Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42107, John Burnham, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Burnham, John
S. 42107
CONTENTS

14.087
from Pennsylvania to Ohio John Burnham
Susquehanna Co in the state of Penn a .
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year
enrolled on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of Sep 1819 and paid to Davis Ormick Esq r Judge Common Pleas. Susquehanna Co Penn a
rears to 4th of Sep 1819. 16 mos 17 / 30 . $132.53 semi-ann. all'ce ending March 4. 1820. 48 —
$180.53
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
17/30 4.53 6.128 132 53
Notes sent to Samuel Hunt Esq r 10 Oct 1821 Cincinnati Ohio

DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA,
Susquehanna County, ss.
On this Eighteenth day of April 181 8 , before me the subscriber, one of the Associate Judges for the said county, personally appears John Burnham aged Seventy Three years, resident in Nush Township in the said county, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the follow- ing declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revo- lutionary war:" That the said John Burnham enlisted in April 1775 in Gloucester in the state of Massachusetts , for 8 months in the company commanded by Captain Barnabas Dodge Col Gunnys of the Regt , served his time out and was discharged and then entitled for one year in the same Company & Regiment then commanded by Col Baldwin served the whole time and was left sick in the hospital that he continued to serve in the said corps, in the service of the United States until the was after his time was out, when he was discharged from service in
state of _____ that he was in the battle of  The years service (is stated by the applicant to be done in Col Baldwins Regt. of the Mass essetts line -
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support ; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid. (David Dimock)
I, Louis Dimock Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said John Burnham did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy ; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
April 18 th 1818  Louis Dimock
I do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that John Burnham the above applicant is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for his support. (David Dimock)

The Judge if satisfied of the advised circumstances of the applicant should enter his certificate to that effect. The line should be stated & the Col o 's name more plainly written The deposition of 2 witnesses (certified by the Judge to be credible) proving at least 9 months service in continental establishment
John Burns
Certificate
Private
Col Balderson Regiment
1776-1780

Pennsylvania Susquehanna County ss
I, Izaac Hyde Jr. Prothonotary of the court of common Pleas of Susquehanna County do certify that David Dimock Esquire is and was at the time of his taking and signing the within certificate one of the Associate Judges of the court of common Pleas for the County aforesaid and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts and deeds as such and that his signature is of his own proper hand writing In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said court at Montrose the third day of August A.D. 1818
Izaac Hyde Jr. Prothon.
The Judge of Probate of the wills of the above-mentioned circumstances of the aforesaid should annex his certificate to the said Will. The same should be stated in the said name more plainly written the deposition of the witness (certified by the judge to be credible) forming at least a prima facie evidence in continental establishment.
John Burnham Certificate Private Col Baldwin's Regiment 1776-1780
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Indian Rec. 1 st Nov. 1820
John Burnham John Burnham, states that he has rec d a certificate pension, not numbered dated 6 Sept. 1819. Not found on rolls.
Joel Dribner, Clk. New- Albany, Indiana.
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State of Indiana St.
On this 12 th day of September 1828
John Burnham personally appeared in open court being a bearer of Record for the county of Floyd within the second Judicial Circuit in the State aforesaid aged Seventy five years, who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows viz. that he enlisted under Captain Barnabas Dodge of the Twenty sixth Regiment commanded by Col. Garish of Newbury Port in the State of Massachusetts and that his original declaration bears dated the 18 th day of April 1818 that he then resided in Susquehanna county in the State of Pennsylvania, but has since moved to the county and State first aforesaid, has received a Pension, the certificate of which is not numbered but is dated the 5 th day of Sept. 1819, and the said John Burnham solemnly swears that he was a Resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself within the Provisions of an act of Congress Entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that he has not, nor has any person for him any property or securities, contracts or Debts due to him, nor has he any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed & by him subscribed, which reads as follows, to wit, one small Time-Piece, one Pinchbeck Watch, two old chests without hinges, one cooking Pot, one Dutch oven, one small Brass size quart kettle, one old Frying Pan without any handles, two Butter Platters, six Printed Plates, six Dining Plates, six Breakfast plates.

of Queens ware, one old Pine Table, six Tea cups and Saucers, 6 Knives and forks one Tin Tea Pot, one Black Tin Tea Pot, one old Tin Coffee Pot, and one small Iron sauce Pan. — The said Burnham also states that he is by occupation a Boot and Shoemaker, that he is crippled in his right arm and is unable to pursue his business, that his wife lives with him and is of the age of Sixty five Years & that himself and Wife live with their oldest Son, (and) are dependent upon him for their support —
John Burnham Esq.
Sworn and subscribed to before the board aforesaid this 12 th day of September 1820.
Joel Scribner clk
State of Indiana Set.
I Joel Scribner clerk of the Circuit Court for the county of Floyd within the second Judicial Circuit in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of the said board, and I further certify that it is the opinion of the said board, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Seventeen dollars and Twenty five cents —
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said board at New Albany this 14 th day of October AD 1820.
Joel Scribner clk of the Circuit Court for the county of Floyd

42 107
Rev INVALID.
File No. 42,107
John Burnham Dr. Rev. Dr.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 69
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Cincinnati April 19 th 1820.
Sir
I enclose to you, the declaration and schedule of property of John Burnham a U. S. Revolutioary pensioner on the Pennsylvania Agency. From the endorsement, on the declaration, it would seem that it has heretofore been received at the War Department, and that Burnham is not found on the rolls. This remark I presume, applies only to the rolls of the state of Indiana where it will be seen from the endorsement, he has recently resided. I also enclose his original certificate of pension, on inspection of which it will be seen he is placed on the Pennsylvania Agency, and that it is erroneously stated in his declaration that his pension certificate is not numbered. In other respects I presume his declaration and -

schedule of property are, substantially correct . It is not stated, that, he was a resident of the county, in which he made his declaration, because he had not, then acquired made a permanent or perhaps acquired a legal residence in it . It may be proper, to state that I drew the Pension due to this identical John Burnham up to the 4th of March 1820, at the Bank of the U. States in Philadelphia in April 1820. Early in the Spring of that year he passed through this city, on his way to. Floyd County in the State of Indiana, where he resided among his children until recently.
He is now on a visit, among other of his children who live in the vicinity of this city, and as he is at this time uncertain in which place, he will make his permanent residence, he requests

that in case his name shall be conti- nued, on the Pension roll, that the place of the payment of his pension, may not for the present be changed, Please to return his pension certi- ficate to me, and, advise me of your decision on his claim as early as convenient.
very respectfully your most obedt Servant
Samuel F. Hunt agent for John Burnham
To J. L. Richards Esq. Pension agent. War Department

John Burnham Trapp From Penn a to Ohio 10 Oct 1821. From 4 th March 1820.
Mar 26
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State of Ohio City of Cincinnati
On this 25 th day of May 1821, before me Isaac G. Burnett, Mayor of the city aforesaid, personally appeared John Burnham, who, on his oath declares that he is the same person who, formerly belonged to the company, command- -ed by Captain Barnabas Dodge, in the Regiment, commanded, by Colonel Baldwin, in the service of the United States; that his name, was placed, on the Pension Roll of the State of Pennsylvan- -nia, from whence he, has lately removed; that, he, now, resides in the State of Ohio where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension, to be there, payable, in future
State of Ohio City of Cincinnati J. P. C. Grace, G. Burnet Mayor of the city of Cincinnati do hereby certify that John Burnham the above deponent personally came before me, and was sworn to, and subscribed the foregoing deposition at the time and place therein mentioned.
In witness whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed the cor- porate seal of said city on the day and year first above written

Joseph Leach, of Dunbarton in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire, declare upon Oath, that I entered the service of the United States in January 1776 & served in the 26th Regiment commanded by Col. Loami Baldwin in the Continental Army & Massachusetts line, as Sergeant Major, that I now well remember John Burnham, man of Rush in the County of Susquehanna & State of Pennsylvania, who enlisted into Richard Dodge's Company of said Baldwin's Regiment, in January A.D. 1776 & who continued faithfully to serve until the 21st day of January A.D. 1777 when he was honorably discharged. I also further declare that I well knew that he rendered more than eleven months continuous service in the above Regiment which was in the Continental establishment. Joseph Leach
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss. Concord June 28th 1819 Be it known that on this twenty eighth day of June A.D. 1819 before me Joseph Law, Notary Public in & for said State duly commissioned & sworn, personally appeared Joseph Leach & made solemn Oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is just & true.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed my Notarial Seal at Concord in the County & State aforesaid on the day aforesaid Joseph Law. Notary Public.
I certify that the above named Joseph Leach, is a man of good standing in society, & a man of truth & veracity - Joseph Law Not. Pub.

I, Robert Annabel, of Hamilton in Massachusetts, aged 79 on oath testify:
That I was a year's man in 1776 and served in Capt. R. Dodge's Company in Col. Baldwin's Continental Regiment in the Mass'tts line; and I know that John Burnham, now of Rush in Pennsylvania (but who lived in Ipswich near my residence in 1776) en- listed at the beginning of that year in our Company and marched from Chelsea near Boston to New York and he continued to serve all that year till after the cap- ture of the Hessians. He was honorably discharged at the end of the year when the Regiment was disbanded. He was a private soldier.
Robert his Annabel mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Witness: July, 6. 1819 Then the above Robert Annabel, a credible and respectable witness, subscribed and made oath to the above before me Benjamin Merrill Just: Pac: S
Witness: I certify that Benjamin Merrill Esq re is a Justice of the Peace, and the above is his signature: and the seal affixed is the Seal of the Sup: Jud: Court.
In the absence and in behalf of Ich d Tucker for Benj. R. Nichols