issued July 30/56 And sent to
A. J. Fletcher Newport Tenn
July 30/56 sent to Comr of Pensions Office, DR
Vol B-2-147

State of Tennessee, Cocke County
On this thirtyeth day of June A.D. One Thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Joseph Burk aged ninety years, a resident of Cocke County, in the State of Tennessee, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Joseph - Burk, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain John Service in the Revolutionary war that he volunteered at the East End of Tenn. about the year 1780, for the term of three months. That he was also a private in the company of Captain Roddie, and volunteered at Eastern Tennessee for the term of three months and served three more, and continued in actual service in said war for six months. That he is a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of Congress of 7th June 1832. That he is receiving a pension of twenty dollars per annum, payable at the Knoxville agency. That his original certificate bears date 18th May 1834. He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the act approved the 3rd day of March 1855. He also declares that he has never applied for, nor received under this or any other act of congress, any Bounty Land Warrant.
Sworn to and subscribed his Joseph D Burk before me mark Thos P. Murdock Justice of the Peace

We Ervin Taylor and Joseph West residents of Cooke County in the State of Tennessee, upon our Oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Joseph Burk in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and Statements of the applicant that he is the identical person who represents himself to be, that he is a revolutionary Pensioner, and that we are disinterested witnesses Sworn to and subscribed } Ervin Taylor before me this 30 th day of } Joseph West June 1955. Thos. Muntooth Justice of the Peace.
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 he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim, and that said Joseph Burk is a revolutionary Pensioner, Thos. Muntooth
Justice of the Peace. State of Tennessee Cooke County. I Allen McMahan Clerk of the County Court for said County hereby certify that Thomas Muntooth Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made and executed and whose genuine signature thereto appears was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for said County.

duly commissioned and sworn that said court is a court of record, having general Jurisdiction. And I certify that the said Joseph Burk is a revolutionary Pensioner as appears by his original certificate.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of office, at office in Newport the 2 nd day of July 1855
Allen McMahan Clerk
185696
Application of Joseph Burk for Bann y Land Send to A. A. Fletcher Esq. Newport Rocky Branch Tenn.
Capt. Senior & Capt. Noddie Revolutionary Pensioner

Dec. 12.
Keokuk, Ia. Dec 11 th
Dear Friend
Yours
Joseph Burke 20,012
John Lewis Capt. 55 th Battery of Artillery Iowa Department Washington City.

Joseph Burke 5 amended declaration for Parisien.
For the Knoxville agency & to be sent to Samuel Sharpe Sevierville E Tenn

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832
State of Tennessee } On the 27 th day of November 1832 Cook County }
Personally appeared before the Justice of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Cook, said Joseph Burk a resident of Cook County State of Tennessee aged 70 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he Entered the service of the United States as a volunteer under Captain John Lewis in the State of North Carolina and rendezvoused at Capt Shelleys marched under the command of P er Lewis passing by where Knoxville now stands in now the State of Tennessee; thence marching to where Kingston now stands on Tennessee River crossing the P er River in a circuitous route home into North Carolina again making a campaign of three months for which term he volunteered for. P er Applicant further states that he again entered the service of the United States and was drafted in North Carolina & marched under the command of Capt James Roddy that he rendezvoused at Charles City on Watanga River in P er State of North Carolina March thence unto the State of South Carolina & Stationed a week or ten days at the High Hills of Santee and below the High Hills of Santee passed Genl. Greens army and Join d General Marion & served under P er Marion until discharge making a campaign of three months for which term he was drafted P er Applicant further states that he entered the service of the United States again as a Ken d substitute in place of Morris Wallace for the term

of Twelve Months under the command of Major Genl Lewis & Col Charles Gordon & Lieut — Askins & found the services at Salisbury North Carolina under the aforesaid officers & stationed at Salisbury in order to guard prisoners & thence march to 6 Roads on Haw River in S. State thence to Ratt Swamp in S. State from thence Haw River to the Seven Islands then to a Hallow to go home and then discharged & the Applicant has so misplaced his discharge that they now cannot be obtained & has no documentary Evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Army of any State
Given & dated within the year & day of one thousand
of his Joseph T. Burk mark
Sworn to in open court
G. M. Porter Clerk

We Mr Vinson & Enoch Hetherston
Residing in the County of Coche & State of Tennessee hereby certify that We are well acquainted with Joseph Burk who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 70 years of age that he has resided & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that Opinion. Witness & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Sworn to in open court G. M. Porter Clerk Enoch Hetherston mark William Vinson
And the S d Court declare their Opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named officer was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states & the Court find that it appears to them that Mr Vinson and Enoch Hetherston, an Resident in the County of Coche and an Creditable persons & that their Statement is entitled to Credit.
John Gillet George Neas James Holland
I Geo. M. Porter Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Coche do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Burk for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 10 th day of November 1832
G. M. Porter Clerk

State of Tennessee } County of Cocke } S.S.
On this 28 th day of June A. D. 1856, before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and state aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Mary Burk aged seventy years a resident of the County and state aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Joseph Burk who was a private in the Revolutionary War and a pensioner of the United States. That her said husband filed his proof and declaration many years ago and received a certificate of his right to a pension and was regularly enrolled on the list of revolutionary pensioners payable at Knoxville in the state of Tennessee, to all of which she refers for proof of her said husband's services. She further states that her said husband made application under the act of March 3 rd 1855 for bounty land for said services and filed therewith his declaration and proof, that on the 19 th day of February 1856 he departed this life at his residence in the said County of Cocke, and that on the 13 th day of June thereafter, his death not being communicated to the Commissioner of Pensions, Bounty land Warrant No 30608 was issued to him and forwarded to A. J. Fletcher Esq his agent at Newport Tenn, being for 160 acres.
She further states that she was mar

ried to the said Joseph Bunk about the year 1811 in the said County of Coecke by one John McHatt a Justice of the Peace and that there exists no public or pri- vate record of said Marriage within her knowledge. That her name before her marriage was Mary Mantooth. That since the death of her said husband on the 19 th day of February last she has been and still is a widow. She makes this declar- ation for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she is entitled un- der the act passed March 3 rd 1855 and the act amendatory thereof passed on the day of 1856. And also for the purpose of obtaining the pension certificate to which she is entitled under the act pas- sed Feb'y 3 rd 1853 and the other acts granting pensions to the widows of Revo- lutionary pensioners. She also declares that she has not received a Bounty Land War- rant under the foregoing or any other act of Congress, nor made any other appli- cation therefor. She hereby appoints Andrew J. Fletcher of Newport Tennessee her true and lawful attorney to prosecute this her application for Bounty Land and for a pension certificate, to receive her Land Warrant Certificate and Certificate of Pension and to do all other acts ne- cessary and proper in the premises Mary key Bunk marks
Sworn to and subscribed before me

the day and year first above written and I certify that I know the above deponent and that I believe her to be as is stated in her declaration; and further that I am not in- terested in her claim as attorney or otherwise Thos. P. Mansfield
Justice of the Peace.
State of Tennessee, County of Cocke } ss
On this 28 th day of June 1856 per- sonally came before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and state aforesaid who is Ashly Wood and Pleasant Loyd citi- zens of said County, who upon their oaths de- clare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Burk the declar- ant in their presence, and that they believe from her appearance and statements and from their knowledge that she is the identical person who represents herself to be. They further state that they have been well acquainted with the said Mary Burk and her deceased husband Joseph Burk for more than twenty years that they lived together during all the time aforesaid as man and wife, that they were present about the 19 th day of February 1836 when the said Joseph Burk died and they saw him when he was being buried at his own house in said County of Cocke. They further state that the said Mary Burk has been since that time and still is a widow; and that they saw her execute the foregoing declaration by making her mark thereto, and that they the said Ashly Wood and Pleasant Loyd have

no interest in said application as attornys or other wise
Arkby Wood Pleasant his + Loyed mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28 th day of June 1856 and I certify that the said deponents are credible and respectable persons and resident citizens of said County.
Thos. Mavtooth
Justice of Peace.
State of Tennessee, i
County of Cocke } On this 28 th day of June A. D. 1856 personally came before me an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and state aforesaid George McCall and Elizabeth Frazier citizens of said County and made oath in due form of law that they have been acquainted with Mary Burk for and her deceased husband Joseph Burk for more than forty years that they were present at the marriage of the said Joseph Burk and Mary Burk about the time specified in her declaration and that they have known them ever since as man and wife and that the said Mary has been and is now a widow since the death of the said Joseph in February last. They further state that they have no interest in her application for Bounty land or for a Pension.
George McCall Elizabeth her Frazier mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written and I certify that the said George McCall and Elizabeth Frazier are credible per-

a Pension!!
George McCall Elizabeth for Frazar mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written and I certify that the said George McCall and Elizabeth Frazar are credible persons and residents of said County of Cocke and I certify further that from bodily infirmity the said Mary Buck is unable to appear in Court. That she resides seven miles from the Courthouse and is too old and infirm to appear in Court. I further certify that I am wholly disinterested in the foregoing claim. This day of June 1856.
Thos. Minto Justice of the Peace.
State of Tennessee } ss County of Cocke } ss
I Lorenzo D. Porter Clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas Minto Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were made and executed and who signs the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid and a Justice of the County Court of the County of Cocke which is a Court of record and that his signature in each instance is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court which is the seal of my office. Done at office in Newport the 2nd day of July 1856.
Lorenzo D. Porter Clerk

20012
Joseph Burk
7
(e.j.)
from — private 6 months.
gave a note as to the sum of $20. Aug 11. 1872
can only allow as above without further proof
Saml M. Phillips Barnville To See the Boston CC Cooke Co Va.
Attest Elizabeth Sharp Admin with James

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 10
1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Joseph Burk of Locke Co. Tenn.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     No. drafts substituted. 3 pr. Capt. Scurry none none T. N.C. N. Carolina 70 Tradg.   3 " Capt. Roddy Gen. Marion " S.C. " " "   no term specific " - Capt. Gordon Gen. Lewis " - N.C. " " "    15 months as per amended declaration.  engaged for 12 months and received a furlough to go home, did not of course serve 12 months. Should state the precise time that he entered the service for last term of not on Roll. Should prove has served by at least one credible witness.   
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
(k) The notes from (a) to (j) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(l) This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(m) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(n) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. }
W. L. Williams Ex Off

Sayph Park the SS Applicant states that his name was upon the Muster Roll in North Carolina at the time he performed his Revolutionary Services 12 th Nov 1933

Newport Tenn.
July 2 nd 1856.
Hon. J. Minot
I herewith return Bounty Land Warrant No 30,608 for 160 acres issued to Joseph Bush and forwarded to me, the Warantee having died before the issuance of the Warrant.
I also present the application of his widow for a warrant for his said services - and also for a renewal of his Pensions to her.
She is the widow of a revolutionary soldier and is old and poor and I hope I may be permitted to invoke the early attention of the office to her Case
Very Respectfully
A. S. Fletcher

1111
Rev War
3095
INVALID.
File No. 3095
Joseph Brunk Putt N.C. line
Act: June 7/32
Index:—Vol. A , Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870.]

36,121
St. Louis

Newport R.I. July 33
Free Official Business
Hon L. P. Waldo Com. Pensions Washington D. C.

WR 30608-160 Joseph Smith
252.522
Jenkins
Keeps on going July 2nd 1886
July 31 Joseph Smith Apply Rec. Consolidated with N-185.696 at 1887 D.P.P.
to the Hub Hudson July 23 1886 Shaw Browns Pennine New York G. B.

252. 522 cons d with
185. 696
Clet Mar. 3. '55
July 22. '66
Mary Burk, wid.
Joseph Burk, fri.
Revij. war.
Cons d Clet
Tenn. Agj.
Recd. want 30. 608. 160 cons.
Special by cons d . July 25. '56
Leskins
Ch. F. Fletcher.
Newport.
Tenn.

185,696 Atchison 3/55 Joseph Bunk mi Rev. Mar.
✓
M 30.608 pr 160 amz Cancelled July 30/56 Sec 36.121 pr 160 amz
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85096
Act 31/17
July 8/55
Joseph Brook Private
Capt. John Sever Rudd Col
36.121/p Pension Val.
Ent W. 1780 Dis
Rev. Watt
Rev. Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832
Linn June 32-25493
AD 160 Ac, p.m., 6/57 B D full
Vol B. 2 page 145.
H. Fletcher Newport Coke ex. Temp

The Amended Declaration of Joseph Burk Cocke County Tenn.
State of Tennessee Cocke County 12 Nov r 1833
Said Applicant states that his third Tour of Service wherein he was substituted for Moses Wallace was under the command of Maj Lewis & Capt Gordon & that he entered said Tour of Service in September 1830 and served nine months as substitute for D. Wallace & then received a Furlow went home & in two or three weeks after D. Furlow was granted. Said Applicant rec d a Discharge
Said Applicant states that his services in the Army of the Revolution was for 15 months First Term as Volunteer under Capt. Sevier for three months Second Term, drafted under Capt Roddy for three months Third Term, as substitute under Capt Gordon for twelve months But Served only nine months & got a Furlow
Aggregate 15 months
Said applicant knows of no Person whom likewise he could prove who can testify to his services
Said applicant states he was a Private in the army

Said Applicant States that he has no documentary evidence of his Claim that he rec d thru several discharges but has lost them.
Sworn & Subscribed the 12 th Nov r 1833
Before me William Odel acting Justice of the peace for Cooke County Tenn. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day & year last above written
Wm Odel J.P.
I Certify that I am acquainted with the attestation of William Odel to the above amended Declaration of Joseph Bark and that it is genuine and that he is an acting Justice of the peace for the County of Cooke
Thos G. Arnold Not Public C. E. Tenn

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
160 ACRES
160 ACRES
Department of the Interior OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
I hereby certify that under the Act of March 3rd 1855, entitled, "An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States," Joseph Burke Private
Revolutionary War
is entitled to locate ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES, at any Land Office of the United States, in one body, and in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, upon any of the public lands subject to sale at either the minimum or lower graduated prices.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Department, this 13th day of June 1856
No 30608
Residence July 30/56 Sec 36.121 N 160 E
Commissioner
Note. You can locate this Certificate at any of the United States land offices, or it will be located for you by the General Land Office on the return of it, with your request to that effect endorsed thereon, specifying the State and Land District in which you wish the location made. If you locate it, fill up and sign the following application.
To the Register of the Land Office at
I locate this Certificate, in the quarter of section in Township of Range
Attest
Register.

Amended Declaration of Joseph Burk of Cocke County and State of Tennessee
State of Tennessee ss Cocke County ss
July 9 th 1833.
Said applicant states that he was born in the year of 1763 in the State of Virginia &
State that he has no record of his age.
That he was living in the State of N. Carolina when he was called into the service, and since the Revolution has resided in the State of Tennessee & where he now lives
That he volunteered in the year of 1779 for three months first under Capt. John Sevier, and second for three months again under Capt. Roddy & Gen. Marion and served at the age of 17 as stated in his original declaration
Said applicant states that his 3 d term of service was as a substitute for Moses Wallen for the term of twelve months under the command of Maj. Lewis & Capt. Gordon in the State of North Carolina in the year of 1780 as a substitute
That he received 3 discharges from the service 1 st from Capt. Sevier. 2 d from Capt. Roddy 3 d discharge from Maj. Lewis But have lost said discharges
Said applicant states he served as a private & his aggregate service was 18 months & that his services were performed in North Carolina & S. C. & part of his first term of service under John Sevier was in the State of Tennessee passing the place where Knoxville & Kingston now stand though this may have been at that time N. C. & that he served with an undivided corps called into service by competent authority & that he was not employed in any civil pursuit

Declarant states that William Vinson and Enock Patterson have certified as to their belief of D. applicant's veracity & concur with many other gentlemen of D applicant's neighborhood that he was a soldier of the Revolution.
Said Applicant states that no clergymen reside in his neighborhood whose Certificate could be obtained.
Said Applicant has procured the Clerk's Seal having no public Seal of office. He has obtained the Certificate of John Blair a Member of Congress proving the official character & signature of Clerk.
Sworn to & subscribed 9 th July 1833.
Sworn to in open Court W. A. Rankin Clk
his Joseph Burke mark
Joseph Burke
I William A. Rankin Clerk of the circuit Court for the county of Cochr. do hereby certify that Joseph Burke was duly qualified in open Court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and my private seal having no public seal of office this the 9 th July 1833.
Sworn to in open Court W. A. Rankin Clerk
W. A. Rankin Clerk
Certifies that I am acquainted with both the attestations of George W. Porter & William A. Rankin the one to the original the other to the amended declaration of Joseph Burke & that they are genuine & that there is no public seal of office for either. John Blair late U.S. Sen.