Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40780, Jonathan Burk, N.H.

SERVICE
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Burk, Jonathan Burke
S. 40780
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14.554 Vermont
Jonathan Burk
of Westminster in the state of Vermont who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dearborn of the New Hampshire line, for the term of Three Years 1781
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of Sep 1818 and to Shingus White Esq. Putney Vermont
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1819 130.66
Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar. 1820. 48.00
16 Mo. 10/30
$178.66
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Contiguous
Information about Jonathan Burk Jan. 1820 Vermont

Iona. Burk- 81— war Dearborn. N. Hampshire Aug!
Further proof of service required & Credibility of Witnesses Certified by the Judge
Services proved Admitted
Phinehas White Putney, Vt.

To Phinehas White Esq. Chief Judge of Windham County Court in the State of Vermont
I Jonathan Burk in the 54 th year of my age and a resident in the town of Westminster in the County and State aforesaid claiming the benefit of an act of Congress passed on the 18 th day of March in the present year of our Lord 1812 intitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War." So, pursuant to the provisions of the said act, here, upon oath, make the following Declaration to wit:— That I the said John Burk served in the War of the Revolution on the Continental Establishment as follows. I enlisted about the month of January in the 1781— for the term of three years, in the H. H. Stockbridge Shire Regiment under Col. Dearborn in the Company under Capt. Monroe—and soon after was marched to Saratoga in the State of N. York—and soon after I enlisted for and during the war, and served till some time in the fall of 1783 when I was discharged at a place called Poughkeepsie in the State of N. York—but have no written discharge.
And I further, upon oath, declare, that by reason of my reduced circumstances I am in need of the assist- ance of my country for support.
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand this 25 th day of April A.D. 1812.
Jonathan Burk

State of Vermont } Be it remembered that on this Windham County ss. } 25 th day of April A. D. 1848. Jonathan
Burk, the foregoing applicant, personally appearing, made solemn oaths to the truth of the preceding declaration by him subscribed, in due form of law before me Phinehas White Chief Judge of Windham County. — And I do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jonathan Burk did serve in the Revolutionary War, on the continental establishment, against the common enemy as by him stated in the preceding declaration — and also that he is very poor and destitute and needs the assistance aforesaid for —
And I do now transmit the proceedings and evidence had and taken before me, to the Secretary of the department of War, pursuant to the aforementioned act of Congress —
In witness whereof I hereunto set my official signature and have caused the seal of Windham County Court to be annexed
Phinehas White Chief Judge of Windham County Court

I Seth Gould of Westminster in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, depose and say that I was a soldier in the Continental Army in the years 1782 & 1783 in the Regiment under Col. Dearborn of the W. Hampshire Line and was well acquainted with Jonathan Buck the fore- going applicant - as a private soldier in the same Regiment and was knowing to his serving in sd Regiment two years or more
His Seth + Gould Mark
State of Vermont. } April 25. 1820. The above affidavit Windham ss. } was subscribed and sworn to in due form of Law - Before P. White Chief Judge of W. Co. Ct.
I Solomon Gilson of Grafton in the County of Windham and State of Vermont in the 80 th year of my age do testify and say that in the month of July 1782 I joined the American Army in the Revolutionary War in the Regt. commanded by Col. Dearborn in the Company of Capt. Moses Durst of the W. Hampshire Line and immediately after I joined sd Regt. at Saratoga I found and became acquainted with Jonathan Buck now of Westminster in the County & State aforesaid who was a private soldier in the same Regt. in the Company under Capt. Durst and I know that said Buck continued to serve in said Regt. for the term of ten or eleven months after I joined it - and further saith not
Solomon Gilson
Windham County ss. } The above affidavit was subscribed and July 28 th 1829 } sworn to before me Phin d . White Chf. J. W. Co. Ct.
The above named witnesses are both credible & disinterested persons -
Phin d . White Chf. J. W. Co. Ct.

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Jonathan Burk . Application for Pension . Windham County Vermont . [Copy]
14.554 March 18 th CON
1.65.

STATE OF VERMONT.
COUNTY OF WINDHAM ss.
At the County Court, begun and held at New-Fane, within and for the County of Windham, on the second Monday of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty.....
PRESENT—Hon. PHINEHAS WHITE, Esq. Chief Judge. Hon. JOHN ROBERTS, } Assistant Judges. Hon. GILBERT DENISON, Esqrs. }
ON this 20 th day of June, A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a civil jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having, in certain cases, the power of fine and imprisonment, Jonathan Burke , aged 57 years, resident in Westminster in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:— Two years & six months in the New Hampshire Line, Capt. James Mance, Col. Dearborn, and was honorably discharged.
That he has received a pension under the act of the Congress of the United States of the 18th March, 1818, that the number of his pension certificate is 14554. and the date of his original declaration is April 25. 1818.
AND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, That I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: 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.
SCHEDULE of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted.
No Real or Personal Estate - but is wholly destitute.
Jonathan Burke mark. Jonathan Burke mark.
AND I do also swear that my occupation is that of a Poor lame man and labour in earth. One child, Alfreda Burke aged 7 years.
SWORN to and DECLARED in open court on the 20 th day of June, A. D. 1820, Before Phinehas White JUDGE.
I James Elliot , Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the files and records 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 aforesaid schedule is— no real or personal dollars, and estate - cont.
IN testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, in open Court, on this seventh day of June 1820.
James Elliot , CLERK OF THE COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF WINDHAM.

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