Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16669, William Burns, Va.

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Burns, William
S. 16669
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4911
Kentucky.
William Burns of Ky. in the State of Ky. who was a Pvt. in the Co. Ky. commanded by Captain Martin of the Regt. commanded by Col. Christie in the Va. line for 15 months —
Enrolled on the Roll of Kentucky. at the rate of 50 — Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of Jan: 33. and sent Hon. R.P. Fletcher House of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of Sept — 1832 — 75 Pension allowance ending 4 th Mar: 33 25
$100
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Vol. 9 Page 32
order to pay May 11, 1837.
Rate of small note on a 13.

Mr Binns
from — print 15 mats,
$50.
To R. R. Setchell,

BRIEF in the case of
William Burns  of May 60
in the State of Kentucky
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76  4. State his service, as directed in the annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 79 Not stated 11 9 0 pt Gen. Martin Col Chestnut the line Col. M. C.   " 6 " Gen. Lewis Col Gordon V.C. State Troops   " 9 " by a resolution  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct, 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

State of Kentucky
Clay County ss
On this 23 d of October 1832 Personally appeared in open Court, before the Judge of the Clay Circuit Court, William Burns Resident of said County and State aged as he believes 76 years, who being first duly sworn according to law both on his Oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the U. States in the Revolutionary War, in Pa. Pittsylvania County Va., year for so doing, for a trip up the Chesapeake In- dians, under Col. Joseph Martin, his son was Brice Martin, & Ensign Brice Martin in the Regt. commanded by Col. P. or on the Va. Line Genl. Christie. He recollects on the Campaign May, Shelby, Col. Russell and May - Blecher. He was wounded.

to the Long Islands of the Ohio, then to the Clinch River on the Ohio River and remained in service for a little upwards of nine months when he was dis- charged by at the Long Islands of Holston in Tenn. by Capt. Joseph Martin. This trip he was in no battle. But On the day he was discharged he engaged for for six months under Capt. Martin ap? and to defend the frontiers, under Major Blatcher ap? Under this engagement he remained at the Long Islands, then to Clinch River and to the Rye Cove, then he re- mained until he was dis- charged by Capt. Martin for six months service

All this was before the Battle of Kings Mountain. Shortly before the Battle of Ram- =dows Mill he enlisted in Wilks County Mts. where he lived for nine months in the line of the state of Carolinas, called "state troops" under Col. P. Michajoh Lewis under Col. P. Gordon. Shortly after he enlisted he hired Johnathan Dickman to take his place who was accepted and he got a discharge in his own name from Col. P. Gordon at Wilks C. H. Mts. for the said nine months. His discharge he has long since lost. He remembers no officers except what he has stated, but Col. P. Cleveland

was in Gordon Regt. He has almost lost his memory. He was born in Sta. of Va. County fa- -gotten. He served a pseudo each term on his own act. He was in no battle As to the He has record of his age. As to the other questions of the war department he supposes he has ex- -plained in the foregoing. As to his character he refers to his neighbors Mr. Hoom, Robt. Baker and John Spurluck.
He hereby relin- -quishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present one he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll

of any agency in any state nor has ever been.
I won't be surprised the day dawns on it.
William his Burns mark
Robert Baker, aged fifty eight, John Spurlock aged fifty, both of Clay County and neighbors of the ap. Mr. Burns, who signed the foregoing in our presence upon oath declare they have for many years known him and believe him to be seventy five or 80. For some years since they had him frequently had him state he was in the old war, upon of Christ's campaign And we have no doubt he served as he states.
Robt. Baker John Spurlock

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court lay this certifies that it appears to them that Robert Baker and John Spiers are residents in the County of Clay and are credible persons and that their statement are entitled to credit.
Kentucky Clay County and Circuit Court
October Circuit Court 1832
I, Thuer Baker clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Burns for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 23 rd day of October 1832.
A Baker Clerk
Forward the enclosure to E. Smith
With interest
pay

Mr Burns

March 17, 1932
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Mr. Joseph K. Hull Richmond, P.O.Box 39 Virginia.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to William Burns, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.16669, based upon the Revolutionary War service of William Burns .
He was born in the state of Virginia, date not given.
He enlisted in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, served as a private against the Cherokee Indians, in Captain Joseph Martin's company in Colonel Christie's Virginia regiment, and was discharged at "The Long Island of Holston in Tennessee", having served nine months. He enlisted the same day that he was discharged and served six months in Captain Martin's company under Major Bletcher, in defense of the frontier. Shortly before the battle of Ramsour's Mill, he enlisted in Wilkes County, North Carolina to serve in Captain Micajah Lewis' company in Colonel Gordon's North Carolina regiment, soon after his enlistment he hired a substitute, Jonathan Hickman, to serve in his stead. He gave no dates of any of his service, but stated that all of his service was rendered prior to the battle of King's Mountain.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, then a resident of Clay County, Kentucky, and was seventy-six years of age.
There is no reference to wife or children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

16.669 INVALID.
File No. 16.669
William Burns
Pr. Rev War
Act: June 7 th 39
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 53
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Feby 3 1902
Mrs. Clara C. Stewart - C. G. 1932 - Jan 18 - Hirt to Mrs. Josephine D. Bortle and 1932 - Mch 17 - Hirt to Joseph K. Hull and

Northern Bank Ky Lexington April 26 1839
Sir
I enclose for your inspection the papers of Isaac Skinner who has not drawn for 18 months past — also the papers of Wm Burns who has not drawn for the same time. —
Burns is quite an old man & lives in a remote part of the State (Haley Co) His reasons for neglecting to draw are, the difficulty & expense of travelling and his ignorance of the regulation of the War Dept — forbidding payments, without a special order, for a longer term than one year.
Respectfully — Wm Ernst
Per letter

4911-22 Washington, D. C.
Dec 16 th 1901
Dear Sir
My maternal ancestors was W m Burns originally Virginian but for years a resident of Ky He was a revolutionary soldier will you please to inform me whether he was a Pensioner and the number of his Certificate, also whereabouts in Ky he resi- ded in his later life with the probable date of death The desired information is to support my right to member- ship in the Daughters of the

American Revolution
Very Respectfully
Mrs Clara E Stewart 1817 First City Hon H Clay Evans Born 11 of December Washington D.C.
DEC 18 1891 Boston Mass

December 4, 1931.
Director of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:- Recently I wrote the Adjutant General, Washington D.C. for the revolutionary war record of William Burns. They wrote that one, William Burns served as a sergeant in Revolution in Captain Andrew Wallace's Company of the 12 th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. James Wood - he enlisted to serve three years from March 1, 1777, and his name is borne on the records of the company to the muster roll for January 1778, which shows "on command and deserted about the 23 rd of December 1777 -
I am sure there is some mistake as this is a different William Burns, for the soldiers

record I wish served longer than this report shows - The Adjutant General suggested that I write you for further information -
The William Burns whose service record I wish, lived for many years in Clay Co. Kentucky - He died at Boonville, Owsley County Kentucky, sometime after 1840 -
If you have any record of this William Burns in your office, I would like a copy of same - I think he was at one time granted fifteen months pay for service in Virginia
Thanking you in for this favor, I am
Sincerely
Josephine P. Borch 621 Vine St. Poplar Bluff, Mo.
(cont)

RECORDS DIVISION Miss Clara F. ... Clare ... NO ... 2-9-32 DEBT RECORD:
P. O. Box 39, Richmond, Va., Feb. 1. 1932.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
U. S. Census of Pensioners, 1840, shows William Burns , pensioner, aged 87 years, living with Sarah Bishop , in Clay County, Kentucky .
I shall appreciate it if you will favor me promptly with any information shown by your records regarding this pensioner.
I take this to be the same William Burns , pensioner, who died in Owsley County, Kentucky , soon after 1840. He originally lived in North Carolina but served, I understand, in the Virginia line during the Revolution.
I shall be grateful for your early reply.
Faithfully yours,
Joseph K. Hull Joseph K. Hull.

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON
RECORDS DIVISION
IN REPLY PLEASE QUOTE
R-6779-ND
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February 17, 1932.
Veterans Administration, Director of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
The attached communication dated February 1, 1932, from Joseph K. Hull, P. O. Box 39, Richmond, Virginia, relative to information concerning William Burns, a pensioner of the Revolutionary War, is referred to your office for consideration and reply.
The writer has been advised of this reference.
Respectfully,
J. B. Fallon
Acting Chief, Records Division.

Frankfort, Ky 210 W Main, August 14, 1931,
U.S. Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
As I understand it, my ancestor, William Burns, was in the Revolutionary War, and died in Clay County, Kentucky, Will you please give me his war record,
Yours truly,
C. E. BURNS.
Ps: If Wm Burns drew a pension, please tell me how many pages are there of this pension, and the price for a typewritten copy per page, also the price on photostat copies of his record,

List of pages selected for plates for C. E. Purvis:
Sal's. decl. Oct. 23, 1832 - 6 pages
Cif. jacket - 1 p.
} 7 pages

November 10, 1931.
BA-J/MMHF Wm. Burns S.16669
Mr. C. E. Burns, 210 West Main, Frankfort, Kentucky.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter requesting photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension of William Burns of Clay County, Kentucky.
Such copies are furnished at the rate of fifteen cents a page.
The number of pages to be copied in the above noted claim is seven.
The proper amount should be forwarded by money order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

January 18, 1932
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Mrs. Josephine S. Borth 621 Vine Street Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to William Burns, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers in his pension claim, S. 16669, based upon the military service of William Burns during the Revolutionary War.
He was born in the state of Virginia, date not given.
He enlisted in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, served as a private against the Cherokee Indians, in Captain Joseph Martin's company in Colonel Cristle's Virginia regiment, and was discharged at "The Long Island of Holston in Tennessee", having served nine months. He enlisted the same day that he was discharged and served six months in Captain Martin's company under Major Bletcher, in defense of the frontier. Shortly before the battle of Ramsour's Mill, he enlisted in Wilkes County, North Carolina to serve in Captain Micajah Lewis' company in Colonel Gordon's North Carolina regiment, soon after his enlistment he hired a substitute, Jonathan Hickman, to serve in his stead. He gave no dates of any of his service, but stated that all of his service was prior to the battle of King's Mountain.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, October 23, 1832, then a resident of Clay County, Kentucky, and was aged seventy-six years.
There is no reference to wife or children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator