Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40779, Zadock Burnam, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Burnam, Zadock or Burnham
S. 40779
CONTENTS

10.473
R
Vinmont
Ladock Burnam
of Christie , in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bigelow , of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of May 1819 and sent to A. H. Hall Esq. Windsor Vermont
Arrears to 4th of March 1819  $81.29 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819  $48. 10 mos. 3 dys arrears  $124.29
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entered

Notification sent October 23 rd 1820 to Benjamin Swan, Windsor, Vermont

Declaration of Zadock Burnham No 55. Post Soldier
Col. Bigelow's Reg't Mass. June 1777 to 1780
on Row
April 30 th 1818
Adm. Mitchell
He was a member of the
General Court of the
Province of New
England during the
Revolutionary War
and was a member of
the Council of the
General Court of the
Province of New
England during the
Revolutionary War
and was a member of
the Council of the
General Court of the
Province of New
England during the
Revolutionary War

District of Vermont. Windsor County ss.
At Chester in s d County of Windsor, on the 30 th day of April 1818. before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the County Court for the County of Windsor, Personally appears Zaelock Burnam, aged fifty nine years, resident in Chester in the s d District, Who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on His oath, make the following 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 & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War:" That he the said Zaelock Burnam enlisted in Harvard in the State of Massachusetts, in the month of May 1777 - for three years, in the Company commanded by Captain Joshua Brown, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bigelow, of the Massachusetts line, that he continued to serve in s d Company, in the service of the United States, until some time in the month of April 1780, when he was discharged from s d service in the Highlands in the State of New York; That he was in the Battles at Saratoga at the Surrender of General Burgoyne's Army.
And that he is in Reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for Support; that he has not his discharge in his possession having lost the same; and no other Evidence now in his power except the witness of his Father Nathaniel Burnam, of his s d services.
Sworn to and declared Before me the day & year aforesaid.
Amos Gould Assistant Judge of Windsor County Court.
I Amos Gould Assistant Judge of Windsor County Court as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said

Zadock Burnam, did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & heard before me, to the Secretary for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress. — Nathaniel Burnam making oath in & concerning the same, that the aforesaid Zadock Burnam his son enlisted in the month of May 1777 in the service of the United States, for the term of three years, & served the whole of s d term. — Dated at Chester this 30 th day of April 1818.
Certified By Simon Glendale Assistant Judge of Ulster County Court.
I further certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that from the official certificates of the State room of Cheke & other evidence, that the s d Burnam is in receipt of seven Hams & Hams in need of the assistance of his country for support. Simon Glendale Judge

State of Vermont } Woodstock County Clerk's Office Windsor County } June 11 th A D 1818 —
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Windsor, Do hereby Certify that Amos Heald is vice of the Assistant Judges of Windsor County Court, and that the foregoing signatures are the hand writing of said Judge —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto af- fixed the seal of said Court this day above written
Benj Swan

162
Ladock Burnham
or Burnham
10.473
Chetwy
Sept 1879
M. J. Miller

STATE OF VERMONT, } At a special term of the Supreme Court of Judicature, begun and holden WINDSOR COUNTY....ss. } at Woodstock in the County of Windsor, on the last Monday in July, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and twenty.
ON this Second day of August 1820, being the Third day of said term, personally appeared in open Court, (the same Court being a Court of record agreeably to the laws of this State, having the power of fine and imprisonment, &c.) Zaddock Burnham aged Sixty Two years, resident in Charlotte in said County of Windsor, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: That in January 1770
he enlisted for one year under Capt Patten in Col. Prescott's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line, and served said Period, that in April 1777 he enlisted again for three years under Capt. Lorenzo Brown Col. Bigelow's Regt. same line on Continental Establishment that he served the whole of said last mentioned Period & was honorably discharged, above West Point in New York on the 4th day of April 1780
that he made his original declaration on the twentieth day of April 1818 has received a Pension Certificate, No. 10473 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. That is to say —
32 Acres of Land held on an annual rent of one shilling per acre an old House, Barn & Shed - 438. - 1 Yoke of Oxen 65 - 1 Horse 60 - 4 Cows 56 - 3 Calves 8 - 5 Hogs 39 - 4 Sheep 6 - 1 Cattle 27 - 2 Plows 7 - 208 - 2 Chains & Horse Trees 3 - 2 old Shovels 1 - Dung fork 3 - 1 Hoe 25 - 1 Horse collar 1 - 3 old Sickles 1 - 6.25 2 old Axes 1 hatchet 32 old Hammers 1.50 - 4 old Shovels 1 hand Saw - 2 small Axes 1 Mug 1 Bowl 2 - 3.50 1 Jointer 1 X-cut Saw 2.50 - 4 Markers 1.25 - 1 Coping Saw 1 Coping Saw Adz 1 - 1 Iron Bar 1.75 - 1 Harrow 4 - 10.50 2 Sights & Squares 1.50 - Saddle & Bridle 5.50 - 1 Table & light Stand 3.50 - 2 old Tables 1.50 - 15 Chains 9.50 21.50 1 Cupboard 2.25 - a Tree Set 2 - old Brothery 75 - 2 Tin Pans 1 - 2 old Pewter Plates 50 - old Spoons 25 6.75 3 old Pewter Plates 25 - 5 Tipt Tumblers 20 - 12 Tumblers 20 - 1 1/2 qt Mug 25 - Coffee Pot 50 - 1 Teapot 12 1.47 Knives & Forks 50 - 2 Bowls 10 - 1 broken Spade Kettle 25 - 1 small broken Kettle 1 - 1 Brass Kettle 3 - Crum Horn 1.50 6.10 1 pair Hand Irons 1.50 - 1 pair Hand Irons 1.25 - 2 Trunks 1.66 - old Sun 30.00 40 15.31 8 Cattle Sleds 1.00 - small looking Glass 50 - 6 old Pails 1.50 - 1 old Buffalo Skin 4.50 - 1 Whip 1.75 8.05 300 Nails 2.40 - 2 Bush. Corn 1.00 - 1 Grain Stone 1 - 1 Winnowing Mill 5.50 20.56
As the said Burnham further deposes & states, that there is justly due you from him, which he has no way to pay, but from the assets of the property above mentioned, the following Persons - viz To Col. Chase 46.25 - To Mr. Webster 3.55 - To Lawrence & Frost 5.75 55.55 To Mr. Kidder 39.95 - To Mrs. Gregory 12.50 - To Mr. Griswold 16. 80.45 To Mrs. Stetson 9. - To Mrs. Allen 22. - To Mrs. Lewis 1.25 32.25
And the said Burnham further states, that his family consists of the following persons whom he is bound to support, viz his Father Nathl. Burnham aged 93 years, infirm & unable to take care of himself - his Wife aged 57 years, and 3 Sons viz. son aged 14 years - Buckland aged 16 years, Deformed & unable to earn a farthing, and another aged 14 years - and the said Burnham further states, that he is by occupation a Cooper, and so infirm that he can no longer perform any labor, and is only able to do a little light work - Sworn to and declared on the Second day of August 1820, before said Court.
Attest, Brig Swain Clerk.
STATE OF VERMONT, } I Brig Swain Clerk of the Supreme Court for WINDSOR COUNTY....ss. } the county of Windsor, 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 aforesaid schedule is Four Hundred & thirty seven 3 77/100 dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, this Seventh day of August 1820.
Brig Swain } Clerk of the Supreme Court for Windsor County.

40 779 Rev INVALID.
File No. 40 779
Sadock Burnam Rev Rev 1870
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 69
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

War Department,
Pension Office.
April 19 th 1825.
Sir
The claim of Andrew Allen

Burnham $12. for shoemaking in to Relief Burnham for labor in family $12. 81. in 1822, — Sold oxen to P. S. Wales for $75, paid $30 of this sum for a one horse wagon, balance expended in family, — Sold a horse for $45 to P. Wales, took goods from his store to amount of $45. — & $30 in cash, p $12 of sd money for a beef for family use, balance expended for support of family — one cow killed in beef in 1822 one other cow sold to J. Johnson for $15, — paid this money for beef bought of E. Dennis in 1824, — other cow sold Joseph Burn- ham for — using sundry small debts not mentioned in affidavit. Affidavit of P. S. Wales, exhibited, states that he bought of claimant a one horse wagon for $75 in cash for them, states that last summer (1824) he bought of him, a horse, for $30 in cash, & $45 in goods out of his store,
Claimant aged 66 — Co-operatively unable to labor, his father & wife died since exhibition of 1st schedule (which caused him great expense) two sons aged 20 & 18 years, the former, a cripple,
I certify that I have examined the case and am of the opinion, that, accor- ding to the principles which have governed in previous decisions, the claim ought to be admitted. See letters April 26, 1825, & May 31, 1825.
to N. P. Fletcher, Ludlow, Vt., Sept. 191 (Last evidence 12 th Apr. 1825)
Radock Burnham Vermont.
Private. Since 4 years from 1776, 32 acres of least land with old house barn & etc. Smoke of oxen 65, 1 horse 60. — $4.38. 4 cows 56. — calves 8, — hogs 39. — 125. — 4 sheep 46. — cart 27. — 2 plows 39. — Farming & farming utensils. — 101.02 Dues $368. 25. credits name in $506.02 Schedule dated 2 nd Augt. 1820
2 nd Schedule dated 23 rd Feb. 1825, Cow $12 — a one horse wagon 25. — $37. — for articles of furniture etc. — farming utensils. — 36.65 The land mentioned in 1 st schedule $73.65 is stated to have been appraised at too high a rate has been sold to Joseph Burnham in Sept. 1824 for $243, rec d by sd Burn- ham in payment of a debt due him. Copy of deed exhibited, also Burnham's affidavit exhibited, states that he made a settlement with claimant in Sept. 1824, when there was due him $243, which he had paid to discharge the following debts due from claimant to Nathan Wheeler $21, contract — May 1823, to A. Bates $24 for store goods in 1823, to D. Rider $50. for old goods, from 1820 to 1823, to A. M c Kenzie for sleeping cloth $9. — to D. Brown $4. — for leather in 1823, to Gilman $6.50. for blacksmithing in 1821 to Chaplin $1.50 in Feb. 1824, to J. Walcutt medical aid $16.70, from 1819 to 1824, to W. Newton $9. — for cloth for family, in 1824 to John Burnham $50, which was expended for use of family, — for rent in 1823, $5.33 to H. H. H. $12, 13 for blacksmithing in 1822.

See letter to Rufus Parton 10 May 1838.
7. } gain his notes of the notes 7. }
3. amount to 217. 47. James
Sept 1819

Deed from Gadiah Burn to Joseph Burn recd for record March 2. 1825.- and recorded in the Town Clerks office in Chester Lib. 14. folio 29.-30 and examined by Aaron Leland Town Clerk
See parcel

Know all men by these Presence that I Zadock Burnam of Chester in the County of Windser and State of Vermont for and in Consideration of the four hundred and forty three Dollars Received to my full Satisfaction of Joseph Burnam of Chester in the County of Windser and State of Vermont have remised released and forever Quitclaimed and by these Presence for my Self and my Heirs do fully Clearly and absolutely remises release and forever Quitclaim unto the said Joseph Burnam his Heirs and assigns forever all the right title interest estate Property and demand which I the said Zadock Burnam have and in a certain piece of Land in Chester in the aforesaid County and State bounded as follows - Beginning at the South west Corner of a certain tract of Land Lease by Joshua Martain Jr to Oliver Cook there running Southerly on said Martain Line Sixty nine Rods and a half and one Link to a Corner being a beech tree then east ten Degrees South fifty three rods to a stake and Stone being a corner there Northerly Sixty nine rods and a half and one Link to a stake and Stone being a corner on the South Line of Oliver Cook Land there westerly forty Rods on said Cook Land to the first mentioned Corner Containing twenty acres also one other piece bounded as follows beginning at the Southeast Corner of Land Lease to Zadock Burnam by the said Oliver Cook there running easterly on the South line of said Land Lease to the said Zadock Burnam to the Southeast Corner of said Land there Southerly on a line Parallel with the west line of Land Lease to the said Oliver Cook by Joshua Martain Jr to the South line of said Land Lease by Joshua Martain Jr there westerly on the South line of said Land to the South west Corner there Southerly on the

west line of said land to the first mentioned corner also one other Piece of Land Bounded as follows beginning at the northwest corner of a piece of land leased to me by Zerlina Martan in thence southerly on the west line of said land forty three rods, thence easterly parallel with the north line of said lot as shall contain five acres of land - to have and hold the aforesaid premises unto him the S d Joseph Bunnam his heirs and assigns forever so that neither of the S d Zadock Bunnam nor any other person or persons in my name or in behalf shall or hereafter claim or demand any right or title to the premises aforesaid or any part thereof but they and every one of them shall by these presents be excluded and forever barred therein and that the premises are free from all and every incumbrance except an annual rent of five Dollars and thirty four cents which is to be paid Oliver Cook and Benoma Lockwood as long as wood grows and water runs in testimony whereunto I set my hand and seal this first day of Sept r eighteen hundred and twenty four in presence his Zadock X Bunnam of Rufus Easton mark
Charles Bunnham
State of Vermont } At Chester this 22 day of Feb 1824 Windsor County ss } Zadock Bunnham personally appeared and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed before me for: Allen West Justice

Declaration in order to be restored to the Pension list under the act of 1823.
State of Vermont, } on the 23 d day of February District of Windsor ss. } 1825, Personally appeared before the Probate Court for the district of Windsor in open court, said court being a court of Record agreeable to the laws of said state, Gadock Burnham resident of Chester in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged sixty six years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions of an act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820 and the act of March 1823, that he the said Gadock did enlist in the month of January in the year 1776 in the Town of Harvard in Massachusetts, for the term of one year in the revolutionary war of the United States under the Continental establishment in the company commanded by Capt. Patch and regiment commanded by Col. Prescott joined the army and went to Gov- ernois's Island, and was stationed there and served out my time, and in the month of May 1777 - I enlisted in the town of Harvard Massachusetts for three years in the company commanded by Capt. Brown and regiment commanded by Col. Bigelow in the Massachusetts line, joined the army, and was in the Battle at the taking of Burgoyne and was in the Battle at Rhode Island in 1778 and served out my time and was discharged at the high lands in the State of New York, that I have it not in my power to prove my service only by the evidence exhibited to the war department heretofore. and in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818, and the first of May 1820 and March 1823, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and since that time I have not by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any,

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, 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 - Since the exhibition of my first schedule, the following changes have taken place in my property viz. In 1820 I owned 32 acres of lease land appraised in my first schedule $438.- which was much above its value, and sold to Joseph Burnam in Sept. 1824 for $243 which was found due to Joseph Burnam on settlement the first day of Sept. 1824 for paying sundry debts named in said Joseph's affidavit - also one yoke of oxen appraised in the first schedule at sixty five dollars, sold Jany 1823 to Phinehas T. Wales of Springfield for 75 dollars in cash, paid $30.00 for a one horse waggon, and the rest expended in the family on account of sickness - one horse valued at $60.00. Sold to Phinehas of Springfield for $75.00 - took forty five dollars out of his store in goods and thirty dollars in cash - paid twelve dollars of said money for a beef creature to support the family, and the rest expended for the support of the family - one cow that was valued in the schedule at $14.00. Killed for beef to support the family in 1822, also one cow that was valued at $14.00 in the first schedule sold to James Johnson for $15.00 in cash, and paid the money for beef bought of Ephraim Jenney in 1824 one cow to Joseph Burnam for paying sundry small debts not mentioned in the affidavit
  one cow appraised at - - - - -  $12.00    one horse waggon - - - - -  25.00    one harrow appraised in the first schedule at $4.00 most worn out appraised at - - -  2.00    one winnowing mill in the first schedule at $5.50 being worn valued at - - -  4.00    1 grind stone valued in the first at $1.00 which is   

of little or no value, two old chains and horse traces and collar of little or no value, augers broken of no use - Brung borer - - - - - , 2 50 Crosscut saw a Painter worn out. - 4 old Baskets in the other schedule worn out Cooper's adze worn out, Carpenter's adze 5 0 one iron bar in the first schedule at $1.75 by reason of being worn, valued at - - - 1.50 2 Scythes and Tackling, one old saddle and bridle set in the other schedule at $7.00 worn out and of no value, one table and light stand set in the first schedule @ $3.50 set in the last 3.00 2 tables set at $1.50 in the first schedule, one belonged to Mary Newton appraised by mistake, the other worn out, 15 chairs appraised at $9.50 in the first schedule, sold three of the best for $3.00 to pay for weaving and the rest that are not broken appraised at - - - - - 3.00 one cupboard sold with the real estate, Tea sett broken and worn out - Two tin trunks & old pewter plates - - - 1.00 Pewter plates and Spoons of little or no value tumblers broken and destroyed - - Mugs and Coffee pot worn out, the Funnel, knives, and forks of no value, bowls broken, one old broken 5 pail kettle, and small kettle so broken not fit for use, one Brass kettle valued in the other schedule at $3.00 by reason of being worn out valued at - - 1.50 one pair of andirons, shovel and tongs Barrels and kegs, and old casks set in the first schedule at $11.25 the barrels new and the kegs were new and have been sold for support of the family - old bark fell down and destroyed - Crane and crane hooks $1.50 two old trunks and lanterns, four milk pans  1.00 four milk pans 2.50 four milk pans, 40 old iron worked up - - 40 Looking glass, 50 6 old pails worn out - 50

one old Buffalo 3.00 whip worn out - 3.00 the pork and grain consumed in the family hand saw worn out, one cart valued in the first schedule, the body broken & want of repair 12.00 as not to be worth but 12 dollars
Total amount - - 73.65
I am a cooper by trade but by reason of age and a bad humor attending me am totally unable to labour. My Father and my wife have since deceased which caused me great expense, I have two Sons one named Bucklin aged twenty years unable to labor deformed and a cripple, one named Charles aged eighteen years - - - his
Zadock & Burnam mark
Sworn to and declared the 23 d day of February A. D. 1825 Before said Court.
State of Vermont attest  Nomlas  Cobb  Register -
Nomlas Cobb Register of the Probate Court for the district of Windsor, do certify that the foregoing schedule and oath are truly copied from the record of said Court, and I do further certify that is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is $73.65 - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this 23 d day of February A. D. 1825. -
Nomlas  Cobb  Register .
I Jonathan Whipple Judge of the Probate Court for district of Windsor & State of Vermont, do certify that Nomlas Cobb is the Register of said Court and that full credit may and ought to be given to the certificate by him above subscribed - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 23 d day of February A. D. 1825 Jonathan Whipple Judge

I Phinehas T. Wales of Springfield in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont of lawful age Testify and say that I bought of Zadock Burnam of Chester a yoke of oxen, but the time when I do not recollect, but should think it was three or four years ago. & I paid him, according to the best of my recollection twenty five dollars in cash for them - I further say, that each summer I bought of said Burnam a horse, and paid him thirty dollars in cash, and forty five dollars in goods out of my store for the same - Springfield March 16. 1825 -
Phinehas T. Wales.
State of Vermont } At Springfield March Windsor County ss. } 16 th 1825 Then Phinehas T. Wales of Springfield in said County, personally appeared, and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth -
Before me, Nomlas Cobb Justice Pease
I hereby certify that the above named Phinehas T. Wales, is well known to me to be a credible witness -
Nomlas Cobb Justice Pease

State of Vermont } Windsor County ss }
Woodstock County Clerks Office the 12 th April A 1825 - I Benjamin Swan Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Windsor Do hereby Certify that Nicholas Cobb is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County and that the within are his Signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribe my name the day & year above - —
Benj. Swan Clerk
4. 4. in 1825.

P. T. Wales
aff. ct.

J. Joseph Burnam of Chester in the County of Winden in the State of Vermont of Lawfull age testify and say that I Received and Settled with Zadok Burnam the fourth Day of Sept 1824 and found Due to me two Hundred and forty three Dollars which I paid out to the following Debts due from Zadok Burnam to Nathan Wheeler twenty one Dollars contracted in may 1823 paid in july by me 1823 and to Allen Bates twenty four Dollars contracted in 1823 for Stone Goods, paid in Decr 1824 by me and to Joseph Hider fifty Dollars for Stone Goods, taken up about 1820 till 1823 and paid by me in 1823, also a Debt Due to A. Mr Hinney for Dressing Cloath nine Dollars work Done in 1823 paid by me, also a debt Due to David Brown four Dollars for Leather contracted in 1823 paid in January 1824 also a debt due to Gideon Chapin of Six Dollars and fifty Cents for Black- smithing in 1822 paid by me in Jan 1824 also to David Chaplin one Dollar and fifty Cts in Feb 1824 also to Jonathan Walston for Medical aid fifteen Dollars and seventy Cts contracted from 1819 to 1824 paid in Jan 1824 also Wm Newton nine Dollars for Cloath for the family contracted in 1824 paid also to John Burnam fifty Dollars in Cash which was expended for the use of the family contract in June 1823; paid in july 1824 by me a debt due for rent in 1823 paid by me five Dollars also to Daniel Strutt 13 13 for Blacksmithing contract in 1822 paid in 1824 also to Samuel Burnham for Shoe making twelve Dollars and two Cents, contracted in 1821 paid in Feb 1823

also to Relief Burnham for Labour in the family twelve Dollars and eighty one Cents Done in 1822 paid in 1824
the above Statement are right as I can Recollect
Joseph Burnham
State of Vermont } Chester February the 22 Day Windsor County ss } 1825 Personally Appeared the above named Joseph Burnham and made oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is the truth before me Jon th Allen Just Peace
I here by certify that the above named Joseph Burnham is a Credible witness Jon th Allen Just Peace
the Deposition of Joseph Burn- ham for B. & C. Burnham
State of Vermont } Woodstock County Clerks Office Windsor County. } March the 10 th 1825
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Windsor Do hereby certify that Jonathan Allen is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, and that the above is his Signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name the day & year last above.
Benj. Swan

March 1823,
Vt.
 Ladock Burnam
 W. P. Fletcher, Ludlow,
 Recd. 25 Apr. 1825
Isaac
Count

for Pension Office
To arlen Esq
Secretary of War Washington

Ludlow Ky. April 19 th 1825 Hon ble Sir
I enclose the disputation of Ludlow Barham & accompanying Papers for cantonment of Pines
Will Same Gentleman
of the Office tell me by mail if Col. Joseph Stanton belonged to the Militia or the Continental Army - this information is of importance very - the Department will confer a special favor in giving the information
W. P. Hutton
S. of Wm

Hon. James Barbour
Free Secretary of War
Washington City
10 Mar Pens. Off. P.O.
Lucasburg Mar 21 st

Hon. James Barbour
Free Secretary of War
Washington City
10 May
Paid 87 3/4 cts.
Lucy Weston March 24th

Ludlow April 23. 1828
Sir,
I herewith enclose the deposition of Joseph Burnam in support of the claim of Zedock Burnam for a pension.
It is impossible to comply with the requisitions of your letter, as some of the creditors of the claimant are are dead, & the others have removed to a great distance. You will find by examining the deposition of Joseph Burnam (now in your office) the names of the creditors - the time that his debts were contracted - the sum due to each creditor - & also the time that they received their pay -
It will appear that Joseph Burnam was the principal creditor -
The claimant has been delayed expecting the return of John Burnam, a creditor who has absconded to parts unknown to the claimant & has not yet returned -
Yours Respectfully &c. James Barstow Esq. Rufus Barton N.B. sends your return to Rufus Barton. Ludlow Vermont