Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3110, Stephen Burroughs, Conn

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Burroughs, Stephen
S 3110
Carded
CONTENTS

Set to Jno Foot 17. Sep t 35 " " " " to act " Duplicate Certificate issued Dec 17. 1835 sent to John Foote, Esq. Hamilton, N.Y. Set to same, Mar 24. 1836 Tra. C. C. Apr 28. 36 Transfer to Ohio Pittsb. fr. 4 th March 1836 - Oct 6. 36
Dead Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th March 1839 to 25 th Sept 1839 the day of his death & notified 11 th June 1840
204107 Stephen Burroughs Madison in the State of New York who was a P er in the Comp y commanded by Captain Parsons of the Reg t commanded by Col. Wenman in the State Troops time for 14 Mo. & 14 days
This Certificate issued on line one dated 11 th Sept r 1833 for Conn Line Records etc. Incribed on the Roll of a P er in New York at the rate of 47 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Aug st 1835 and sent to John Hamilton. Madison Co. N.Y.
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar ch 35 - $188.40 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep t 35 - 23.55
$211.95
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. W. Blagden Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 48

In the matter of Stephen Burroughs 14.889
-Pension - v
Re Mo. Service
Communication to be made to I. F. O. D. Hamilton Mad Co. N.Y.

State of New York
Made me apply for: On the seventh eighth day of Octo-
ber 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of Madison County aforesaid now sitting Stephen Burroughs a Resident of Ham- ilton in said County of Madison & State aforesaid aged twenty eight years who being first duly sworn ac- cording to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 that he would enter the service of the United States under the following named officers & serve as herein stated
10 mo }
That he first enlisted into the service of his Country in the war of the Revolution in the latter part of April or first of May 1775 at East Windsor in the State of Connecticut as a soldier & Militiaman under Capt. Michael Parsons in the Regiment com- manded by Col. Mann (given name not recalled) & continued to serve two months - When he enlisted he marched to Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts & remained there until the battle of Bunker Hill & then marched to Ningham East of Boston & con- tinued until about three weeks before the term of his enlistment expired & then he marched back to Rox- bury & remained there in the service the remaining part of said two months & was discharged - That he in- listed originally for nine months & continued one month
2 mo 12
longer at the request of General Washington that Eliza & Jonathan Hall were with him during said term of service. This declarant returned home to East Windsor & remained there until the prospect of March (the day he ceased re- siding) 1776 & then enlisted again into said service under Capt. John Simons & Col. Erastus Wolcott & served two months at Roxbury aforesaid & was employed

Ben 12 mo 7- 5-  14
The most of the time in building & repairing Forts & fortifications on Dorchester Hill & points of the rest of the time was employed as a guard and this declarant has not been able to find or hear of any person now living by whom he can prove this last service. That at each of said enlistments he marched from East Windsor you said to Newbury through the Towns of Somers, Mil- braham, Kingston, Limerick, Worcester & the other Towns not now mentioned, on what was called the North Road. That this declarant entered into said service again the latter part of May 1776 at East Windsor under Capt. Elijah Robbins in company with him.
6 mo { (afterwards, Whitehall) that he continued in said 18 mo { service under this enlistment six months then he continued at Skene'sboro towards a month & then marched to Mount Independence opposite Ticonderoga & continued there until a requisition was made by the commander of the fleet upon Lake Champlain, upon Capt. Robinson to select a number of men out of his company to go on board of one of the vessels then lying opposite Fort Ticon- deroga & this declarant was selected & went on board of a vessel belonging to said fleet, com- manded by Generals Arnold & Watery & in this declarant was taken prisoner by the British who were under the command of General Carlton. On the Sixteenth of October (as near as he can recollect), & was afterwards set at liberty on the condition he should not take up arms again until he should be exchanged. Soon after he went

home but was not not exchanged with knowledge That General Waterbury was also taken prisoner & General Brant struck his colors & put to shore This vessel was burnt. and this declarant further says that he has not been able to hear of or find any person by whom he can prove the last mentioned service except Deborah Colgate whose testimony is herewith attached and he has no documentary evidence by which his service or any part thereof can be shown other than as above That he never had any written discharge with his Regiment. That he made application to the War Department in 1831 & obtained the testimony of the said Elkanah Terry & Jonathan Steele which was forwarded to the War Depart- ment & is now on file there as he supposes as he never received the same afterwards. That his said Claim was rejected as he was informed on account that his service did not come within the then existing laws of Congress. That he hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension list of Roll of the agency of any State. That he was born the 2 nd day of August 1784 as he believes. That his age is registered in the Town Clerk's office in the Town of East Windsor as he supposes & he also has it in his family Bible - J. P. S. 11 P. 32 v. 10 p. 13
Sworn & Subscribed this day & year above and in Open Court before me A. T. Hoang Clk.

Mr. Rufus Tyler. & Daniel Brown
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Burrage who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age. That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed to in open court this 8 th day of October 1832.
Rufus Tyler Daniel Brown
A. S. Hoan Clk.
And the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as such in the To the first question he answers. That he was born in East Windsor in Connecticut in 1754 To the 2 d that his age is recorded in East Windsor as above. & in his Bible To the 3 d that he was living at East Windsor when he was called into the service. That since that time he has lived in Royalton in Vermont & was there killed by the Indians & moved to West Minister Vt. & from there moved to Whitcomb in Massachusetts then to Halifax in N.H. then to Hamilton in the County of Madison & State of New York

To the 4 th He answers that he volunteered To the 5 th That the names of the officers which he now resides are as follows in the first contingent Capt. H. Parsons chief. Hel- drude Lieut Skinner Ensign Payne. — below. Skinner Lieut. Washington
In the 2 d Company Capt John Simmons Lieut David Johnson Lieut Baneroff (do Wolcott 3 d Company Capt Elijah Robinson Lieut McClure Lieut Mills Ensign King (do Mott Ser. s Arnold & Watson  Witt )
To the 6 th He answers that he had no written  no  letter
To the 7 th He answers that his is known to the following persons in his neighborhood who can testify to his character. (with) Elisha Payne Esq John Edgerton William Sanford James B Stone (first kind of Madison (only leaves) Joseph B. Pule Phoebe Alva John Foster Edward Brumley John G. Storer Esq John Pomeroy Nathan Foster Daniel Brown Rufus Tytler And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Rufus Tyler & Daniel Brown (who have signed the preceding Certificates are residents of the county  the county  of Madison  of Madison  and  are  credible persons  credible persons  that the  that the  statement  statement is entitled to credence & also that Elisha Edgerton is known to some of the Court & that he is shown to be believed by the Court to be a person entitled to credence.
I Andrew S Sloan Clerk of the Court of Com- mon pleas of Madison County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the said Court in the matter

of the application of Stephen Burroughs for a pension
In testimony whereof I have set my hand & seal of office this Eighth day of October 1832
A. S. Sloan Clk

In the matter of Stephen Burroghs, affidavit for Puns in
State of New York
whereas a report was made from several of the Justices of the Superior Court in and for the City of New York, that the said Stephen Burroghs was then and there a Justiciary of the said Court, and that he had been admitted to practice as an Attorney at Law in the said Court, and that he was then and there a member of the Bar of the said Court, and that he was then and there a Justiciary of the said Court, and that he had been admitted to practice as an Attorney at Law in the said Court, and that he was then and there a member of the Bar of the said Court,

State of New York County of St. Lawrence Ischia Edgerton of Berkshire in the county Tioga being duly sworn saith that he is personally acquainted with Stephen Burroughs of Hamilton in the county of Madison as as aforesaid and was well acquainted with him when he resided in East Windsor in the State of Connecticut in 1776 & knows that he entered into the service of the United States as in the revolutionary war as one of the Artillery of Connecticut in the latter part of May 1776 for the term of Six months, and this deponent is confident that said Stephen served his time out faith- fully, for that this deponent entered at the same time in the same company under the command of Captain Elijah Robinson in a Regiment commanded by Colonel the  the was with him at Skeena Fort Mount Independence until a part of the Company was sent on board of the Fleet on Lake Champlain under the command of Generals Arnold & Waterbury op- posite Ticonderoga & that said Stephen went on board of one of the vessels of said fleet & was taken prisoner by the British & that after said Stephen was released by the British Commander (who was Governor Carlton) he re- turned back to said company but not being at liberty to take up arms again until he should be exchanged he returned home & he this deponent saw him after- wards & continued in a neighboring town to said Stephen some years until this deponent removed to Hamilton aforesaid. and that said Stephen afterwards removed to Hamilton aforesaid and into the neighborhood of this deponent and continued in said neighborhood nearly twenty years or more & for eight or ten years on the same farm with this deponent under a lease from this de- ponent & this deponent has seen said Stephen this day & knows him to be the identical person who lived as aforesaid. and from general reputation this deponent and from information of persons who were acquainted with him aforesaid and was employed

Given this 28 th day of Sept r } Judiah Edgerton 1832 before me _____
James Bladé first see Mr. ...
Yours affec Mr Webb, Theo.
State of New York Madsen County to Andrew S Sloan Clerk of the said County as Clerk of said County to Henry Culp that James B Eldridge says before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the date of the same first read by me as County and duly authorized to act as such Clerk & that I am acquainted with his hand writing & believe the signature of the said James B Eldridge to the said affidavit to be genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my official seal Oct. 8. 1832 A. S. Sloan Clk
A. S. Sloan Clk

May 15. By Phelps's certificate in the case of Jonathan Hale Parsons company was in service 7 mo. 8 d.
5 mo. 8 pri. admissibles probably.
$50.90 cents.

State of New York Mendham County ss I James B Eldredge late first Judge of said Court do hereby certify that the 28th day of September 1832 Jeremiah Elderton who then appeared before me and acknowledged that he was to the affidavits herein to annexed in the matter of the application of Stephen Berrenagh for a pension here to annexed, and that I then required the said as Judge of said Court and I now further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Jeremiah Elderton and that he is an credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit. Witness my hand 24th 1833. J. B. Eldredge J.P.
State of New York County of Madison ss I J. Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the said County do certify that James B. Eldredge whose name is subscribed to the above 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 verify that his name subscribed to the said Certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature -
Witness my hand & Seal of office this 15th day of June 1833. -
A. S. Sloan. Clerk C. Barnard. Dep. Clk

N o 14889
Stephen Barron N.Y.
S
Admitted
Private 18 months
re-admitted
Aug. 8. 35
Private 14 mo 14
days - $47.10
John Foster Hamilton W.B. agent

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
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 subjoined 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, showing the Service of Stephen Burrongs, of Madison Co. New York
   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.     Enlisted 1775 10 Private Capt H Parsons Colo. Heman To Roxbury Massachusetts East Windsor Connecticut aged 74 Gratuitous a living witness   " 1778 2 Genl Washington Through the   " " 6 Capt Madison Colo. Crassus Mollett Towns of Somers - Wilbraham   " " Capt. Robison Genl Arnold Waterbury Kingston Co. on North Road To Mt. Independence   +7 4   2   5   14 4  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
John Parsons & (blank), in a Vessel going to Boston Chamberlain

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 he 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 line 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.

Stephen Burrough
Alb. N.Y.R.
to Ohio Pittsb. Washington City D.C. Commissioner of Revenue J. J. Edwards Esq.
Mr. Brins
Sept 24
Laid to 4: March 1836 in evidence in file with papers of Elijah Holliston, 20,620, trans from Albany to Ohio Pittsb. Oct. 36-

W. Prudue
J. J. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pension
Washington City D.C.
Adv. A.H.R.
Stephen Burroughs
Recd to 4 March in evidence on with papers of Elijah Holliston, 20.6.20. trans from Albany to Ohio Pittsb. Pa. Oct. 36-

The State of Ohio Cuyahoga County ss:
I, Aaron Clark Deputy Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in & for said, do hereby certify that Geo. Hoadly Esqr. before whom the within affidavit was made & whose certificate is thereunder written & subscribed with his own proper hand writing officially was on the day of the date thereof, & now is an acting justice of the peace in & for the township of Cleveland in said county of Cuyahoga duly commissioned & qualified, & to whose official acts as such, full faith & credit are, of right & ought to be given throughout the United States, and elsewhere — (Witness) My Signature and the Seal of said court this sixteenth day of September A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty six —
A. Clark Dep. Clerk
Deputy Clerk
Deputy Clerk

Cleveland Septm 16. 1836
J. L. Edwards Esqr Sir Mr Burroughs drew last March in the State of New York - he wishes to be transferred to the Pittsburgh Agency
With Respect Yours
Dudley Baldwin
J. L. Edwards Esqr Pittsburgh Pa
count of the that affidavit written sitting officially in Colan township ahoga whose official to give this and thirty Clerk P

Rehman
3110
INVALID.
File No. 3110
Stephen Burrough Brist Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 50
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Payment Suspended
It appears by a Certificate of E. Phelps ( filed  within ) of the service of Jonathan Hale in same Co. and Regt. that the allowance to S Burroughs is too much.
Let to John Foot
16 Oct 1834
Let to John Foot 2 July 1835
By order Dr. Crump

New York 20 407.
Stephen Burroughs of Madison Co in the State of N.Y. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Parsons of the Regt commanded by Col. Newman in the State Troops line for
18 months -
Conn. Line Records, ok.
Inscribed on the Roll of Feb 22 nd New York at the rate of 60. Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4. day of Sept r 1833. and sent to John Foote - Hamilton - Madison Co
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 33. 150. 00. Pension allowance ending 4 Mar ch 34 30. 00. 180. 00.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. Francis Clerk, Book Eo. Vol. 4. Page 48
Letter to J. Foote and J. Fleming 16 May '34 B.L.

Jan 25
Dead letter
J. Hamilton Egg Hudson County of Warren New York
J. Edwards Township of Union
William Burroughs

Feb 8
William Burroughs NY 100
20 407
FREE
Secretary of War The U.S. A.
J. L. Collins Esq.
Post Office Washington City
60 4710

Hamilton Med C o NY Sept 30. 1836
De r
I have obtained for Stephen Burroughs on the "Triplinate" certificate $31.70 on the following state- permitted by the pension agent at Albany —
  Pension to 4 th Sept 1835. at 47.10. 47.80 $211.90   Money Rec d on Certificate 3 yrs at $60 180 —   ad d agent, fee 31.95   $31.70 
But either Mr. B. is mistaken as to the amt. Rec d by him or he is overcharged. His statement is that he drew out once & that was $150. which I obtained for him thro. one of the firm of Pierce & Gady (De- laware Gady) which was what was due in Sept 1833. I never got any more for him I believe. He says that his papers were rendered to get this pension to March 1834. sent by one of the firm of Crocker & Mott & they say that the money was Refused on acct. of an error in the Certificate. It seems that I was informed by a letter from you in May 1834 that the certificate must be returned before he could draw again. It appears that a mistake might happen in this way — suppose the error in Certificate was not discovered until about the date of your letter of May 1834. it might have been presumed by them that he had drawn for the 6 mo. following Sept 1833. which would bring it down to March 1834. & if so there is six mo. pension due him at 47.10 = $23.50 now, which is no doubt the case unless the pensioner did in fact draw money in the Spring of 1834. & in that case it must have been in Sept instead of March 1834, that the money was Refused, and as it appears probable to me that there is still a year's pension in due

him still I make this statement, requesting you to investigate the matter & let me know the result. One thing is very certain in my mind either he did not obtain the pens in from Sept 1833. to March 1834 or he has forgotten it for he is perfectly honest, & a very worthy poor man - had this not been the case I would not have troubled myself or you on the subject.
I remain most Respectfully yours etc Luz John Foster
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Stephen Burroughs.
18
To the Secretary of the War Department of the U. S. Washington City

Recd 24 June
Hamilton, Med. Co. N.Y.
June 18 1835
Dr Sir
I enclose you the certificate of Stephen Burroughs to be corrected. This would have been forwarded long ago but for the reason that it had got mislaid. Mr B. is unable to obtain any further proof than exhibited when the certificate was granted altho he & his witnesses may not remember dates exactly. Still from my acquaintance with him I have no doubt that he served the time he states tho, he may have mistaken the exact year etc. I hope he will be allowed to retain all that the Regulations of the department will admit of & that a new certificate will be sent as soon as may be. for he & his funds are very poor.
Yours Respectfully
John Foster
Subj of War. U.S.

John Foote, esquire
Hamilton
Madison County
New York

Comptrollers Office
Hartford 20 July 1835
I certify that the name of Stephen Burroughs appears in a copy of Capt. Hezekiah Parson's Pay Roll, Col. o Benjamin Hinmans Regt. t for services in 1775, sworn to by S. o Captain, and attested as a true Copy by the "Committee of Pay Table" as having served from 15 May to 19 December - 7 M o 4 days - time to return at 15 Miles p r day included.
Gideon Welles Comptroller
Fees $1.

FREE FREE Stephen Burroughs Nov 20 40 211 Edwards Esq. Washington City Md

Hamilton Madam Co. N.Y. Oct 9. 1835
Dr-
Your letter is recd stating that certificate in behalf of Stephen Burroughs had been enclosed to "John F Hamilton Madam Co." - and that you suspected it had been carried to Gazinskie & had ordered it to be forwarded to me - I have examined the papers giving a list of letters remaining in the several P. office in this county, Oct 1. 35 and find no such among them - I have written the postmaster in Gazinskie to send the letter to me if such an one was in the office but have not yet had an answer from which I concluded there was none and I have just recd the list of letters in that office Oct. 1 - which settles the question. Now what shall be done? Will it not answer to issue another Certificate marked Duplicate? or in some form which will secure the rights of the pensioner without opening a door to fraud - he is extremely needy - & has lived upon his anticipated pension money about as long as he can. It does not appear from your letter that any State was noticed in the direction of and it will be 3 months before the letter enclosing the paper will be returned if not returned at all. Please write me on the subject of this. I am to you Mrs. M. A. L. John Foster
No 206107

FREE
To the Secretary of the War Department of the United States Washington City

Hamilton Med. Co. N.Y.
Dec 9. 1835
Sir Sir
I enclose you the afft. &c to enable Stephen Burroughs to obtain his certifi- cate for pension - and to render proceeding more sure I used the blank permitted by your department which came nearly filled up as you will see - From infor- mation which I have recd from the different Post offices in this county it would seem that the one sent last summer was never recd in the county as I wrote to every P. Master in the county requesting them to inform me if any such letter had been recd. & the greater part answered my letter & as the others did not answer I infer that none had been recd by them . I hope the documents enclosed will be satisfactory as I believe they are in matter & form as presented and will thank you to enclose the certificate to "John Foote Hamilton Medic County N.York" & I hope my old pension will be released from his embarrassments by means of the certificate
I am very Respectfully yours JN Foote
John Foote
Subj of the War Dept
P.S. If necessary - I might refer you to the members of Congress - this District & B & B Esq. Subj of the War Dept

143.
15 Decr. 1835.
Pension Office
Stephen Burroughs
My Will
Oct 1832
20407
Correct -
Yrs. S. Burroughs Cub.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 2 d , 1840.
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 adm on of Stephen Burroughs, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Forty seven Dollars and ten Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1839, to the 25 th Sept. 1839, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson P. Garrison Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Payment to be made at Albany N.Y. by the Pres. of the Mechs & Mns. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 4 Page 48 by M c La g itt Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Stephen Burroughs of the State of New York who was a private in the Army of the Revolutionary is entitled to receive forty seven dollars and ten cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this fifth day of one thousand eight hundred and thirty- five
C. A. Harris acting Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Payments to be made at New York by the Presd U S Br BK Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol 4 Page 48 by H. H. Franciosi Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Stephen Burroughs of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Sixty dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Fourth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
John B. M c Leod
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE
County of Madison N.Y. — ss.
On this Tuesday day of December 1885, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Madison personally appeared Stephen Burroughs — who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Hezekiah Parsons — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hirman — in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York
that he received a certificate, of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War, which certificate, was returned for correction to the Pension Office during the last summer and that he has never rec d the corrected certificate in consequence of a misdirection at the Pension Office as he has under stood by a letter (whis att d of 17 th Sep t last) — and requests that a new certificate may issue to him.
Stephen Burroughs
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.
the words (under the act of 7 June 1832) interlined and the words (at or near) and the words (day of) & the figure (83) erased before signature.
James B. Eldredge Justice of the Peace
NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
□ If the Pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics , and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."
The Pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an agent or Attorney for a pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
□ In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.
□ Mode of authenticating papers.—In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.
□ No attention will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department, or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.

State of New York Newcomb County ss. John Foster of Hamilton in said county being duly affirmed saith that he knows Stephen Burroughs whose name is subscribed to the fore- going affidavit to be the identical Stephen Burroughs who is described in said affidavit that this affiant has been intimately acquainted with him for more than ten years past - that this affiant forwarded the original certificate of said Stephen to the War- Department for correction - that this affiant has the never received the corrected certificate which is said to have been forwarded to this affiant as the Attorney of said Stephen & addressed to John F. Hamilton by mistake - that this affiant has the since the re- ceipt of the letter from J. L. Edwards Esq. of the War Department dated "Oct 26. 1835" written to every Post master in said county enquiring after the letter so described as aforesaid & has received answers from most of said Post masters & all who have answered state that no such letter has been in their office to their remembrance - and further this affiant saith that he knows the said Stephen Bur- roughs whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affi- davit to be the same person to whom the ori- ginal certificate was issued - that this affiant has acted as attorney said Stephen from the com- mencement of proceedings for obtaining his pension to the present time -
John Foster
Subscribed this 2 o day of December 1835. before me
James B. Bradbury Justice of the peace
Ms.
Sam ele writ an

State of New York Madison county ss. I James B Eldridge the person before whom the foregoing affidavits of Stephen Burroughs & John Hoste were taken, sworn I subscribe to do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with each of said persons. to wit. the said Stephen & John, and know them both to be persons of veracity Witness my hand this 3 rd day of December 1835
James B. Eldridge Justice of the peace
State of New York Madison ss. Clerk's Office I Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do certify that James B. Eldridge, before whom the two preceding Affidavits purport to have been sworn, and also whose name appears to the above Certificate, was, at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, duly elected and qualified. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavits and Certificate, to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this 8 th day of December 1835.
A. S. Sloan CLK