Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16202, Asa Burr, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Burr, Asa Malinda
W. 16202.
CONTENTS

10.879 New York
8329
Dead - See letter to P. Price June 6. 1837.
Certificate returned to Head det. Off. and sent to Claimant's Heirs Nov. 14 Oct '33.
Isaac Burr of Monroe in the State of N. York who was a Capt. Inf. in the Camp commanded by Captain Judd - of the Left. commanded by Col. Willis - in the Centre - line for 2 m. Camp 22 - Priv. }
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars 58 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of April 1833 - and Rev. No. 4a. Set Recd. Monroe
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 $161 16 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Oct '33 40 29 $201 45
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. Huls Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 4. Page 15.

Albany 4907
Malinda Burr
widow of Asa Burr
Conn.
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832
and who died on the 22. Sept. 1836
Monroe Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Pr. V. Corporal in the company. commanded
by Captain Fredt of the regt. commanded
by Col. Miller in the Conn.
Private 22 months — 73.33 line for Corp. 2. " — 7.33
880.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
22. Sept.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. day of January
1840 and sent to Peter Price
Rush, Monroe Co. N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '39 237.93
Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Mar '40 40.33
$278.26
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 68 Cle.
Examined with Orig. Rolls Sept. 1883 Mo. G.

Rolls 1879
A. Burr
An Rolls Capt. Starr. Butler 5 mo. 113 days. part of Judds co: rolls torn off.
1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890
1879 1880 1881 1882
Hon: Peter Dix
ag
138.

10879  BRIEF in the case of  Aza Parr of Henrietta County  of Yonkers in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Before a Judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
yes
3. How old is he?
78 years
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 1777 April 1 st about 9 — — private Genl. Putnam — Col o  Willis   1778 about May 1 st about 8 — — " Capt. Benj e Mills — Col o  Boyle   on or about 1 st May 1780 or 81 — 7 — — " Breke — Capt. Sam l . Starr   1775 — 2 — — " Col o  Swift — Capt. Silly   1776 — 2 — — " Col o  Huntington   1776 — 2 — — " Capt. Bates — Col o  Mead   1776 — 2 — — corporal Capt. David Phelps   Capt. Cook   Capt. Deniffin  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
at Granby — Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By 2 living Witnesses — Traditional Evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Not authenticated as required by the Registration
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. James
Examining Clerk.

State of New York } Monroe County }
Asa Burr of the Town of Henrietta in the County of Monroe and State of New York upon his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act approved passed the 7 th day of June 1832
That in addition to the foregoing Affidavit this deponent is the same Asa Burr there mentioned
And the said Asa Burr further says that the Third enlistment mentioned in the said foregoing Affidavit he served only a part of the said enlistment under Capt Samuel Starr in the Regiment commanded Colonel Swift in the Continental Line for that in the Month of September of the same year this deponent with other Soldiers was sent to Newburgh on the Hudson River to erect Huts for Winter Quarters During the Regiment of Colonel Swift at West Point and when he returned was attached to Capt Sills Company in Colonel Huntingtons Regiment and there received a Written Discharge from Colonel Col Huntingtons or Gen Huntingtons which Discharge this deponent had in his possession until about fifteen or sixteen years since when the same was destroyed
And this deponent further says that he is aged seventy eight years last November. That in addition to the enlistments mentioned in the foregoing Affidavit he enlisted in the State Service in the State of Connecticut and served two months at Horse Neck under Captain Blatch  Bates Colonel Mearns Regiment he started at Granby through Sheffield New Bedford to Horse Neck the same was according to the recollection of the deponent in the year 1775
And this deponent further says that he also enlisted in the year of our Lord 1776 under Captain David Phelps

for Two Months for the purpose of Guarding Stratford's Point So Called that he enlisted at Granby Hartford County in the said State of Connecticut That he Marched from Granby to New- Haven and served to the end of his enlistment and was discharged at Stratford No higher Officer in Command at that place than Captain Phelps
And this deponent further says in the year of our Lord 1776 at Granby in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut & after the last mentioned enlistment for Two Months he enlisted  was drafted under Captain Cook to fill a quota of men in the Line at West Point but the Colonel he does not recall and served as a Corporal to the end of his term of service sent from Granby to Windsor where they were mustered under Major Loomis the said Loomis died before the return of this deponent from his service when he was discharged at West Point during all this time of service he was employed in the Chief Engineers Department Boating and this deponent further says that he was in the Skirmish at Dabbs Ferry and at Round Hill so Called.
And this deponent further says that while in the service under his Nine Month enlistment as set forth in his former affidavit he volunteered as a ranger under Captain Henry Champion in Colonel Butlers Regiment under General Scott and there continued to serve about five months when this deponent was ordered to join the Original Company Commanded by Capt Ludd and Colo Willis Regiment.

And the said Asa upon his Oath aforesaid further Says that he is in such circumstances consequence of ill health & old age can not attend a Court of Record without in his opinion materially impairing his health that he Resides Nine Miles from the seat of Justice in Monroe County & has not been so far from home in ten years
and the said Asa further declares that he has not on the pension List Nor agency of any State and that he hereby relinquishes all claims to a pension Except the present
And the said Asa Burr further Says he was Born According to his belief and reckoning in the year of our Lord 1753 the 2 d day of November has a Record in a Bible at formerly belonging to his Father
Was Living at the place Specified in the Affidavit or declaration made by me when I was called into Service
I was Called into Service by enlistments & draft as stated in my Declaration
I have also there Given all the names of the officers I Recalled
I Generally had written Discharges but they are all Lost
I am well acquainted with the Reverend Thomas Gorton a Resident Clergyman of the Town in which I live and

Jonathan G. Langfeller also a President of the said Town of Henrietta and Who Can Testify as to my Character for Veracity
Asa Bird
Sworn & Subscribed this 12 th day of September in the year of our Lord 1832
before me
Peter A. Miller } Judge of the County Court for Monroe County

I Elisabeth Dibble of Granby in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut aged Seventy three years before me this day there is Was present at the wedding of my sister Malinda, who is now the Widow of Dea Burr D. — They were married on the first day of August 1934 — at her Father's Home in this Town, and is the same House in which I now live — my sister Malinda & myself were daughters of John Hobbs who then lived in this Town I did not depart from here — I was present the time they were married then always had it in my remembrance that they were married on the time above mentioned — I know of no record of their marriage, nor do I believe there is any Record of their marriage either in Town or Parish or in any other place —
Elisabeth Dibble
State of Connecticut } Hartford County — } Granby July 1. 1939.
Personally appeared the above named Elisabeth Dibble, who is a Disputable & credible Witness, & made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by her Subsc.?
Before me Joshua R. Jewett Justice of Peace

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.
State of New York Monroe County ss.
On this Twenty seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the County court for the said County of Monroe the said Court being a Court of Record, Malinda Burr a resident of the Town of Henrietta in the County of Monroe Aged Seventy years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Asa Burr, who was a private and corporal in the Army of the Revolution, and a pensioner under the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 a Certificate for said pension was granted to the said Asa Burr on the 3 rd day of April 1833 by Lewis Cass Secretary of War, upon proof of service of the said Asa Burr, which proof remained on file in the war office of the United States. He served under Captain Henry Champion in a Ranging party, and also under Colonel Willis in the Connecticut Line in the Revolutionary Army also under Captain Mills and she believes in Colo Willis Regiment in the Connecticut Line.
She further declares that she was married to the said Asa Burr on the first day of August one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, that her husband the aforesaid Asa Burr died on the Twenty second day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty six, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the Marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz, at the time above stated.
Sworn & subscribed on the day
M c Alinda Burr
and year above written before me
Harvey Nicholson
{ One of the Judges of the County Court for Monroe County
I further certify that in consequence of old age and bodily infirmities, the Applicant is unable to attend in Court
Harvey Nicholson Judge of Monroe Co Courts

Monroe County. ss.
Warren Burr of the Town of Henrietta in the County aforesaid being duly sworn says he is aged forty nine years on the fifth day of August last past, and that he is the son of Asa and Malinda Burr, in the foregoing declaration of the said Malinda Burr described, that the said Asa Burr his father died on the Twenty second day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty six at the Town of Henrietta in the said County of Monroe and State of New York leaving his Mother Malinda Burr a Widow the foregoing applicant a Widow, that she the said Malinda Burr remains the Widow of the said Asa Burr deceased that he is the second son of the said Asa and Malinda Burr, that his elder Brother died in the month of November last past
And this deponent further says that the said Asa Burr his father was reputed to be a soldier of the revolutionary war, that for a number of years last past the said Asa Burr and Malinda his mother resided with this deponent and the said Asa his father died at his house on the day above specified and was a revolutionary pensioner + further says not
Sworn and subscribed before Warren Burr me this 15 th day of July 1839
A. Jones.
a Judge of Mo. County.

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history
of Asa Burr , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. N o 16202
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 31 75 2 yrs. Pvt. Bates Mead Conn.   July 76 2 " Corpl. David Phelps -   Sept 76 2 " " Cook -   Apr. 1 77 9 " Pvt. { Wm Judd Henry Champion { Samuel Hyllys Butter   May 1 78 7 " Corpl. Bery Mills Bezalel Beebe   May 1 80 8 " Pvt. { Samuel Starr Sill { John Swift (no col John in Conn) Huntington  
Battles engaged in, Skirmishes at Dobbs Ferry and Pound Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Granby, Hartford Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, May 12, 1818. (Cl. al.)
Residence at date of application, Henrietta, Ontario Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Nov. 2, 1753. Died Sept. 22, 1836 at Henrietta N.Y.
Remarks: Sol. mar. Aug. 1, 1784. Malinda dau of John Hoskins of Granby Conn. She was al- live on ap. Dec. 27, 1838 while res. in Henrietta N.Y. at 70. Their 2 nd son Warren b. Aug. 5, 1789. no other names stated. The above is the only Asa Burr found on the Rev. War pension records.
Very respectfully,
All the Witnesses say service under Judd and Hyllys was in 1778
Commissioner.
but claimant always declared it was in 77 & gives another service for 78 so I could not use it that way. See Conn book also.

Coun.
Rev
1907 Dec. 4. Heist to Mrs S.H. Stebbins and
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16.202
Mahinda Barr
Widow of
Asa Barr
Conf. Rev. War
Act July 7th 98
Index: Vol. R , Page 104
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Albany
Asa Bunn act June 7. 1832 to what time paid 3
p ts to Dec 1836 JH
VL
22 Sept 1836

New York
Act July 7. 1838
Malinda Burn
Marr'd 1 Aug 1784
Husband died 22 Sept 1836
Col Willis - 2 Count Capt. Judd 3 "
Admitted Corporal 2 Men Privates 22 " 24 Men

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by M.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Asa Burr.
Service Conn Line Rev. War.
Additional Service. _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190____
No claim, combination records _____, 190____
REMARKS:
No other than Wid. File. 16,202. Dec 2, 1907.

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN , Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT Joshua R. Sewett Esq.
and for more than Six months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certifi- cates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Sewett
in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 20 th day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
And I certify that the signature of said hereunto annexed genuine.
R. R. Hinman
Secretary.

STATE OF NEW YORK Monroe County, ss
I Ephraim Gys. Clerk for the County of Monroe in the said state, hereby Certify, that Roswell Wickwire and Alfred Jones Esquires before whom the annexed affidavits purport to have been taken was at the date of the Jurats thereof Judges of the County Court, in and for the County of Monroe, and that I am Well acquainted with the hand writing of both, and Verily believe their signatures to the said Jurats and Certificates are Genuine, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, this fifteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine.
Ephraim Gys Clerk.

J. Edwards Commrs of Pensions FREE
P. Price Esq Monroe N.Y.
W.C. 33 O. DEAN

State of Connecticut Hartford County ss
Ebenezer Gossard and Ebenezer Holcomb both of Granby Hartford County, being duly sworn both depose and say that they well know that Asa Burr late of Granby but now of the County of Ontario in the State of New York was a soldier in the revolu- tionary war and on the Continental Establishment, from about the 15. day of March A.D. 1778 until the first day of January 1779 and that he belonged to Capt William Ladd's Company and to Col Samuel Nyctys Regiment, the aforesaid having belonged to the Service at the same time and same company and Regiment well know that the said Asa Burr served in said Company and Regiment and was discharged - as aforesaid
Ebenezer Gossard Ebenezer Holcomb
Sworn and subscribed to this
2 nd day of July 1821
before me
I hereby certify that the above signers Ebenezer Gossard and Ebenezer Holcomb are men of respectability and entitled to belief -
Isaac Griffin & Justice of Peace

I Thomas Chester clerk of the county court or court of common Pleas of the county of Hartford in the State of Connecticut certify that Joel Griswold junior is a Justice of Peace of said county & I believe that the two foregoing
signatures of his name are his signatures. Witness my hand & the seal of said court. Hartford February 2 d 1821.
Thomas Chester clerk.
General Griswold General Griswold
1821
1821
General Griswold General Griswold General Griswold General Griswold

I Libina Burr of Gurney in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut, aged Eighty Seven Years before this that I was present at the Marriage of my Brother Asa Burr Esq. — He married Malinda Hopkins, a Daughter of John Hopkins who lived in this Town and died about Eighteen Years ago — They were married on the first day of August 1784, or about that day, I truly believe — My Brother Asa removed in this Town about Seventeen or Eighteen Years after he was married, & then he removed with his Family into the State of New York — I further say that I know of no record of their Marriage, nor do I believe there is any such record any where in existence — Libina Burr
State of Connecticut Hartford County - County July. 1. 1839 - }
Personally appear: The above named Lillian Burns, who is a Respectable and credible Witness, I hereby declare to be the truth of the above deposition by her Subscribed —
Before me Joshua R. Grewett Justice of Peace

Push City Nov 21
Revolutionary War FREE
Nov. 27. 1839
Honorable Secretary of War City of Washington District of Columbia
Revolutionary War FREE Melissa Bass

Rush Monroe County State of New York November 20 th 1839
J S Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you the Testimony Required in your Suit in the Case of Malinda Burr, Widow of Asa Burr deceased,
Please direct your Communications as heretofore to Peter Price Esq of Rush in the County of Monroe and State of New York and it will reach the applicant immediately
Peter Price

5819 July 22
Nov.
July 7. 1838.
Mark July 22
Respectfully & affectionately, your mother.
Melinda

Revolutionary Claim  Free
Honorable Secretary of War Washington District of Columbia

Brush, Monroe, County, State of New York July. 15. th 1839
Honorable Secretary of War
Enclosed I send you the papers of Malinda Burr, Widow of Asa Burr deceased, a Revolutionary Soldier and pensioner. Please inform me of their receipt, and at all times direct your communications to Peter Price Esq. of Brush in Monroe County and State of New York, & they will reach the Applicant immediately.
Peter Price

P. 763 5 June 1837 Pension Office
Asa Buttr Mysill
8329

State of New York
Rush Monroe County state of New York May 26 th 1837.
Honorable Secretary of War
Dear Sir
Asa Burr, of the Town of Hambleton in the County of Monroe, and State of New York a Revolutionary Pensioner died in the Month of September in the year 1836 Leaving Malinda his wife him surviving. Who under the provisions of Congress, is, we believe intitled to the pension drawn by her husband. Will the honorable Secretary of War inform the bearer, What evidence is required, & What is the Law as the subject. by so doing he will confer a favor on, and aged female,
I remain Your obedient & humble Servant
Peter Price { in behalf of The Widow
Hon Secretary of War

Free
Honorable Secretary of War. City of Washington District of Columbia

I Joshua D. Jewett of Granby, in Hartford County, State of Connecticut Depose Say, That I have this day lawfully Examined the public Records of the Town of Granby aforesaid and also the Parish Church Records of said Town, and I cannot find any Record of the Marriage of Asa Burn & his Wife Melinda, Nor Do I believe there is, or ever was any public Record of their Marriage either of Town or Parish — I further Depose Say, That I was personally acquainted with the said Asa Burn & his Wife Melinda while they lived in this Town, that they lived & cohabitated together I had, I bought a Family of Children, & I have no doubt that their marriage took place at, or about the time as stated in the Depositions of Elizabeth Dibble & Libina Burn — I further say that Asa Burn & his Family removed from this place some years ago, & as I am informed, settled in Henrietta, Monroe County in the State of New York, where the said Asa Burn, & where the said Melinda now resides — Joshua D. Jewett
State of Connecticut? County of Hartford ss — Granby November 11. 1839 Personally appeared the above named Joshua D. Jewett, to me personally known, & who is a respectable and credible Witness, & made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed —
before me
Edmund Holcomb Justice of Peace

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT Edmond Holcomb Esq. is
and for more than six months past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford — in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Holcomb
in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 12 th day of Nov r in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 89
And I certify that the signature of said Holcomb hereunto annexed is genuine.
R. R. Hinman
Secretary.

We Thomas Gorton a Clergyman Residing in the Town of Haverhill in the County of Essex & Jonathan G Longfellow of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Asa Burr who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be Seventy Eight years old 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 this 12 th day of September AD 1832 before me
Peter Price } Judge of the } County Court } for Essex } County
Thomas Gorton Jonathan G. Longfellow
State of New York Essex County ss:
I certify that Peter Price Esqr. before whom the above affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the county of said county, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and readily believe that his name subscribed to said affidavits, is his proper hand writing and signature -
Witness my hand and official seal this fourteenth day of September 1832 -
Leonard Adams Clerk

Monroe Co.
I Peter Price am of the Judges of the County Courts for Monroe County hereby declare that I am of opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories presented by the War department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and I further Certify that I am well acquainted with the Reverend Thomas Gordon & Jonathan G. Longfellow & know them personally They Both Reside in the Town of Henrietta in the County of Monroe and are Reputable persons and entitled to Credit & I further Certify that I am personally acquainted with Asa Burr the foregoing Applicant & have him for a Number of years & know him to be an aged Person in good health but Reputable & entitled to Credit
Peter Price } Judge of the County Court for Monroe County
11.8.79 5 mo. 22 days Hen. Butler. 82.

Mansfield } County }
Asa Burr being duly sworn deposes and says that he is the same Asa Burr in the foregoing application mentioned, and in answer to the fourth & fifth Interrogatories stated in a brief (Marked in Red Ink (2. Brief No. 10,879) in which the Honorable Secretary of War was so good as to point out the omission in my declaration I now on my oath make the following explanation in answer thereto my enlistment under Capt Ladd in Willis Regiment was April 1. 1777 and served to the first day of January following for which period I enlisted Making Nine Months Service 9. months
the second enlistment was the first of May according to my best recollection in the year of our Lord 1778 under Captain Benjamin Mills, in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Beebe and upon the most mature reflection he is satisfied that the said enlistment was for Seven Months and served as in his declaration stated to the first of December following this being State Service & the error was occasioned by blending the same with Regular Service which was Eight Months & Not Seven 7. months
and the said Asa further declares that he enlisted a third time the first of May 1780 according to his best recollection he enlisted for Eight Months under Captain Starr in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel John Swift and served to the first of June following that he served as stated in his former Affidavit with the difference in his recollection, that this service was in the Continental Army and was for Eight Months & Not Seven as stated in his former Affidavit, and that under this enlistment he served a full Period of Eight Months 8. months
The first service this Department ever rendered was at in the State Service under Capt Bates in Col Meads Regiment he enlisted the last day of July 1775 for Two Months and served to the last of September according to my best recollection 2 months
and the said Asa Burr further says he enlisted in the year of

an Ord 1746 for Two Months under Captain David Phelps The first of September and was discharged the first of November he served Two Months he enlisted this because they caught Oysters before the close of his Season 2 Months
And the said ask further declares on the Sixth or Eighth of September September he was drafted by Captain Captain Cook to fill a quota of Two as stated in his former Declaration & was discharged in November - about the Eighth according to his best Recollection that he served Two Months under this enlistment 2 Months
That while in service under his Seven Months enlistment under Captain Mills, he served as a Corporal also Two Months under Captain Phelps & Two Months under Capt Cook making in all Eleven Months service as a Corporal and Nineteen Months as a Private Soldier. Making in all Thirty Months Service
Sworn & subscribed before me this 24 day of December AD 1832
Peter Price { Judge of the County Court for Monroe County
Asa Burn    com  2 mo  22  24    com  2 mo  22  24    com  2 mo  22  24  
State of New York Monroe County
I certify that Peter Price esquire before whom the above affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the dates of the same, one of the Judges of the court of common pleas of said county, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to said affidavits, is his proper hand writing and signature - Witness my hand and official seal this twenty sixth day of December 1832.
Leonard Adams clerk

State of New York
Ontario County ss:
On this twelfth Day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Ontario and State of New York personally appears Asa Burn of the town of Henrietta County of Ontario and State of New York, aged Sixty three years, Six Months and Eleven Days, who being by me first duly Sworn, doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States during the revolutionary war,"
That the said Asa Burn enlisted the first time in the town of Granby, County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, on the first of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventy seven in the Company commanded by Captain — Israel His Christian name not recollectd, of the Regiment commanded by Colonel — Porter His Christian name not recollectd, that he continued to serve in the said Corps about nine months until about the first of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy eight, when he was discharged from said Corps in the town of Reading in the State of New York.
And the said Asa Burn further declares that he enlisted a second time in the said town of Granby County of Hartford & State of Connecticut on or about the first of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventy eight in a Company commanded by Captain Benjamin Mills of the Regiment commanded Colonel Bezaleel Babb and continued to serve in the said Corps about eight months, until the latter part of December or the first January following when he was discharged from the said Corps at Hornbrook in the State of New York.
And the said Asa Burn further declares that he enlisted a third time in the said town of Granby County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, on or about the first of May in the year of our Lord one

Ebenezer Holcomb & Ebenezer Goddard both of the Town of Granby in Hartford County & State of Connecticut being duly sworn do depose and say that they both well know, that Asa Burr was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and on the Continental Establishment from about the 9 th or 10 th day of March 1778, until about the first day of January 1779, and that he belonged to Captain William Judah's Company and Lt-Col. Samuel Wyllys's Regiment, the deponents having belonged to the service at the same time well know that the said Asa Burr was enlisted served and was discharged as aforesaid - Ebenezer Holcomb Ebenezer Goddard
Sworn to & subscribed this 19 th day of August 1819. before me
Joab Griffin Esq, Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Eben. Goddard & Eben. Holcomb are men of truth & veracity & of respectable standing in society -
Joab Griffin Esq, Justice of Peace
I Thomas Chester clerk of the county court of the county of Hartford certify that Joab Griffin otherwise called Joab Griffin junior is a Justice of Peace of said county & I believe that the two above signatures of his name are his signatures Witness my hand & the seal of said court this 19 th day of August 1819
Thomas Chester clerk

Thous and Seven hundred, and eighty or eighty one (which year this Deponent does not recollect) in the Company Commanded by Captain Samuel Starr of the Regiment Commanded by Colonel John Sturtevant, and continued to serve in the said Corps about Seven months, until about the the first of December in the year one thous and seven hundred and eighty or eighty one when he was discharged from Service at West Point in the State of New York and that he had regular discharge from the respective officers under which he has served, that he unfortunately lost the same - and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services - and that he is in reduced circumstances and hands in need of the assistance of his Country for Support -
At Saratoga
Sworn to and Declared before me the Day and year
Aforesaid -
Timothy Barnard
I Timothy Barnard - Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Ontario and State of New York do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Asa Barr did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common enemy: and I now transmit the proceedings taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War for I grant to the Directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress -
Dated the twelfth - Day of May 1848
Timothy Barnard

Asa Burr
affiant
on the roll 8 months only
0.3 Rejected, not having Served 9 months, on the continental establishment.
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Col o Willis Reg t
May 27-70
Sept 31-70 Disch d Dmt
The testimony of the deponents, after memory only, after an lapse of 40 years, is very doubtful; and cannot be admitted, in contradiction to the records of the War Department.

State of New York Ontario County Clerks office
In Testimony that Timothy Barnard whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the County Seal at Canan- daigua this 20 th day of May A D 1819
Th o M c Nam e Clk