Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40781, John Burk, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Burk, John Burke
S. 40781
CONTENTS

10.241
Glom Massachusetts for John Burk
of Northampton in the state of Massachusetts who was a private the regiment commanded by Colonel Shepard of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three Years - 1777
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th of August 1818
certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of May 1818 and sent to Samuel Hinckley Esq. Northampton Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 52.12 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 th Sep: 1819. 48.00 $100.00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Information sent Jan'y 13 th 1821 to H. P. G. M c Laughlin - Chelsea, Vt.

I. Burk.
Private Col Shippud's Regt Massachusetts Line 1777-3 years
Admitted
Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington
Application of John Burk for a Pension - taken sent up and forwarded by me J. Hinckley Jr.
1820 33 33 30
Forwarded to me J. Hinckley Jr.

I John Burk now resident at Northampton in the County of Hampshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts being seventy two years of age testify & say that I enlisted in the month of March 1777 at Brookfield in said Commonwealth as a private soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. Reuben Hlayton in the Regiment commanded by Col. William Shepard and marched to Peks Hill in the State of New York & was placed in the Brigade commanded by Genl. Glaser, I think it was called the fourth Battalion of the Massachusetts line, in the first three years service & I continued in the service until the Battle at Brims' Heights where I was taken prisoner and was carried to Quebec by the British and was kept there & suffered every thing but death, & I finally, with fourteen others, deserted from them and got back to Providence in Rhode Island where Col. Shepard's Regiment was then stationed and I marched in the same Company abovementioned to the State of New York & continued to serve in the same company & Reg t until the three years expired & was regularly discharged at Fishkill in the State of New York - My discharge I have lost - I have never been placed on any pension list - I am in reduced circumstances and stand in absolute need of assistance from my Country for support. August 20 th 1818. John Burk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss Aug t 20. 1818 John Burk came before me The subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills for said County within and for said County and made solemn oath that the above declaration and deposition by him subscribed is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth - and I certify from my own knowledge that he the said John Burk is a very poor man and is in absolute need of assistance from his Country for support and he states to me that when he rejoined the Company and Reg t after his captivity the Officers sup- posed he was killed in the action at Brims' Heights & he says he was reported as being dead and thinks it may so appear on the Rolls - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this day & year aforesaid. Daniel Hinkley Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills for said County

72 John Burk Declaration Schedule
Maps: to VT p. 241
Clk # not in Vermont Roll
Chelsea, VT

STATE OF VERMONT, } Orange County, ss. }
On this
4 th day of July
1820
personally appeared before the County court for said county of Orange in open court, (said court being a court of record, agreeably to the laws of this state, having the power of fine and imprisonment, &c.) John Burk aged 73 years, resident in Braintree in said county of Orange who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth,
on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: I enlisted in Jan y 1779 under Capt Reuben Slaten in Col Shephard Regiment and served until March 1780 and was discharged by Major Ball at the highlands. Likewise served one year in the Massachusetts Line under Col Brewer in year 1779 that he made his original declaration on the
20 day of April
1818
has received a Pension Certificate, No. 10241 And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; — and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
the whole amount of property as appraised by appraiser under oath amounts to thirty Eight Dollars 17 6/8
have no Debt due me — but am owing Eight Dollars fifty Cents —
my occupation is farming my family consists of my self & wife Hannah aged 35 years whose health is not good one Daughter nine years of age health good Signed John Burk

have no Debt Due me - but am owing Eight Dollars fifty Cents -
my occupation is farming my family consists of my self & wife Hannah age 35 years whose health is not good one Daughtter nine years of age health good Signed John Burk
Sworn to and declared on the before said court.
fourth day of July 1820 H E G W Laughlen CLERK.
STATE OF VERMONT, ss. Rutland County, ss.
I, H. E. G. W. Laughlen clerk of the County court for the county of Rutland, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court: - And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the afore- said schedule is thirty Eight dollars. 12 1/2
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said court, at Rutland , Chelsea this 4 day of July 1820 H E G W Laughlen Clerk

May 17, 1933.
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BA-J/ADY C John Burk S.40781
Mrs. Peter C. Olsen, 69 Water Street, Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War named John Burke.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.40781, based upon the military service of John Burk in that war.
John Burk enlisted in Brookfield, Massachusetts, served as a private in Captains Reuben Slayton's and Field's Companies, Colonel William Shepard's Fourth Massachusetts Regiment, was in the battle of Bemus Heights where he was taken prisoner, carried to Quebec, escaped and re-joined his company and was discharged February 27, 1780, having served three years. He also served one year, date illegible, in Colonel Brewer's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1818 while a resident of Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, aged seventy-two years.
In 1820 he was living in Braintree, Orange County, Vermont.
In 1820 soldier's wife, Hannah, her maiden name not stated, was aged thirty-five years and one daughter, her name not given, was aged nine years. There are no further family data.
This is the history of the only John Burk, all spellings of the surname searched, who served from Massachusetts that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension,

the name of person paid and possibly the date of John Burk's death, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data:
"John Burk, Certificate No. 10241, issued May 5, 1819, rate $8.00 per month, commenced August 20, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Massachusetts Agency, transferred in 1821 to Vermont Agency".
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

40781
INVALID.
Revy
1933 May 17. Hist. to Mrs. Peter C. Olsen. 9.10.4
File No. 40781
John Burk Rev Peter C
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 8 , Page 69
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Burke - Revolutionary Pensions under act of 1818 - Massachusetts Roll -
See Runson

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
Feb. 10 th 1819
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that John Burt served as a Soldier in Capt. Field's Company, and Col. Shepard's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from Feb. 27 th 1777 to Feb. 27 th 1780, being Three years and _____ months.
Wlden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

I George Webb, a Captain in the Revolutionary Army, who have obtained my certificate for a Pension under the late Act of Congress, was acquainted with John Burk who was in the same Regiment with me and in a Company which always encamped next to mine, and I knew the men in that company as well as I did those in my own, and I personally knew him to serve faithfully for three years from 1777 to 1780, when his term expired and he was undoubtedly honorably discharged.
George Webb
Leicester ss. August 28. 1818 — Personally appeared the above named Captain George Webb and made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed
Before me Edu. D. Dangs Justice of Peace
I certify that the above named Capt. George Webb is personally known to me as a highly respectable man and a credible and disinterested Witness.
Edu. D. Dangs, Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for said County of Worcester, certify, that Edward L. Bangs, Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavits have been made, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County seal, this twenty eighth day of August, A. D. 1818.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk
Application of John Burk of Northampton. 3

I Jonas Dennis of Spencer in the County of Worcester, who have obtained my pension certificate under the late law of Congress, on oath testify and declare, that I served in the Revolutionary Army in the same Company with John Burk, enlisted in the Regiment commanded by Col. William Shepard being the fourth in the Massachusetts Line, and I knew him to serve faithfully during his whole term of service which was three years, excepting the time he remained a captive as he has stated in his declaration, during which time I of course was not did not know any thing about him. He afterwards regained the army and served his time out and have no doubt he was honourably discharged, leaving me in the service, as I enlisted during the war.
Jonas Dennis
Worcester, August 28. 1818 Personally appeared the above named Jonas Dennis  captain  John Burk and made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed -
Before me Edu. D Bangs Justice of Peace
I certify that the above named Jonas Dennis is to my personal knowledge a credible and disinterested witness.
Edu. D Bangs Justice of Peace

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Orange
ss.
On this 17 th day of November 182 0 , before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Orange personally appeared John Burkh who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Merlin Slater in the regiment commanded by Colonel Shepherd in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Massachusetts from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory) of Vermont where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.
John Burkh
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
State of Vermont ss. } Ephraim Hatch Justice of Peace Orange County } Daughlin Clark of Orange County Ephraim Hatch is a Justice of the peace acting under the authority of this State and that his name subscribed to the foregoing is in his own hand w th y s attun H E G M Daughlin Clark
NOTE. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

The official character & signature of the ma- gistrate before whom the within affidavit was made, must be duly authenticated be- fore the name of the applicant will be transferred.
Sep 19
John Babb's officer :on to be transfer- :ed from McFarland to Vermont Transfered 18 Jan 1821

Recording Secretary MRS. C. E. ULLMAN 100 Grove Ave., Woodbridge, N. J.
Corresponding Secretary MISS MARGARET CROWELL 119 Brightwood Avenue, Westfield
Historian MRS. WILLIAM C. McGINNIS 142 Gordon St., Perth Amboy, N. J.
Regent MRS. PETER C. OLSEN 69 Water Street, Perth Amboy, N. J.
W. Furch OMPOGE CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY
Honorary Regent MRS. OLIVER R. HATFIELD 16 Elighth Ave., Atlantic Highlands
Treasurer MRS. RALPH ATKINSON 189 Kearny Ave., Perth Amboy, N. J.
Registrar MRS. FERDINAND ANDREWS 131 Rector Street, Perth Amboy
Chaplain MRS. G. CHARLES GUNDERSON 37 Lewis Street, Perth Amboy
Vice-Regent MRS. C. C. BALDWIN 15 Market St., Perth Amboy, N. J.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE MAY 12 1933 RECEIVED
RECEIVED MEMENT SUB-DIVISION MAY 12 1933 ADMINISTRATION
69 Water St. Perth Amboy, N.J. Veterans Administration Washington D.C. Mr. A. D. Hiller - Asst to Administrator
Dear Sir, -
I wrote for information and received it Sept. 25, 1931. In this I thank you - as you gave me much I could not receive in any other way. Now I am asking for the same thing for another ancestor -
John Burke of Brookfield - born 1776 to 1780 -
Have his military record from Mass. Soldiers, (N.Y. Library). I should like to have his wife's name - children's names and dates when & where he died - wedding day - death days and all the interesting information which you gave me about Simon Gilbert, another ancestor. I should also like the same thing if you have it for John Burke of Spencer - (married Rachael)

Haire) Is this one and the same John? If not the same person, I should like John of Spencer's record - although he served such a short time I am sure he rec'd no pension -
Thanking you again for any service which is possible for you to render. I am.
Yours truly. (Mrs. Peter C.) Frances Burke Olson. Repeat.
MAY 1 2 1933 PM