Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10399, Jonathan Burchard, Continental (Mass)

SERVICE
NUMBER
continental (mass) Burchard Jonathan
S. 10399
CONTENTS
carded

Dead Letter to St Burchard and 3rd Feb 1841
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 11th March to 10th June 1839. Age Notified 22nd March 1841
62 40 15 60 78 00
20.000 New York
Jonathan Burchard
Oneida in the State of New York was an Artificer in the Corps commanded by Captain Howe of the Regt. command by Genl. Clinton in the Mass for 4 M. 1/2 — " —
Continental Line Febr. 7/05 Records corrected.
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 31 Dollars 20 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
rate of Pension issued the 25 day of Oct. 33 and settled to the 1st of Nov. Waterville
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33 $ 78 Trans. allowance ending 1st Nov 15 60 $ 93 60
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Col. Stiles Clerk, Book E. Vol. 1. Page 89

State of New York Onida County ss. On this 26th day of January 1833 personally appeared Jonathan Burchard of Marshall Onida County aforesaid, before me Nathan Williams, Circuit Judge of the 5th district of New York & Vice Chancellor of the same district who being duly sworn according to law - doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th. 1832 To wit: that he was born at Norwich N. London County Connecticut on the 14th November, A. D. 1763 and that he possesses a copy of the Family Record of his age which is herewith shown to the Court.
And the said Jonathan Burchard further declares that sometime on the last of February or the first of March 1783 he went from Granby Hampshire County Mass. where his father then resided to the town of Springfield Hampden Co. Mass. and enlisted into the service of the United States, as a Continental Artificer under the command of Capt. William Hawes who had at that time the direction of the department to which he was assigned the Armory and Carpenter's Shop. That the whole Establishment or Works of the U. S. at that place were were under the Superintendence of Steph. Lincoln according to the best of his recollection
And the said Jonathan Burchard further declares that a Mr. Frost was Clerk of said Works at that time and a Mr Branch was foreman of the Armory. Mr. Mores of the Smith Shop & Mr Winter of the Carpenter's Shop
And the said Jonathan Burchard further

7½ months
declares that he continued in the service of the United States in said employment as Continental Artificer at Springfield aforesaid for the space of Seven Months and a half when he was honorably discharged and returned home with his brother D Granby aforesaid.
And this deponent further declares that he knows of no individual living who has personal knowledge of his said service save his brother John Burchard of Rensselaer Onida Co. aforesaid, whose affidavit is herewith annexed. That he believes Rev. E. P. Burchard of Utica and Samuel Mott Esquire Sheriff of Onida County aforesaid can testify as to his character and veracity and his reputation of having been a soldier of the Revolution -
And the said deponent further declared that he relinquishes all claims whatever to an annuity or pension except the present and that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
He further said deponent further declares that he resided in Franky afore said till 1785 when he removed thence to West Springfield Hampden County Mass. Thence in 1799 to Marshall aforesaid where he still resides -
Witnesseth my hand & seal this 3 rd day of June 1888
Jonathan Burchard
A. Williams — in Chambers

N. Williams Vice Chancellor
Onida County ss: Samuel Mott being duly sworn deposes that he is well acquainted with Jonathan Burchard mentioned in the preceding Declaration for a Pension. That he sustains a good moral & Religious Character. that his statements are entitled to full credit & that he believes him to be of the age in said Declaration mentioned and that he is reputed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution. and that he this deponent concurs in that opinion - and further says not
Sworn & subscribed this 25th day of Jan'y 1833 before me & I certify that Mr. Mott is a credible person
Reuben Bacon Justice of Peace
Onida County ss: E. S. Barnes now a Resident of Utica being duly sworn deposes that he is well acquainted with Jonathan Burchard of Marshall in said County. That said Burchard is a member of the Presbyterian Church of said Marshall in good and regular standing. That his moral and religious character is good and his statements fully entitled to credit - that said Burchard is reputed in the vicinity when he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that this deponent concurs in that opinion & further says not
Sworn & subscribed this 26th day of Feb'y 1833 before me & I certify that said Barnum is a credible person
Ebenezer S. Barnum
N. Williams Vice Chancellor
Onida County ss: I George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Reuben Bacon Esq. One of the Justices of the

Peace in and for said County, and with the hand writing of the same, and that the foregoing appears to be his own proper signature - In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of office this 26th day of January A.D. 1883 -
Geo Brown Clerk St B Road Dep. Clk
And the said Nathan Williams hereby declares his opinion after putting the interroga- -toris prescribed by the War Department and the requisite investigation of the matter, that the above named Jonathan Burchard was a Revolutionary soldier or Continental Artificer in the Service of the United States as aforesaid and that he served as above declared in his Declaration. And the said Nathan Williams further certifies that it appears to him that the Rev. E. S. Benows who has signed one of the preceding Affidavits is a Clergyman now residing in the County of Oneida N.Y. having charge of a church and residing in said County of Oneida N.Y. and residing in said County of Oneida N.Y. having charge of a church in said County of Oneida N.Y. And that Samuel Mott Esq. who has signed also one of the preceding Affs is Sheriff of the County of Oneida N.Y. and that their testimony is entitled to full credit and belief.
N. Williams Nathan Williams

I James Watson Williams Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the 5th district of N.Y. hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Honorable Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Burrough for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 26th day of February A.D. 1833.
J. Watson Williams: Clerk in Chancery 5th Circuit N.Y.
con 1765

I Jabez Burhards of the Town of Trenton County of Oneida & State of New York do hereby certify and say that I am well acquainted with Jonathan Burhards of the Town of Marshall County & State aforesaid, and that I well remember that he the said Jonathan Burhards listed into the Service of the United States under Capt. Wm Haws in the Town of Springfield in the State of Massachusetts, to serve as an artificer, and that he listed about the first day of March in the Year 1783 and that he served therein therein more than seven months, according to the best of my recollection as I well remember going to visit him at Springfield while he was in the service, and that I went again in the fall of the same year at the time he was discharged and brought him home with myself in a Wagon Jabez Burhards
Subscribed & sworn to Before me Decr 25 th AD 1832
Geo A Gromann Justice
I hereby certify that the above notice Jabez Burhards is a man of truth & veracity & that I am well acquainted with him Decr 25 th 1832 Geo A Gromann Justice
Oneida County ss: I George Brown clk of the Com. Pleas of Oneida County do hereby certify that George A Gromann before whom the foregoing Afft. purports to have been taken was at the taking of the same One of the Justices of the peace in & for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing & believe his name above written is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office This 26 day of Jan y 1833. Sep Brier clk J. B. Read Dep clk

Oneida County ss: On this fifth day of July personally appeared before me Stephen Bacon one of the justices of the peace in & for said County Jonathan Burckard who being duly sworn deposes and says that at the time of his enlistment in February or March 1833 referred to in his annexed declaration he enlisted for One Year although he continued in service but Seven and a half months as therein stated and that the reason why he did not continue in service the whole term of his enlistment, was that there were more officers and men at the work, at that time than were deemed neces- sary - that some of the officers on the establish- ment of peace, left the Works at Springfield, & Capt. Wm Hawes who was his enlisting officer, in- formed this deponent, that if he this deponent chose, he might take his discharge and return home, and that this deponent there- upon took his discharge which he has since lost and returned home to Granby, with his brother as stated in his former declaration herewith annexed, and this deponent distinctly recollects that on his enlistment as afore- said, he received a bounty of a suit of clothes and that during said enlistment he was absent once or twice by permission of his officers on which occasions he made a short visit to his friends in Granby - and also that in consequence

of the depreciation of the Continental Security at the time this deponent took his discharge, he received a quantity of old bono in part payment of his wages, that according to the best of this deponent's recollection, regular returns of the business at the Springfield Works were made to the Gen. Government and further this deponent says it, Sworn & subscribed this 8th day of July 1883 before me the subscriber, and I further Jonathan Burckhard certify that the said Jonathan Burckhard is a credible person and entitled to full confidence
Reuben Bacon Justice of Peace
State of N. York
Onida County) I George Brown Clerk of Onida County do hereby certify that Reuben Bacon before shown the foregoing Affidavit purport to have been taken and also before whom the following afft. of Ely Burckhard Jonathan's husband was at the dated there of one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit is his own proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this 8th day of Aug st 1883 Geo Brown Clerk In B Read Dep. Clk

State of New York } Onida County ss. }
Personally appeared before me Reuben Bacon One of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Ely Burchard who being duly sworn deposes and says that he has for a long time to wit about 40 years has been well acquainted with Jonathan Burchard of Marshall Onida Co. N.Y. whose previous declarations is herunto annexed. That the said Jonathan Burchard has ever been esteemed a man of high moral worth and that for about 15 years he has been a member in good and regular standing of the Presbyterian Church - sworn & subscribed this 5 th day of July 1833. and I hereby certify That the said Ely Burchard is a clergyman of the County of Onida and entitled to full credit -
Ely Burchard
Reuben Bacon Justice of the Peace

Assoel Lamb of the town of Eaton, county of Madison, & State of New York, being sixty seven years old last April, maketh oath & saith, that he the said Assoel has been acquainted with Jonathan Brachard & his family more than fifty six years, that he the said deponent was at the house of the father of the said Jonathan, in the town of Brimfield, county of Hampshire, & State of Massachusetts, in the early part of the year 1833, it being at the time according to the best recollection & belief of the said deponent, when the said Jonathan left his father's house with a budget, & the said deponent was then & there informed by the family of the said Jonathan & neighbors that the said Jonathan was enlisted at that time & there as an officer in the Public Works at the town of Springfield, Hampshire county, Massachusetts, & State of Massachusetts, the said deponent further saith that he saw the said Jonathan during the time that the said Jonathan served at the said Public Works two or three times, & the said deponent further saith, that Anna, a sister of the said Jonathan lives at the house of the father of the said deponent, who informed the said deponent that the said Jonathan has enlisted & was serving his time at the aforesaid Public Works at the time above mentioned, and the said deponent further saith that the family of the said Jonathan were persons of irreproachable reputation & great credibility.
Subscribed Sworn this 15 th of June 1833 Assoel Lamb
before me
Perly Munger Justice of the Peace
We hereby certify that Assoel Lamb is a person of full credibility & belief. Perly Munger J.P.

State of New York } Madison County Clerk's Office } A. S. Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do certify that Perly Munger before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, and also whose name appears to the within Certificate, was, at the date of the same, One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County - And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit and Certificate, to be his proper hand writing and signature - Witness my hand and Seal of Office. This 15. th Day of June 1833. A. S. Sloan Clerk -

23305
Jonathan Burchard Oneida county New York
Admitted Brother of Arthicus 7 mo 2 1/2
  7  416    42  1     2912     208     3120  
Hodddard & Clark Waterville New York
all of Congregational ministry

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 23 rd
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 subjjoined 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, shewing the Service of Jonathan Burckard, Oneida county, N.Y.
   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.     1783 7 15 artificer Capt Hawes Gen Lincoln Springfield 70 Hampshire Mass. Tradition 1 witness proves the service as stated.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
It is not believed that any enlistments of continental Officers were made for so short a term as 7 1/2 mo. - & such a claim can not be admitted without satisfactory proof of enlistment under the act of Congress authorizing it.

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 the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with 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 _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with 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 time 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 [i] 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.
* See Affts of Jonathan Burchard. and of Rev. E. Burchard a Presbyterian Clergyman - And also of Mr Lamb
J. G. Burchard

Rehr
10399. INVALID.
July 6, 1892 History sent to Hon. Wm H. Harris, N.P. 226 June 26-1901 - H. G. B. Mrs. Geo. G. Dutcher Brooklyn N.Y.
File No. 10,399
Jonathan Borchard Artificer Rev War
Act: June 7th 22
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 51
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 2 o , 1841.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Jonathan Burchard a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Thirty one Dollars and 20 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1834, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 10 th June 1839.
Respectfully yours,
William H. Harrison
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Know all men by these Presents that I Salma Ben Sharad of the town of Marshall in the county of Oneida & State of New York widow of Jonathan Ben Sharad late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute & appoint A. Lawrence Foster of the town of Eaton county of Madison on a State of New York aforesaid my true lawful Attorney for me & in my name to receive from the agent of the United States for paying Pensions the arrears of his pension from the 4 th day of March to the 10 th day of June in the year 1839 that is to say from the 4 th day of March in the year 1839 to the 10 th day of June in the year 1839, the day of his death Witness my hand & seal this 15 th day of January in the year 1842 Sealed & delivered
in presence of Henry C. Hawley, Justices Ely Burkhart
State of New York } Oneida County } ss
Be it known That

on the 15 th day of January in the year 1842 before the subscribers justice of the peace in & for the said county personally appeared the above named Sabra Bur- chard & acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act & deed, to be her act & deed. In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year last above mentioned.
Henry S. Hawley H.S.H.
Justice of the Peace
in Oneida County
N.Y.
State of New York
Oneida County
ss. I, J. Sheldon Root, Clerk of the said county of Oneida, do hereby certify, that the foregoing instrument, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the foregoing instrument, was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in & for the said county, duly commissioned and qualified to take the same; that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment, is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the 28 th day of January A.D. 1842. J. Sheldon Root Clk.
Sabra Burchard To A Lawrence Esq. Power of Attorney

House of Representatives U. S.,
Washington, D. C., May 27, 1892.
Hon. Gren B. Raum Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Sir:
Henry McNeil Burchard, of Marshall, Minn., desires some information and I record his request, to-wit: He alleges that both of his Grandfathers were soldiers in the war of the revolution & drew pensions for such service. His paternal Grandfather was Jonathan Burchard (He probably spelled his name "Birchard") His Maternal Grandfather was Henry

House of Representatives U. S.,
Washington, D. C.,
Mr Niel, who he thinks enlisted in Connecticut . Both lived for years and died in Oneida Co. N.Y. - Will You please furnish me with such information as the records show as to the service of the Grand parents above mentioned of Henry McNeil Burchard
Yours Respectfully
W. H. Harris

WINONA & ST. PETER RAILROAD COMPANY
CHAS. E. SIMMONS, Land Commissioner, J. F. CLEVELAND, Assistant Land Commissioner, } Chicago, Ill. HENRY M. BURCHARD, Land Agent, Marshall, Minn.
LAND OFFICE.
MARSHALL, MINN.,
June 26 th 1892
Hon W H Harris in C Washington D. C. Decus in
I trust you will pardon me for again calling your attention to the information I desire to obtain from the Pension Office. The Society of the Sons of the American Revolution are gitting out a book in which each member is expected to show his lineage . If I do not know I shall get left There ought to be no difficulty in my case I recollect both of my Grandfathers. - Know they received Pensions. and their widows did some years after their deaths Both lived for years & died in Onida So it is I wrote you I think my paternal Grandfather. Spelled his name Birchard. In was so in the old deeds but afterwards they changed the i to u. and Spelled it Burchard. His name was Jonathan Burchard (or Richard)

WINONA & ST. PETER RAILROAD COMPANY.
CHAS. E. SIMMONS, Land Commissioner, J. F. CLEVELAND, Assistant Land Commissioner,
} Chicago, Ill.
LAND OFFICE.
HENRY M. BURCHARD, Land Agent, Marshall, Minn.
MARSHALL, MINN.,
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My mother's grand father was Henry McNeil - If the clerks in the Department will pay for looking this up. I am ready to pay all charges

TO CHF. _____ DIV. ACTION _____ JUL 2 1892 COMMISSIONER.
Reply to the written call for information the Hon M Harris without delay
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Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER.
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Please look up the request of H. M. Burchard. A letter was referred to the Court of Pensions about 10 days or 2 weeks ago calling for this information it will be seen that it is necessary to obtain this information to be of use
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TO CHF. _____ DIV. ACTION _____ JUL 2 1892 COMMISSIONER.
Reply to the written call for information the Hon M Harris without delay
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Will the Clerk of the Bureau of Pensions, kindly send a copy of the certifi- cate of of Jonathan Burchard I. V. G. S. of  of  Adams  Adams , No. 110,399. 1 enlisted Feb. or March 1783, from Granby Mass, and who died March 1834 at Marshall, Oneida Co. N.Y., and oblige his grdaughter Helveta Burchard Dutcher, (Mrs George G. Dutcher) 390 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.