Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12393, Josiah Burnham, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Burnham Josiah
S. 12393
carded
CONTENTS

8323 8325
4.503 New York
Isaiah Burnham
of Moreau in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Durey — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Willett — in the Heights — time for 1 Year & 9 mos. New York.
Health not on Q. B.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 70 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of April 1833 — i — and Rev. No. P. V. Paddock 1836 Clergy Sales
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 $140 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th May '33 35 $175
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Stiles Clerk Book E. Vol. 4. Page 15.

9503
Josiah Burnham
Admitted
Specify day of entry the service
20 Feb. 1872 18 Dec. "
(P 105)
Ira H. Paddock Glens Falls - N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Josiah Burnham of Moreau in the State of N. York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 67 years and 11 months
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 N.Y. State Troops Enlisted in Feb'y 1782, and was mustered about the 1 st Ap l same year was attached to Cap t Pierce's Comp y , Col o Marinus Willets Regiment that he enlisted for the term of two years, and was discharged on the 6 th Feb'y 1784, as appears by his original Discharge annexed to his papers As a Gen.  
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sheffield — Mass ts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by two living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are correct in form and authentication
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm Gordon Examining Clerk.

State of New York } Saratoga County }
On this twenty ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Saratoga  the Vice Chancellor of the Court in the Circuit of the State of New York now sitting at Baton  Saratoga Springs in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, Josiah Burnham a resident of the Town of Moreau in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, aged sixty seven years and eleven months who being first duly sworn according 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - He enlisted in the month of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two under Captain Thomas Burnham that sometime about the last of March or the first of April in the same year he cannot tell the day he was called on and did enter the service of the United States and mustered at Albany in the State of New York, that after he was mustered he was attached to Captain Pierce's company of which company Josiah Richardson was Lieutenant, and _____ Trumpour was Ensign, don't recollect his given name, that he was attached to Colonel Marinus Willett's Regiment of which Regiment he believes Ben Scouter or Ben Schooten, he cannot tell exactly the name - Tineck, cannot tell his given name where Mayors. That he enlisted for the term of two years, that he left the service on the Fifth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty four - That he did not enlist or serve at any other time than as above stated. That he resided in the Town of Sheffield, in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, at the time he enlisted, that he enlisted and served in the state troops of New York - That he served in the state Troops of New York as a volunteer by enlist- ing- as above stated; That he was never engaged in any particular battle That soon after he was mustered at Albany he marched with his company up the Mohawk River his company was divided into small detachments and stationed along the country to protect the inhabitants from the incursions of the Indians. That during the summer of seventeen hundred and eighty two a small detachment of his company was stationed at a Fort or Stockade at what was then called Cunnystown or Cunnys Bush. That in the fall of that year the company were all collected and marched to Fort Plain and joined their Regiment, and remained there until the month of February, when he marched with his Regiment under the command of Col Willett to take Fort Oswego, and failing in that expedition, he returned with his Regiment to Fort Plain, and remained there until Spring when his company and two others of the Regiment marched to Fort Herk

-imer and Remained there during the Summer of Seventeen hundred and Eighty three, doing duty in the Fort and else where as required - That in the Fall of the year he went with his Company and joined the Regiment at Fort Stanwix and remained there a short time building a Store House, and Block House, and then Marched with the Regiment to Schenectady making a short stop at Fort Plain and remained at Schenectady, until the Sixth of January Seventeen Hundred and Eighty four as aforesaid - when he was discharged from the service as aforesaid by Capt Peter B Tease, which said discharge is in the words and figures following to wit "By Peter B Tease: Esq The bearer Josiah Burn- ham a Private in the New York State Battalion is hereby discharged in agreeable to order received from Governor Clinton Given at Schenec- ady January 6 th 1784"
"Peter B Tease Capt Command- ing"
"Registered in the book of the Battalion" "Oliver Moore Adj t "
That he did not serve with any continental Regiment or company that he knows of, That part of a Regiment of Rhode Island Troops went at the same time with his Regiment to take Fort Oswego. That he knew General Washington, and was one of the Escort that Escorted General Washington in the Fall of Seventeen hundred and Eighty three, from Fort Herkimer to Fort Stanwix. That he also knew General Lord Sterling who received his Regiment at Fort Plain, and Governor Clinton, but few of any of the continental officers or Troops served in this part of the state, where he was stationed and served as above mentioned and was not acquainted with many and does not now recollect of the names of any except those above mentioned. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity. Except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state.
Josiah Burnham
Subscribed and sworn, the 30 th of August, 1832.
G. M. Dorrance,
Clerk in Chancery

State of New York.
Saratoga County p. Sarah Brunk an in answer to the interrogatories directed to be answered by the court, now in open court before the Vice Chancellor answers.
He was born in the town of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts in the year 1764.
He has no record of his age except in an old bible kept by his father in his life time and now in the possession of his mother in the town of Moreau in the County of Saratoga and State of New York. and that he was fifty years old last September.
He lived in Sheffield in the County of Berkshire when he called into service. after he left the service his father moved to Moreau in the County of Saratoga and he went with him and lived there one or two years. and then went to Great Barrington in Berkshire County Massachusetts and remained there two or three years and then returned to Moreau Saratoga County and remained there two years and then went to Shelburne in the State of Vermont, and lived there about two years. He then returned to Moreau and remained there a short time and then removed to Brunswick Warren County State of New York and resided there until 1824, and then

Remained again to Moscow Saratoga County and has resided there ever since and now resides there.
He was called into the service of the United States by entering into the State Troops of the State of New York for the term of two years.
He has set forth in his declaration the names of the superior officers who were with the Troops where he served and the Continental and Militia Regiments that were known to him and the general circumstances of his service.
He received a discharge from the service on the 15th day of January 1784, and was given by Peter B. Ten Broeck Capt. Commanding, which discharge he has now here in Court.
That James Burnham and William Stevens are the only persons in his neighborhood who know any of the circumstances of his service. And they can testify as to his character for honesty and their belief of his service as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Subscribed and sworn, the 30 th Aug. 1832.
Josiah Burnham
H. M. Davison, Clerk in Chancery

March 22, 1937
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Mrs. Harry S. F. Randolph 35-27-80th Street Jackson Heights Long Island, New York
Josiah Burnham, S.12393 BA-J/MCS Am
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War soldiers, Josiah and William Burnham, Silas Stillwell and Isaac Covenhaven.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of this war. The record of Josiah Burnham is furnished you herein.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.12393, based upon the military service of Josiah Burnham.
He was born in September, 1764, in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. In 1832 he stated that his birth was recorded in a Bible which was then in the possession of his brother (name not given) who was living in Moreau, New York.
While living in Sheffield, Massachusetts, Josiah Burnham enlisted in February, 1782, under Captain Thomas Burnham (relationship not shown) and about the last of March or first of April, 1782 he was mustered into active service at Albany, New York, as private in Captain Piercy's company in Colonel Marinus Willett's New York regiment and was discharged June 6, 1784, by Captain Peter B. Tearse.
After he left the service he moved with his father (name not given) to Moreau, Saratoga County, New York. After living there one or two years he moved to Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Two or three years later he
See Archives of N.Y. p. 217 for Capt. Piercy serving under Marinus Willett in 1782 ms.

March 28, 1937 XXXXXXXXXX returned to Moreau. Two years later he moved to Shelburne, Vermont. After living there about two years he returned to Moreau. Shortly afterward he moved to Queensbury, Warren County, New York, and lived there until 1824 when he moved to Moreau, New York.
Josiah Burnham was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, at which time he was living in Moreau, New York.
In 1832 one James Burnham of Moreau, New York, stated that he knew the soldier, Josiah Burnham, during his service in the Revolution but the relationship was not given and there are no further data relative to the family of soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. BILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
He was born in September, 1751, in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It will be noted that the birth was recorded in a Bible which at that time was in the possession of his brother (name not given) who was also living in Moreau, New York.
While living in Sheffield, Massachusetts, Josiah Burnham enlisted in February, 1778, under Captain Thomas Warren (relationship not given) and served the rest of March at Camp of Spofford, 1778. He was discharged from active service at Albany, New York, as private in Captain Warren's company in Colonel Serjeant Willett's New York regiment and was mustered out June 2, 1778, by Captain Peter B. Van Rensselaer.
After he left the service he moved with his father (name not given) to Moreau, Saratoga County, New York. After living there for several years he moved to Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He died in 1832.
including July 219 for Capt. Warren's company which was in 1778

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Josiah Burnham a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. File 12393
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feby. 1782 Thos. Burnham ✓   Mch or Apr. 1782 to Jan. 6, 1784 Private Percy Marinus Willett N.Y.        
Battles engaged in, none.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sheffield, Berkshire Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 29, 1832
Residence at date of application, Moreau, Saratoga Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Sept — 1764, Sheffield, Mass.
Remarks: after the war he removed from Sheffield to Moreau, N.Y. with his father, whose name is not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

35-27-80 th St JACKSON HEIGHTS, L. I. N. Y.
Dear Sir:-
Kindly give me a statement of the military history of the following Revolutionary War soldiers as contained on their application for pension.
1 st William Burnham. Schenectady Co. N.Y. pension started Mar. 28. 1818.
2 nd Josiah Burnham. Saratoga Co. N.Y. placed on pension roll April 1. 1833
3 rd Silas Stillwell. Montgomery Co. N.Y. placed on pension roll Sept 19. 1833 at 70.

4 Isaac Covenhoven . Montgomery Co N.Y. placed on pension roll Sept. 21. 1833 as 75 yrs.
Yours very truly Ethel L. F. Randolph
(Mrs Harry S. F.)
Feb. 22, 1937

Josiah Burnham S. File 12393 New York

By Peter B. Lance Esqr —
The bearer Josiah Burram a Private in the New York State Battallion is hereby Discharged agreeable to orders — Received from Governor Clinton — — — —
Given at Albany January 6 th 1834
Peter B Lance (Lt. Commanding
Registered in the book of the Battallion Flinty Moon Sgt.

Rev. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Kindly send me the military record of Josiah Burnham who served in the Massachusetts militia during the Revolutionary war, and afterward received pension at Saratoga (or Saratoga County) New York State.

Also the record of Thomas Burnham (father of Josiah) who served in the Revolutionary war, and at the time of his enlistment lived at Alford Mass.
These are my ancestors, and I am in search of dates of birth, and the source of any information to be found.
Thanking you, I am Most Respectfully
Mrs. James E. Keller.
726 Auburn Ave
Buffalo N. Y.
Oct. 2 d / 1913.

Beckman
12393 INVALID.
1913 Oct. 7. History to Mrs. James E. Keller. p 1927 Mar. 22. hist. to Mrs. Harry S. F. Randolph MCD
File No. 12,393
Jonah Burnham First Beer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. a , Page 62
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York } Saratoga County }
I Stephen Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga. Do cer- tify that Anson Thompson before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn. 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 verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing & signature
Witness my hand & seal of office The seventh day of January 1833
A Goodrich Clerk
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office.
Clerk's fees 25 cts.

State of New York
Saratoga County
On the twentieth day of August 1832. in open Court before of the fourth circuit of the State of New York at a Court of Chancery the Vice Chancellor's Court sitting at Saratoga Springs personally appeared James Burnham and Jeremiah Stevens, Who being sincerely and duly sworn, are three on the report and say, that they knew the said Josiah Burnham the applicant for a pension in the time of the Revolutionary War, and that they have known him ever since. That they know that the said Josiah Burnham enlisted into the State Troops of the State of New York for the term of two years, sometime in the month of February one thousand seven hundred and Eighty two, and that some time the last of March or the first of April after he enlisted he the said Josiah Burnham left home and returned the service of the United States in the State Troops of the State of New York, that in March 1783 he the said James Burnham saw the said Josiah Burnham at Fort Ticonderoga with his company and Regiment doing duty, that the said Josiah Burnham did not return from the service there except on furlough until January one thousand seven hundred and Eighty four, and they believe he served

in the State Troops of the State of New York from the time he entered the Service until that time. That it has always been understood and believed in the Neighborhood that he was a Soldier of the Revolution, and that in the opinions of those Disponents the said Isaac Burnham is a Man of Truth and Veracity -
James Burnham Nehemiah Stevens
Subscribed and sworn, Aug. 20. 1832.
G. M. Davison, Clerk in Chancery
9503 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 died as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that James Burnham and Nehemiah Stevens who have signed the preceding Certificate are Residents of the town of Moreau in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, and are Credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
E. Coven, Vice Chancellor of the 4th Cir. N. York.
I Gideon M. Davison Clerk of the court of Chancery of the fourth Circuit of the

State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of the application of Joseph Brenham for a pension.
In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two.
G. M. Davison, Clerk in Chancery

State of New York } County of Saratoga } Town of Moreau }
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace of said County Josiah Burnham 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 grade: For one year and nine months I served as a private soldier and for such service I claim a pension
Josiah Burnham
Sworn and subscribed the 2 d day of January 1833. before me
Anson Thompson, Justice of the Peace