Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1491, Thomas Burr, New York

SERVICE
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New York
Burr, Thomas
R 1491
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Thomas Burr.
22834.

State of New York County of Onondaga ss.
On this fourteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before Daniel Moseley circuit judge Vice Chancellor of the seventh circuit of the State of New York at his chambers  a Court now sitting in the town of Onondaga Thomas Burr a resident of Tully in the County of Onondaga and State of New York aged seventy four years the sixth day of December next 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 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
The captain under whom he served was John Fleet captain of the guard as called. Samuel Youngs was captain of the company and Nathaniel Coles was colonel of the regiment. one John Bateman was sergeant. He entered the service the first of May in the year seventy eight seventeen hundred and seventy eight or nine is not certain which and continued to serve in the following manner for three years. he was enrolled in the militia and stood guard two nights in each week during the open season of the year. and during the winter season was relieved from standing guard. but stood in readiness and was liable to go on call at any moment. at the time of being enrolled and entering the service as aforesaid he resided in the town then called Norwich which he thinks is now called Oysterbay. in Queens county on Long Island in the State of New York and that he performed all of his service aforesaid in the town of Oysterbay in Queens county in the State of New York by standing guard on the beach. he never received any written discharge. but was told by his captain that he might go home but must stand in readiness to go at any time on call. and he remained in that situation until the end of the war. he has seen General Washington and General Benedict Arnold. but had no particular acquaintance with any of the continental officers nor soldiers as they all left Long Island before he was called.

upon to perform military service and did not return again during the time of his service, and he has no document- tary evidence of his services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State - and this Deponent further states that the manner of his service while on actual duty as a sentinel in guarding the lines as above stated, it was as a soldier , enlisted , and not as a minute man , and that he performed such actual service for a time at least equal to seven months in the whole and that the rest of the time he stood as a minute man for and during the said term of three years. This deponent lived in Northampton at the close of the war, next he lived in the town of Argyle four years, and moved from there eighteen years ago to Tully in this County and where he has ever since lived. Sworn to the above before me this 10th day of March 1884. Thomas Burr Wertheimer - Sylvester a clergyman residing in the town of Tully in the county of Onondaga and State of New- York and Peter Van Camp residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Burr who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about seventy- four years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier and served in the manner set forth in his said declaration in the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. James F. Sylvester Sworn & subscribed this 10th day of March 1884. Peter Van Camp day and year aforesaid Daniel Mosley Vice Chancellor
And the said Judge  Court does 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 revolution- ary soldier and served as he states and the said

Ex parte further certifies that it appears to him that James P. Aylworth who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Tully in the county of Onondaga and State of New York and that Peter Van Camp who also has signed the same is a resident in the same town of Tully and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Daniel Moseley V. Chancellor.
an interlineation is made in the Caption of this Record and the word "seven" (months) is written on an erasure before affirmation. D. Moseley
I Reuben L. Hays Clerk of the county of Onondaga
Daniel T. Moseley Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the Seventh Circuit for the state of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Brum for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14 th day of February 1833.
Daniel T. Moseley Deputy Clerk

The Answers of Thomas  Deer to the Interrogatories put to him by the Court, by the direction of the War department on his application for a pension - and embraced in his declaration.
1 st To the first Interrogatory he answers that he was born in the town of Oysterbay Queens County and State of New York on the sixth day of December one thousand seven hundred & fifty eight as he always understood from his parents and believes.
2 nd To the second Interrogatory he answers. That there was a record of his age in a Bible which at the time he left the said town of Oysterbay in 1882 as mentioned in his declaration was in possession of his Brother Daniel Burr who then resided in the said town, but whether the said record is now in existence or not, or whether his said brother is living or dead, he does not know not having heard from his brother during six years last past.
3 rd To the third Interrogatory he answers. That when he entered the service he was between eighteen and nineteen years of age and then lived in the said town of Oysterbay. That at the expiration of the term of service some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two - he moved to the town of North Hempstead in the said County of Queens & State aforesaid where he resided at the close of the Revolutionary war. That about twenty three years ago he moved from North Hempstead to Argyle in the County of Washington and State aforesaid, and about eighteen years ago he moved from Argyle to Tully in the State of New York where he has ever since resided and still resides.
4 th To the fourth Interrogatory he answers that he was previous to the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, but how long previous he cannot recollect, was regularly enrolled as a private in the Militia of Queens County in a Company commanded by Samuel Young, who then lived in the said Oysterbay, in the Regiment commanded by Nathaniel Coles who then lived at Great Neck in said Queens County. That the British as he then understood having threatened to destroy the Village of Oysterbay Colonel Coles ordered thirty men to be

drafted out of the Company of the said Captain Youngs, to guard the Village, and he this declarant was drafted as one of the said thirty men and served as such as a private during the time & in the manner in his declaration & amended declaration herunto annexed mentioned
5 th To the fifth Interrogatory he answers. That he has seen General Washington and General Benedict Arnold, but had no particular acquaintance with any of the Continental officers or soldiers as they left Long Island before he was called upon to perform Military duty and did not return again during the time of his service. But this declarant since giving his answer to this Interrogatory as stated above and embraced in the first declaration recollected and now recollects that his uncle Samuel Burr was a Lieutenant in the Army of the United States and was at Oystebay with some United States troops during the early part of this declarants service but he does not recollect the Regiment to which his uncle belonged or the number of troops that were then with him. And this declarant cannot recollect the names of any other regular officers who were with the troops where he served nor any other Continental or Militia Regiments, than as above stated. That the circumstances of his services are fully and truly stated in his declarations above referred to.
Sixth To the sixth Interrogatory he says that he never received any written discharge, but was told by his said Captain that he might go home but must stand in readiness to go at any time on call and remained in that situation until the end of the war, and that he has no documentary evidence of his services.
Seventh. To the seventh Interrogatory he says that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his actual services. but the Rev d James P. Attylworth and Mr r Peter Van Camp, can and have testified to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution and their affidavit is annexed to his declaration herunto annexed.
Subs d Out

MS 22834
Thomas Burr Onondaga Co N.Y.
rejected
Direct to Thomas Burr Sully Onondaga County N.Y.
1491
Wm. M. Alfin Sully Onondaga Co N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 31 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 Thomas Burr Onondago Co NY
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     ended May 1778 on 9-3 { private Capt'n Fleet Capt'n Lieut Col Col Genl Schuyler Genl Gates Genl Arnold Oyster bury Grn ens Town 74 years 40 years 20 years 18 years traditional evidence  
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. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. 124860000000
John C. Stanton

State of New York } Onondaga County } ss By it known that before me this 10 th day of September A.D. 1852 personally appeared Phoebe Evans, aged 56 years Thomas Burr aged 54 years, Betsey Smith aged 51 years & John Burr aged 42 years who each being duly cautioned & sworn in due form of law state they are the sons & daughters of Thomas Burr who was a Revolutionary soldier in the state of New York & that he died on the 17 th day of February A.D. 1837 & that their mother named Phoebe Burr died the 20 th day of April A.D. 1838, & that their said father & mother were married 68 or 69 years ago as they are informed & believe & further the deponents are informed & believe that their said father & mother lived resided in said State of New York (at different places) from their birth to their death & furthermore that all of said deponents resided in the county of Onondaga in the State of New York & By these Presents constitute appoint & fully empower & authorize irrevocably with full powers of substitution F. D. Waples of Washington city D. C. as their true & lawful attorney for them & in their name & stead to examine into to prosecute to demand & to receive from the U. S. Government & State officers their rights in all and in any manner of claim for interest or arrears of Pension or Land that may be due them as the 4 of the children & heirs at law of Thomas Burr who died leaving the same undrawn as in right of law the said heirs may

Power of Attorney Revolutionary Papers
Thomas Burr Suspended New York
filed 23 Sept 1832
Y. E. Hassler

be entitled,
In Witness Whereof they have hereunto set their hands & seals, the day & year first. aforesaid, Phila Green
Witness
L. H. Griswold
Frank H. Cook
Thomas B. Burr
Betsy Burr
John Burr
Signed sealed acknowledged and sworn to before me & I further certify that the said Phila Green, Thomas Burr, Betsy Burr & John Burr, have always by the community been known as the children & heirs at law of Thomas Burr deceased. Dated on this 16th day of September A.D. 1852
L. H. Griswold Justin J. the Pease
State of New-York, } ss. ONONDAGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
I Certify, That L H Griswold whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the Proof or Acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justin J. the Pease in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to said Certificate is genuine.
And I Further Certify, That the said instrument, and the Acknowledgment thereof, are executed according to the existing Laws of the State of New-York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, at Syracuse, this 16 th day of Sept 1852
Rufus Cossit Clerk.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1191
P. O. Thomas Burr
Service: REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Rev. New York
Rejected Nov 7/32
See letter 15 Oct 1833
To Wm. M. Allen

Shomer Buel
June 25 th Street
M r . J. P. Schenck -
City Washington
Wm. Department
Post Office
John
Vesper N.Y. June 18 th
Thomas Burr Hunt of New York

Tully Onondaga County New York, 17 th June 1834 Dear Sir,
I received your answer to my letter dated May 20 th 1834, on the 13 th June, which stated that no provision was made in the act of 7 th June 1832 for my services, as an attendant on the Commander in Chief unless I were detached from the Ranks therefor, but not thinking it necessary to mention that, I omitted stating that fact, which if necessary I stand ready to qualify to that, I was enlisted under Washington and served him six months, at the expiration of that term, I enlisted under Captain Ward if my memory serves at the fort, and served under him six months, about which time the war closed at which time I received a regular discharge from him Now Sir, be pleased to write me as soon as may be convenient with your honour's business, and if any deficiency may appear, I wish you to state it to me and if possible I will satisfy you. —
Therefore I now submit my case to your honorablebreath and to your feelings of sympathy, towards the necessities of him who has strove to honour his country with his best services, and remain yours respectfully —
Mrs J. L. Edwards — Thomas Burr. Senior

Amendments to the declaration of Thomas Burr hereunto annexed in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York } Onondaga County } ss.
On this Twenty fourth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open Court before Daniel Moseley Vice Chancellor of the Seventh Circuit at a Court of Chancery now sitting at the town of Onondaga in and for the County of Onondaga Thomas Burr a resident of Tully in the County of Onondaga and State of New York who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath additions and amendments make the following to his declaration which is hereunto annexed. This declarant saith that he was born in the town of Oyster Bay Queens County and State of New York on the month of Sixth day of December thousand seven hundred and fifty eight as he always understood from his parents and believes. That there was a record of his age in a Bible which at the time this declarant left the said town of Oysterbay was in the possession of his brother Daniel Burr who then resided in the said town, but whether the said record is now in existence or not, or whether his said brother is living or dead, he does not know, not having heard from  of his brother during six years last past That when this declarant entered the service he was between eighteen and nineteen years of age and then lived in the said town of Oysterbay. That after the expiration of the term of service as herein after mentioned some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two he moved to the town of North Hempstead in the said County of Queens and State aforesaid where he resided at the close of the Revolutionary war. That about twenty three years ago he moved from North Hempstead to Argyle in the County of Washington and State aforesaid, and about eighteen

years ago he moved from Argye to Tully in the state of New York where he has ever since resided & still resides That this declarant had been , previous to year one thousand seven hundred and twenty eight, (but how long previous he cannot by reason of his memory being impaired by age now positively state) been regularly enrolled as a private in the Militia of said Queens County in a Company commanded by Samuel Youngs who then lived in the said town of Oysterbay, in the Regiment commanded by Nathaniel Coles who then lived at Great Neck in said Queens County. That the British as this declarant then understood having threatened to destroy the said Village of Oysterbay Colonel Coles ordered thirty men to be drafted out of the Company of the said Captain Youngs to guard the Village and this declarant was drafted as one of the said thirty men and served as such as he has stated in the annexed declaration, And this declarant on his oath further says that by reason of Old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the year when he entered the service as aforesaid nor as to the precise length of time of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served as such drafted man and as private in the Company commanded by the above mentioned Captain Youngs & in the Regiment of Militia commanded by the said Colonel Coles, during the periods following, during the year one thousand seven hundred and twenty eight between the first day of May and the first day of December of that year two months, during the year one thousand seven hundred and twenty nine, between the first day of May and the first day of December, two months, and during the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty between the first day of May and the first day of December three months. - But this declarant is positive, that he thus served in three successive years commencing in

The year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy eight, or one thousand seven hundred and Seventy nine and for this service he claims a pension - and that for the residue of the time of the said three years he was ordered to be in readiness and stood ready to serve as a minute-man in the said company and Regiment. And this declarant further says that during the time in which he served as one of the guard, as aforesaid he was not employed in any civil pursuit - And this declarant further says that he now recollects that his uncle Samuel Burr was a lieutenant in the Army of the United States and was at Oystubay with some United States troops during the early part of this declarant's service, but he does not recollect the Regiment to which his uncle belonged or the number of troops that were then with him. And this declarant cannot recollect the names of any other regular officers who were with the troops where he served nor any other Continental or militia Regiments, than he has in the annexed declaration and above mentioned - That this declarant does not know of any person whom he can procure to prove his actual service as above stated, but the Rev. James P. Aylsworth and Mr. Peter Van Camp who have testified to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution, their deposition being annexed to the former declaration which is herunto annexed -
Sworn and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Daniel Moseley
Vice Chancellor
James A. D. A. A.

State of New York ss.
I Stephen A Goodwin Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the State of New York for the Seventh Circuit do certify that the fore- going contains the original proceedings of the Supplemental Petition Declaration of Thomas Burr for a pension had before said Court.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affix- ed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name the Twenty fourth day of June in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty three.
S. A. Goodwin Clerk
I certify that Stephen A. Goodwin is the present Clerk in Chancery for the Seventh Circuit in the State of New York and that the preceding papers are original documents presented to the Court and further that the first declaration was made on the fourteen th day of February 1833. and that
the same was written 1832 by mistake
June 24, 1833
Daniel Moseley Vice Chancellor