Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,907, Aaron Burt, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Burt, Aaron Hannah
No. 4,907
CONTENTS

Ohio Pittsburgh 22.390
Aaron Burt
of Lorain Co. in the State of Ohio.
who was a Private in the Co. commanded
by Captain Wells. of the Regt. commanded
by _____ in the Mass.
time for 9 mos. & 10 dys. = 31 11 / 100
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pensions.
at the rate of 31. Dollars 11 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25. day of October 1833 and sent to E. Whiton.
Elyria. L. Co. Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833. — 77.78
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March. 1834 — 15.56
$93.34
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk,
pk Vol. 8 Page 106.

8543 Ohio Pits
Reported
Hannah Burt widow of Aaron Burt who was a Private in the Revolution Husband died 17 March 1843.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 31 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of May, 1849 and sent to J. Heathaway Chardon Ohio
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. 2 Page 208

The State of Ohio Lorain County ss.
Supreme Court at the August Term of said Court held in and for the County aforesaid on the 8 th day of August A.D. 1833.
On the eighth day of August A.D. 1833- personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the same Court held in and for said County, now sitting Came Aaron But a resident of the Township of Grafton in the County of Lorain aforesaid aged seventy four years. on the 21 st day of November 1833. Who being first duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith and on his said oath maketh the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he enlisted as a volunteer in the service of the United States as a private Soldier in the militia of the State of Massachusetts under Capt. Agrippa Wells Lieutenant Merriam & Ensign Israel Gates in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts aforesaid, on the last day of May 1776. for the term of six months, That he was attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Woodbridge of South Hadley in said Massachusetts. Lieutenant Col. Leonard from thence was marched to Northfield. from Northfield to No. H. in the State of New Hampshire; from thence to Lake Champlain. from thence to Skeneborough. from thence to Ticonderoga by water where he was stationed during that season, while there that deponent was transferred to a battalion of Artillery which was under the command of Major Stevens, and continued there until his term of enlistment expired, which was on the first of December 1776. That he has no documentary evidence of the fact of his enlist- ment and service aforesaid. That he knows of no person or persons now living who can bear testimony to the fact of his enlistment and service aforesaid.
That he (again) volunteered in the militia of the State Massachusetts as a private in the service of the United States in a Company commanded Captain Nathan Ward the other officers this deponent from loss of memory does not recollect, on the twentieth day of August 1777. and was marched from Hampshire County Massachusetts to Bennington. from thence to Ties Mill near the

North River.. from Thuned to Batten Kill so called, from Thuned to the North River, where he with his Regiment remained until ordered to protect the Frontier at Fort Miller to prevent Burgoyne from occupying which he continued where he continued until after the surrender of Burgoyne, and while there the Regiment to which he belong was commanded by Col. Wells, & Major David Dickerson, and got home and was dismissed from the service aforesaid on the last day of November 1777. That he knows of no person whose evidence he can procure who can testify to the same, and that he has no documentary evidence of the service aforesaid.
That he was born November 21 st 1759. in the Town of Springfield and State of Massachusetts. That he has a record of his age taken from the Records of Springfield aforesaid that the same is now in his possession. That he lived when he entered the service of the United States as aforesaid in the Town of Hawley now called - when he enlisted and volunteered it was called No. 7. - From thence he removed to Stockbridge in Berkshire County Massachusetts where he resided till the year 1822. from thence he removed to the Town of Grafton Lorain County & State of Ohio where he now resides. That he never received any discharge from the service aforesaid, but was dismissed from service without pay.
That Franklin Wells William Nisbet Seth Ingersoll - Elphale Jones & others residing in the same neighborhood can testify as to his veracity, and their belief as to his age and service as a soldier of the revolution.
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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.
Sworn and Subscribed to before me an authority to law - July 16 1833. Reuben Murray J. Peace
Aaron Burt
We Block Sandford a Clugyman living in the vicinity of the said Aaron Burt, and Franklin Wells Esqr. residing in the same neighborhood of the said Aaron Burt do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Aaron Burt who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy four years of age.

the 5 th day of August 1833, That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we believe him to be a man of truth and veracity, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed this 5 th day of August 5 th 1833 - Aliah Sanford Franklin Wells
Sworn and subscribed to before me according to law August 5 th 1833
Samuel G. Carter Justice of the peace
Interrogatories
1. Where and in what year were you born?
A. I was born on the 21. day of November 1759 in the Town of Springfield and State of Massachusetts.
2. Have you any record of your age; and if so where is it?
A. I have a record of my age taken from the records of the Town of Springfield aforesaid, and which is now in my possession.
3. When were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war; and where do you now live?
A. I lived when I entered the service in the Town of Hawley (now called) then called No. 7. in the State of Massachusetts, where I resided till the close of the Revolutionary war when I removed to Stockbridge in Berkshire County, and State of Massachusetts, where I resided till the year 1822 when I removed to the Town of Grafton Lorain County & State of Ohio where I now reside.
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or was you a substitute?
A. I enlisted as a volunteer in the Militia of the State of Massachusetts & not otherwise entered the service of the United States, as before stated.
5. Through the loss of memory by old age and infirmity I can only recollect Capt. Agasspa Wells Lieutenant Menahem Israel Gats Col. Woodbridge; Major Stevens belonged to the regular troops - Captain Nathan Ward Col. Wells Major David Dickinson.

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, to whom was it given, and what has become of it? -
Ans. I never received a discharge from the service, but dismissed when my time of service rightfully expired.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known to in your present neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution?
Ans. Franklin Wells Seth Ingersol Eliphalet Jones William Ingersol & William Vane - etc. Hear on Bench
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 Alva Sanford who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman & resides in Medina County in the vicinity of the applicant & Franklin Wells the other witness in the extreme township in this County & that their personal attendance in Court could not conveniently be procured - And that Reuben Mursy Esquire whose name is subscribed to the affidavit is & was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned & sworn -
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this fifteenth day of August A.D. 1833 -
Ebenezer Whiton Clerk " "

the 5 th day of August 1833, That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we believe him to be a man of truth and veracity, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and submitted this 5 th day of August 5 th 1833 - Alva Sanford Franklin Dille
Sworn and subscribed to before me according to law August 5 th 1833
Samuel Glarner Justice of the peace
Interrogatories
1. Where and in what year were you born?
A. I was born on the 21. day of November 1789 in the Town of Springfield and State of Massachusetts.
2. Have you any record of your age; and if so where is it?
A. I have a record of my age taken from the records of the Town of Springfield aforesaid, and which is now in my possession.
3. Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war; and where do you now live?
A. I lived when I entered the service in the Town of Hawley (now called) then called No. 7. in the State of Massachusetts, where I resided till the close of the Revolutionary war when I removed to Stockbridge in Berkshire County, and State of Massachusetts, where I resided till the year 1822 when I removed to the Town of Grafton Lorain County & State of Ohio where I now reside.
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
A. I enlisted as a volunteer in the Militia of the State of Massachusetts & was otherwise entitled the service of the United States, as before stated.
5. Through the loss of memory by old age and infirmity I can only recollect Capt. Agrippa Wells Lieutenant Menahem Israel Gats Col. Woodbridge; Major Stevens belonged to the regular troops - Captain Nathan Ward Col. Wells Major David Dickinson.

Ms. 531.
Aaron Burt
Application for a Pension

M r Daniel Burt Born Sep r 19 th 1731.
M ils M rs M argaret Cooley Born Dec r 5 th 1727.
M r Aaron Burt Born Nov r 21 st 1759.
M ils Hannah Bass Born Aug st 12 th 1759.
M r & M rs Burt Married Dec r 3 rd 1790.
Samuel Burt Born Aug st 4 th 1791.
Ithiel Burt Born Sep r 19 th 1792.
Caleb Cooley Burt Born Dec r 4 th 1793.
Fanny Burt Born Dec r 31 st 1795.
Caleb Cooley Dec d Sep r 9 th 1796.
Violet Burt Born  4 1797

8107.
Hannah Burt Ohio-
Act. 3 March 43 - 17 June 44

I Thomas Ingersoll of Lawfull age a resident of the Township of Grafton County of Lorain and State Ohio After being duly sworn doth on my said oath depose and say that I was well acquainted with Aaron Burt of said Grafton who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and who died March 17 th A.D. 1843 and also acquainted with his widow Hannah Burt now living in said Grafton and that said Hannah Burt widow of said Aaron Burt has not been married since his death and that she has a genealogy and Record of her marriage & births of her Children
Thomas Ingersoll
State of Ohio } Lorain County } On this 30 th day of June A.D. 1845 person came Thomas Ingersoll a resident of the township of Grafton in said County of Lorain and made oath in due form of Law and subscribed his name to the above affidavit Before me a justice of the peace in and for said County of Lorain and I hereby certify the affiant to be a person of truth and veracity
Before me John R. Jones Justice of the peace

State of Ohio } Lorain County } On this 30 th day of June A.D. 1845- personally appeared before me John R. Jones a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Lorain Hannah Burt a resident of Grafton in said County and State aged 85 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her said oath make the following declaration - in order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress passed on the third of March A.D. 1843 and June 15 th A.D. 1844 granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary Soldiers. That she is the widow of Aaron Burt a Revolutionary pensioner who died in said township of Grafton County and State aforesaid on the 17 th of March A.D. 1843 that she was married to said Aaron Burt in Hawley County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts. By the Rev. Mr. Porter December third A.D. 1790 that her name before marriage was Hannah Burt that she remaining a widow and has not been married since the death of said Aaron Burt her husband and prays a certificate may be granted her to draw said pension . She also refers to the annexed her Deposition Hannah Burt Mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above- written and I hereby certify that the declarant is a person of truth and veracity and from bodily infirmity unable to attend Court
John R. Jones Justice of the Peace I also here certify that the date of 1845 was altered to 1843 before sworn to John R. Jones Justice of the Peace

THE STATE OF OHIO. Lorain County, ss.
{ I, GEO. H. BENHAM, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas within and for the County aforesaid, hereby certify that John R. Jones Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken & subscribed & was at the date thereof is a Justice of the Peace in said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that to all his official acts as such Justice, due credit may, and ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere.
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Elyria, in said County, this 1 st day of August A. D. 1845
G. H. Benham CLERK.

Hannah Bust of Ohio widow of Aaron Act of 1838
Pittsburgh Agency
B.B. Chapman
Agent

State of Ohio } Know all men by these presents Lorain County } That I Violet Ingersoll only surviving child of Hannah Burt deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States & widow of Aaron Burt who was also a Revolutionary Pensioner & both Hannah & Aaron were residents of said Lorain Co. Ohio, do hereby constitute and appoint B. B. Chapman my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute any claim I may have to a revolutionary pension as the only child of said Hannah & Aaron Burt & I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers on file in the pension office or elsewhere relating to said claim & do all acts which I could do in the premises. I do hereby revoke all other powers of Attorney which I may have executed prior to this date authorizing any other person to act as my agent or Attorney in the prosecution of this claim, particularly one given to one L. B. Inne of Washington City, and for this reason that I think it better for my purpose & intent to entrust my business to an Attorney residing in my own County
Witness my hand and seal this 18 th day of September A.D. 1854 Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of } Thomas Ingersoll } J. H. Sherman } Violet Ingersoll
State of Ohio } Be it known that on the 18 th day of September Lorain County } A.D. 1854 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Notary Public duly authorized to admin- ister oaths in and for said County Violet Ingersoll above named to me well known as the person represented to be in foregoing Power of Attorney & she signed, sealed acknowledged & sworn to the same before me
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & official seal the day & year above mentioned
J. H. Sherman, Notary Public of Lorain Co. Ohio

24. 531 22. 390
Aaron Burt Ohio
Adm 9. Months and 10 days. $31. 10
62. 22 15. 56 77 78
E. Whitton Elyria Lorain County Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
15 th October 1833.
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, shewing the Service of Narrows Burk
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     May 1776 6 private Capt. Wells 74 years   Aug 20. 1777. 3. 10 " Capt. Ward Gloucestershire County Mass. Traditionary.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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. (J) 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 days 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
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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 the 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 inquiry 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 fix 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.
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.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev. War Section
May 24, 1923
Mrs. Ethel F. Romoser 708 Brownell Avenue Lorain, Ohio
Madam:
In response to your letter received April 10, 1923, I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 4907 it appears that Aaron Burt born November 21, 1759 in Springfield, Massachusetts was the son of Daniel Burt born September 19, 1731 and his wife who was Miss Margaret Cooley born December 5, 1727.
While a resident of No. 7 (later Hawley), Massachusetts Aaron Burt enlisted May 31, 1776 and served as a Private until December 1, 1776 in Captain Agrippa Wells' Company, Colonel Woodbridge's Regiment, Massachusetts Troops. He enlisted again August 20, 1777 and served as a Private until November 30, 1777 in Captain Nahum Ward's Company, Colonel David Wells' Regiment, Massachusetts Troops, War of Revolution. No battles are stated.
He moved from Hawley, Massachusetts to Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts and in 1822 to Grafton Township, Lorain County, Ohio at which place he was allowed pension on his application executed August 8, 1833.

He died March 17, 1843 in Grafton, Ohio.
Soldier married December 3, 1790 in Hawley, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Miss Hannah Bass born August 13, 1759 and who was allowed pension on her application executed June 30, 1845 while a resident of Grafton, Ohio, where she died. Date of death not stated. She was not living in September 1854. The children of Aaron and Hannah Burt named in claim:
Samuel..... born August 4, 1791. Ithiel..... " September 19, 1792. Caleb Cooley " December 4, 1793, died Sept. 9, 1796. Fanny..... " December 31, 1795. Violet..... " ----- 4, 1797, married ..... Ingersoll and was the only surviving child in 1854; then living in Lorain County, Ohio.
Last part of this letter in Cl. Invalid File 26466 of Ezekiel A. Turner - Mar 7 1812. MMH

1923-May 24 - Check to Mrs. Ethel F. Bonner - MMH.
Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4907
Hannah Burt
Wid.
Aaron Burt
Post. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 2 nd 48
Index:—Vol. 84 , Page 101
[Arrangement of 1870.]

8107
Aug 18, 1895
Non Resident Notice D 1843.
James L. Richards Commissioner of Commons Washington City D.C.
PAID
20

Wampden august 4th 1845
Sir we have the Honor of transmitting the Declaration of widow Burt Palscare to make return to us at Wampden Geauga County Ohio
Elliott and Heathway
Hon James L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Dec. 15. 1843.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Aaron Burt, is borne upon a Pay Roll of Capt Nathan Ward's company, in Col David Wells's reg't, as a private, from September 22 to October 18. 1777, including 4 days allowed for travel, 1 month.
Not upon Rolls of Capt Agrippa Wells.
The above is all the evidence of service of any one of the name, as shown by the Military Records in this office.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the Commissioner's letter of September, 16. 1845 was filed in this Office; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said letter, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Peabody, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Pension Office, September 16. 1843.
Sir,
The evidence in the case of Hannah Part establishes the marriage before 1794, but her husband's alleged service of six months in 1776 under Capt. Stephen Kelly, Col. Woodbridge, and three months ten days in 1777, under Capt. Mahan and Col. Kelly, should be verified by the Secretary of Massachusetts, in whose Office rolls have been discovered since the adjustment of her husband's Pension under the Act of June 7th, 1832.
I am, Sir, very respectfully, Your Obedt. Servt. J. L. Edwards
Messrs Elliott & Hathaway, Hampton, Ohio.

Spain county Ohio 18 th 46.
J. L. Edwards Esq Sir,
I have appointed John Mr. Thayer of Washington city, my attorney to attend to my claim for a pension, and I desire that you will inform him as to the  its present condition of and what is wanting to establish it, and to make all reports to him.
In presence of }
Hannah Burt her mark
Thomas Ingersoll Ithiel B Ingersoll

Jan 29. 1896.
Old to new
Heumans Burt
Hon J. S. Edwards of Bensons  Washington City D. C.

Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio. January 20 th 1846.
Dear Sir
We herewith send in the case of Mrs. Hannah Burt a certificate from the Secretary of War, showing the service of her husband Aaron Burt under Capt. Nathan Ward 1 month in 1777. Knowing that the pay roll in the Office in the State department is far from being complete we therefore thought best to send said certificate and request a reexamination of the proofs of her said husband which are on file in your office.
Respectfully, Yours O. B. Serlits
Hon. J. C. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington City D. C.
Elliott & Hathaway "

Washington D.C. Dec 11 th 1846.
J. S. Edwards Esq. Sir:
I transmit herewith a power of Atty from Hannah Burt widow of Haran Burt of Ohio, and I have to request that you will inform me what is wanting to complete the case.
Very Respectfully
J. M. Shayen

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, March 29 1847.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that there is no Return of Col Woodbridge's Regt for 1776.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

May 1. 1897.
Must be care
Hannah Burt.
[Large decorative flourish or signature]
Helen J. Burt, Educator, home of Peninsular Washington City
D.L.

Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio April 22 d 1847.
Sir
In your letter to Elliott & Hathaway under date of September 16 th 1845, in the claim of Mrs Hannah Burt it was required that proof of her husband's alleged service of six months in 1776 under Capt Agrippa Wells, Col Woodbridge, and three months ten days in 1777, under Capt Nathan Ward, Col Wells, should be verified by the Secretary of Massachusetts, and accordingly resent to the Secretary's office for the required proof, and the result was that only a certificate of one month's service under Capt Nathan Ward and Col David Wells was obtained, which has been forwarded to your office, and since that time I have got in my possession some original Army accounts that was kept by the officers in Massachusetts in the early part of the war of the Revolution, which shows that the soldiers received received their pay monthly, hence there were not any pay rolls returned. Believing that Mrs Burt's claim was honest I wrote to the Secretary of Massachusetts and requested him to inform me whether there was or not any records in his office of the Soldiers that served under Col Woodbridge in the year 1776, and he returned the enclosed Certificate which shows that there is not, and hence the impossibility of complying with the requirement in regard to the service under Col Woodbridge and there being only one month returned of the service under Capt Nathan Ward and David Wells, notwithstanding her husband served three months as he alleged. Showing these facts, without doubt her claim will now be allowed.
Very Respectfully your most Hon J. L. Edwards O. B. T. Servant.
Com of Pensions.
James Hathaway
Washington City, D. C.

P. S. John Elliott, Pensioner, late of Hambleton Grange Co. Ohio, deceased, Nathan French, Pensioner now residing in Leroy, Lake Co. Ohio & Ebenezer Lee, pensioner late of South Hampton, Hampshire Co. Mass. deceased, were soldiers under Col Woodbridge of Mass, in the year 1776, and I have no doubt but their pensions were partly predicated upon service under said Col Woodbridge, in the year, 1776, notwithstanding there was not any pay rolls returned and the widows of said Elliott & Lee are now in receipt of pensions, partly on account of said service, and it seems to me that it would be doing great injustice to Mrs Burt to reject her claim.
Yours Truly
J. H.
Hon J. L. Edwards.
Com of Pensions

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
June 9 1847.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Aaron Burt is borne upon a Pay Roll of Capt Nahum Ward's Company, in Col David Wells' Regt from the County of Hampshire, as a private from September 22 to October 181776, including allowance of 4 days for travel, 1 Month. There is no other roll of said Capt Ward in this Office.
Not upon rolls of Capt Agrippa Wells. The only roll of said Capt Wells in this Department for 1776, is for mileage of his company in Col Samuel Brewer's regt, who served at Tienderoga in the year 1776, beginning September 5 th

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the Commissioner's letter of May 15 1847 was filed in this Office; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said letter, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sleeper;
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

June 28/43
Adm'l in Charge of Nannah Port indg Saloto
Hon J. L. Edwards Comd of Pioneers Washington City D. C.

Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio. June 21 st 1847.
Sir
I herewith transmits to your office the enclosed certificate from the office of the Secretary of Massachusetts in the case of Mrs Hannah Burt. This certificate shows that there is no rolls in the Secretary's office of service under Capt Nahum Ward except one month and that there is not any rolls of Capt Agrippa Wells for 1776 except for mileage of his company in Col Samuel Brewers regt, "who served at Tienderoga in the year 1776, beginning September 5" - It was shown by a former certificate that that there was not any returns in the Secretary's office of the Service under Col Woodbridge for the year 1776, notwithstanding there was no returns of the service under Col Woodbridge I believe it is not doubted but what he was in service that year, I have no doubt of the justness of Mrs Burt's claim, and I cannot discover anything in the certificates from the Secretary of Mass. that goes to invalidate her claim. Very Respectfully Your most O.B. Servant,
James Northway
Hon J. L. Edwards Com of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Chardon, Geauga, Co. Ohio.
September, 22 d . 1848.
Sir
I herewith transmit to your office the Declaration of Mrs Hannah Burt made under the act of February 2 d 1848. and the joint Resolution of Congress, passed July 1 st 1848.
Very Respectfully your most O.B. Servant.
J. Hathaway
Hon J. L. Edwards Com. of pensions Washington City D.C.

Aaron Burt, Pitt. #31. 4 / 100 out 7 June 1832 to what time paid?
Pension Office
May 10. 1849
died 1843
pd d to 1 st Mar. 1843.
Pitt.

8107
Waukesha Part Ohio
Rel to Elliott & Hathaway Sept 16 1843
Same upl 11/4/46 Joh. Thayer sec 21 1846

No 8107 Hannah Hart Ohio
Set to Elliott & Hathaway Sept 16 1845 " " do do April 24 46 " " J. M. Mayne Decr 21 46 " " James Hathaway May 15 47 to same July 2nd 47
act March 1848

4807 Pitt Ohio
Hannah Burt widow of Aaron Burt who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 31 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of May, 1849 and sent to
J. Heathaway Chardon, Ohio.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 333 Vol. 4

The State of Ohio,
Lorain County, ss. On this 9 th day of September A.D. 1848.
Personally appeared Before me Francis E ROWE a justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared Hannah Burt, a resident of Grafton, in the County and State aforesaid aged about 89 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd day of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows, of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Aaron Burt, who was a Private in the Revolutionary war & a pensioner on account of his Revolutionary service. That she has an application for a pension now on file in the Pension office at Washington City, D.C. and that James Northway Esq. of Chardon Geauga, County and State of Ohio, has been and now is her attorney to investigate her claim. She refers to her application and proofs now on file in the pension office, and further states that she has not intermarried since the decease of the said Aaron Burt, and now remains a widow. She now claims to be allowed the same amount of pension per annum that was allowed her said husband under the act of June 7 th 1832 and claims to be pensioned under all the acts that she has heretofore applied under, and the benefit of the Resolution of Congress passed July 1 st 1848.
Executed in presence of { Helen H. Ingersoll J. Northway
Hannah Burt, mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I hereby certify from my own personal knowledge that the above applicant is a person of truth and veracity and that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in the above application and that the following words were interlined in said application before signed to wit; "personally appeared, of persons."
Francis E ROWE Justice of the Peace

8107
Hannah Burt widow of Aaron Ohio Pitts 8.
admitted
Pr. $31, 4 / 100 per an Com 17 th March 1843
amt 3 rd March 1843, etc.
J. Hathaway Chardon Ohio
By W. Wallace & Sperry

The State of Ohio Swain County ss
I Myron B. Reith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County Do hereby certify That Francis E. Bower Esq by whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified that I am acquainted with his signature and know the above to be genuine and that the same is in due form and in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio.
Witness my signature and the seal of our said Court at Elyria this 20th day of September A D 1848
M R Reith Clerk By H. Wallace Deputy
8107
Hannah Burt widow of Aaron Child Pits 8.
admitted
Pr. $31.50 per an
com 17 th March 1843
amt 3 rd March 1843, etc.
J. Hathaway Chairman Ohio

17.11.2 P.E.O.
Lorain O, Apr 6/23
Dept of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Would like information of services and any data in your possession of E. A. Turner age 49, in 1840, living in Grafton, Ohio, also Aaron Burt, living

in Grafton, in 1840, age 82.
Yours Resp.
Mrs Ethel F. Pomeroy 706 Brownell Ave Lorain D