Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1710, Lambert Burget, New York

SERVICE
New York
Burget Lambert Margaret
NUMBER
W. 1910
BL 7t. 28588-160-55.
CONTENTS
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New York 24. 433
Lambert Burge Heuben Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Miller of the Regt. commanded by Col. Willet in the N.Y. militia line for 22 m 17 d.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 75 Dollars 20 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Dec. 1833 and sent to Dant. Cruger Pres't
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1803. $ 188.00 Pemi-ant. allowance ending July 1834. 37.60.
$ 225.60
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book Vol. 4 Page 109

153.232
Act March 3/55 May 30/55
Civ. O. Reak April 1, 1956
Margaret Burgett, Wid of Lambert Burgett, priv Capt - Coomer Co. D. Willet
End. dis.
} M.Y. } Mile
Revolutionary War
Pensioner under Act July 29/48
N.Y. July 48-589
W:Boac, Me. 24/86 R. G. [Signature]
all
Oliver Peak Gibson
Vol B2-144.

589 New York
Reported
Margaret Burget widow of Lambert Burget
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
NY Vol
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
75 Dollars 20
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
27 Decem r
Certificate of Pension issued the
15 th day of June 1850
and sent to
Mrs. H. S. Conger Name of Wife
Date of death unknown
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 24/1848, Page 69 Vol. 1
July Brant

22629
Lambert Burget Steuben county New York
 70 3.33  1.87   75.20   152.40  37.60   188.00 
East Seneca Point R. Campbell Bath Steuben co N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 30 —
183 3
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 subjjoined 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 Lambert Burget, Steuben county New York
   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.     Enlisted 1780 5 private Capt. Miller Col. Livingston Dobbs Ferry Mohawk 70 Columbia county New York   do. 1782 1 6 Capt. Hovey Lieut. Lunt Richardson Col. Willet Fort Hunter Fort Plain Fort Herkimer 1 witness proves 4 months service under Col. Livingston — another proves service under Col. Willet, under an enlistment for three years.  
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 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 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 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.
J. S. Brannan

In matter of Lambert Burget Pension application
Declaration & affidavits
22629
CDmd
22 mo. 17 6/12
Dane Cuyler esq Present

State of New York } Seneca County } On the seventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas holden at the Court house in the village of Bath in said for said County, now sitting. Lambert Burget, a resident of the town of Addison in said County estate of means aged seventy 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 act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he resided at Hunsdale in the County of Columbia in the state of New York when he entered the service. That at the month of May 1780 he enlisted into a militia company or was clasped and entered as a clasp man for the term of three months. That said company was commanded by Captain Miller, Lieutenant Miller and Ensign Low  Ostrander . and attached to a regiment commanded by Colonel Livingston. & marched from Hunsdale down the Hudson river to Slobb ferry where he remained a few days and then returned back to Albany and remained there a few days & then marched to the a fort called Middle fort in Schoharie where he stood until the expiration of the time for which he enlisted being some time in August 1780. When at the regiment there an alarm that the British were coming down from Canada and he got the request of his officers consented to remain with his company a short time longer and in a few days thereafter marched up the Mohawk river returned to the same fort after an absence of a few days when he remained until some time in October of the same year & then returned home. That on or about the 17 October the fort was surrounded by the Indians - British which had come from Canada under the command of a Colonel Johnson and the town of Schoharie was burnt and all the surrounding country no discharge was given him -
7 mo

In the month of May 1782 he again enlisted at Hunsdale aforesaid for the term of three years in a company commanded by Captain Jonathan Pease, Lieutenants Richardson and De-Lieutenant Treniper and Ensign Phil Moore & marched from there to Albany and there joined a regiment under the command of Colonel Mearns Willet. and then marched to Fort Hunter on the Schoharie Creek and remained there a few months and then marched to Fort Plain and staid there until the spring of 1783 and then moved up the river with his company to Fort Herkimer and staid there until some time in that summer & then returned to Fort Plain and staid there until peace was declared and then returned home to Hunsdale that he served at the time some year and six months service thinks it was some time in November 1783 when peace was declared. that during this service he drew one suit of clothing and one months pay. that no written discharge was given him. that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person by whom he can prove his service except those whose affidavits are hereto annexed.
 1 Was born at Hunsdale aforesaid in April 1763  2 Has no record of his age  3 Was living when called into service as before stated. has lived since Revolution at Middleburgh in the county of Schoharie in the state of New York & at Panteo Port Steuben County, New York & then moved to his present place of residence  4 Was called into the service as before stated  5 Has stated the names of all officers & other particulars in relation to his service which he can recollect.  6 He never received any written discharge. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.  Seven Pales on the day of Lambert + Burget mark

and year aforesaid
Wm H Bull, Clerk of Steubenville County
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 -
Geo. C. Edwards Paul C. Cook Ezra Chapin
I William H Bull Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Steubenville do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Lambert Burget for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventh day of February 1833.
Wm H Bull Clerk

State of New York
Steuben County } On this 30 th day of May 1849 Personally appeared before me Oliver Peabody a Justice of the peace in and for said County Margaret Burget Widow of Lambert Burget a resident of Painted Post in said County aged eighty four 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 provision made by the act of Congress - passed on the 29 July 1848 granting pensions to widows of Revo- lutionary soldiers That her said husband the aforesaid Lambert Burget was a private in the revolutionary war and that he died on the 27 th day of December 1848
She further declares that she was married to the said Lambert Burget in the Town of Schakarie in Schakarie County N.Y. in the Month of March 1781 seventeen hundred and eighty one. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January eighteen hundred and at the time above stated - she also declares that her said husband the above named Lambert Burget drew a pension of 75 dollars per annum under act of 1832 and that she still remains a widow sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Oliver Peabody Justice of the Peace
Margaret Burget Widow

I certify that the above named Margaret Burget is unable to attend the sitting of Court in consequence of the infirmity of old age and also is unable to write her name. I further certify that David McMaster who is an acting Judge in the said County and that he resides in Bath the County seat of this County a distance of Twenty Two miles from the said Margaret Burget and in consequence of the great distance from the Judge I was called upon to administer the preceding oath and I again certify that the above named Margaret Burget is entitled to full credit and is a respectable person.
Oliver Scott Justice Peace
State of New York

State of New York } County of Steuben }
On this ninth day of March A D 1855 Personally appeared before me Butler S. Wolcott a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid Margaret Burgett aged Eighty nine Years a resident of Corning Steuben County State of New York who being duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the widow of Lambert Burgett deceased who was a Private Soldier in the company commanded by Capt Conner in the regiment of Militia Infantry commanded by Colonel Wiflet. In the war of the revolution between the American Colonies and Great Britain in 1776 That her said husband Enlisted at Schoharie County in the State of New York; and she further certifies that she cannot state the time he enlisted nor the length of time he served; But she thinks he served the first time 3 Years & the last time seven months but cannot state positively; And was honorably discharged from the service of the United States; She further states that she was Married to the said Lambert Burgett in the county of Schoharie in the State of New York and that she has no record of her marriage and cannot state the day, thinks it was in March A D 1778 By a minister of the gospel but cannot recollect his name And she further certifies that she has no certificate & she believes there is no record in existence of her marriage with the said Lambert Burgett; And that her name before her said marriage was Margaret Ackerson; That her said husband died at Painted Post (now Corning) Steuben County State of New York on the 37 th day of December A D 1848 And that she is now a widow at the date of Executing this her declaration; And for further evidence of her husband's services and his discharge from the Army she would respectfully refer to the Pension documents she now holds of which the following is a true copy

Department of the Interior: Widows Pension I certify that in conformity with the act of July 27 th 1848 Margaret Burget of New York widow of Lambert Burget who was a Private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of Twenty five dollars & twenty cents per annum commencing on the 1 st of December 1848 and continuing for life unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage: Given at the Department of the Interior this 15 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty T. Ewing Secretary of the Interior
Examined and countersigned
J. B. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions N o 858
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under act approved March 3 rd 1855: She also declares that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress except the one now presented
Margaret her X Burget mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written: And I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in said claim: And I further certify that the widow Margaret Burget did on or about the 18 th day of March last receive from the United States through her agent John L. Pundins of Albany City $37.60 cents Pension and was paid to her by me on the warrant above cited to
B. H. Scott Justice

May 10, 1932
Lambert Burget-W.1710
XXXXXXXXXXXX
Mrs Bessie Nutter 7668 Ellsworth Avenue Detroit, Michigan
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Lambert Burget, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.1710, based upon the military service of Lambert Burget in that war.
Lambert Burget was born at "Hinsdale", New York, in 1763.
While residing in "Hinsdale", Columbia County, New York, he enlisted in May or June, 1780, served as a private in Captain Miller's Company, Colonel Livingston's New York Regiment, was stationed at the middle fort in Schoharie and was discharged in October, 1780. He again enlisted in May, 1782, served as a private in Captain Jonathan Pearcy's Company, Colonel Marinus Willett's New York Regiment, and served until peace was declared, length of service one year and six months. It was also stated that he served in Captain Conner's Company, Colonel Willett's New York Regiment.
After the Revolution he resided at Middleburg, Schoharie County, New York (he was residing there in 1800), at Painted Post, Steuben County, New York, and at Addison, Steuben County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 7, 1833, while residing in Addison, New York.
He died December 27, 1848, at Painted Post, New York.
The soldier married in March, 1778, or March, 1781, at Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York, Margaret Ackerson.
Soldier's widow, Margaret, was allowed pension on her application
A February stated "he thought this enlistment was in Jan. 1780 but as all was very clear in his statement I used sol's statement. The rear in Capt. Conner's Co was given by the widow in her ap for bl

executed May 30, 1849, at which time she was aged eighty-four years and resided in Painted Post, New York. In 1855, she was residing in Corning, New York.
Children are referred to; the only names given are two sons, Coonrad Burget, who was living in Erwin, Steuben County, New York, in 1833; and Cornelius E. Burget, who was aged sixty-four years in 1850, and resided in Painted Post, New York.
Rachel Ward, a twin sister of the soldier, was living in Erwin, New York, in 1849.
Two uncles of the widow, John and Thomas Ackerson, attended her wedding. They were dead in 1849.
There are no further data as to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator.
File of midwife's death certificate

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
1932 - May 10 - List To Mrs Bessie Stoller Elk
File No. 1710
Margaret Burget, Widow
Lambert Burget, Paro - Rev. W. Ch.
Act: July 29. 1848.
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 100
[Arrangement of 1870.]

VP 28.588
S Mrs. Davis

318
Margaret Burget widow of Lambert New York suspended
let June 18. 49 Hon: H. S. Conger to same 25 th May 1850.
Act 29 July 1848
for her support W. S. Conger

Lambert Burget, N.Y., out 7 June 32 to what time paid?
$75. per Pension Office
June 15, 1849 suit to 4. September 1848 W. T. Tylers
died 1848

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Steuben County Clerk's Office, ss.
I, CHARLES W. CAMPBELL, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that B. G. Wolcott Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit for new testimony were made and acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, elected and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Bath, this
tenth day of May
185 8
C. W. Campbell
Clerk.

State of New York, } Steuben County, } Is. Town of Erwin }
Elijah Ward, and Conrad Breyer, both of the said town of Erwin, being duly sworn, say first the said Elijah Ward says that he has known Lambert Breyer more than fifty years, and that it was common report that the said Lambert Breyer has served in the Revolutionary War, as one of the three years men, as a private and the said Con- rad Breyer, son of the said Lambert says the same.
Witness J. E. Evans.
Elijah Ward his Conrad Breyer mark
Sworn & subscribed before me the 25 th November 1833
John E. Evans. Justice Peace

State Of New York
County Of Steuben I certify that John E. Evans before whom the within affidavit was taken, was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace, in and for said county duly authorized so to act, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe his name written thereon is his own proper hand and signature - Witness my hand and seal of office this 10. day of December in the year 1833. -
Wm L. Dull. ch. H. Smith Jr. D. Atty

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County
Personally appeared David Campbell resident in the township of Huntington in county & State aforesaid who being duly sworn deposits & saith that he is fifty six years of age & that Lemuel Bangs of the town of Addison in the county of Huntington in the State of New York served in the Revolutionary War with this deponent in Capt. Rarities Company in Col. Williams Regt (Pennsylvania) from about the first of May 1782 until about eight or nine months after the end of the war the both entered the Service together of the United States together from the town village in the county of Albany & State of New York Noble Hunsdale & Columbia County Pa This deponent thinks the said Bangs was in the Service of the United States about a year & six months they were engaged after the war in building a block house & a stone fort with Genl Washington to Fort Stanwix at the head of the Mohawk River & were discharged at Pearsys Island in town not exactly recollected this deponent further states that during the time they were in the Service they received a suit of clothes and a months wages

Sworn & Subscribed
Before me
Sept 20, 1833
for M c Rean Associate Judge Bradford County Pa
David Campbell
I certify that David Campbell is a valid Judge
for M c Rean Associate Judge Bradford County Pa
Bradford County Pa
J. James P. Bull, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County, do certify that John M c Rean whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is and was at the date thereof, an Associate Judge of the said Court; and that I am well acquainted with his signature and believe the above to be genuine. Witness my hand and official seal this 21st day of September A. D. 1833
J. P. Bull

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Margaret Purvis born 4 Lambert N
at 29 May 1848 -
Adm. $75 00 per
Mar 27 Decem 1848
Rev. H. S. Conger Knox

McCrawville
May 30 th 1850
Sir
Hon J L Edwards letter of the 25 inst relative to the claim of Margaret Burget Widow of Lambert Burget, was received this morning. I have written him an answer herewith and may I without tiring your patience too much, ask you to hand the inclosed line to the Commissioner, and request of him an answer soon
Respectfully your Friend Chester Babcock
Hon H S Conger Member of Congress Washington D.C.

Washington May 19. 1830
Sir
I send herewith the declaration of Margaret Brought, I believe she has some papers on file. A former declaration was returned with objection that it was not executed before a Judge.
I am Yours &c A. H. Coles
Col. J. S. Edwards Comm. Pensions

Cortland village N.Y. Jan 8, 1849
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir: I send you herewith papers in the case of Margaret Burgh
Yours &c
H. S. Conyer

✓ Th. Sumpkin
April 3 rd 1850
Asks a decision in the case of Mrs. Margaret Burgess, claimant under act of 7 July 1836.
✓ Ref. d to Com. of Pension Dep. Interior April 6 1850.
CH

Washington D.C. April 3rd, 1850.
Sir, Chester Babcock, Esq., of New-York, informs me that he sent through the Hon. D. S. Conger to the Pension Office some time since a declaration of Mrs. Margaret Burget, of New-York, widow of Lambert Burget, under the act of 7th July, 1838.
Mr. Babcock states to me that in his opinion the case is perfectly made out and a just one, altho' small in amount. I am sure much oblige the parties by having this case called up and if just allowed.
I have the honor to be, Sir, Most respectfully, Your W. Secy. Th. D. Jenkins.
Wm. Th. Ewing Secretary of the Dept of the Interior.

State of New York Tioga County ss - I Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County Daniel Griswold a resident of Southport in said County who being duly sworn deponeth and saith that his age is seventy one years and upwards - that he is ac- quainted with Lambert Burget of the Town of Addison Herk Co. County and knew him in the time of the Revolutionary War - that the said Lambert Burget was in the service in Capt. Miller's Company under Col. Livingston four months from or rather between the first of June and the first of November in the year 1780 - that this deponent served at the same time and in the same Company - we were march'd down the Hudson River to Dobbs ferry then back to Albany then to St Mohawk where we were stationed some time; then up the Mohawk River and back - that this de- ponent thinks the enlistment of the said Burget was for three months but that the pressure of the service

identical Lambert Burget who served with this deponent in Capt Miller's Company as before stated — Sworn & subscribed to David Griswold this 30th day of Jan'y. 1833 before me W Maxwell Justice of the peace Tioga County N.Y.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with David Griswold who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit and that he is a credible and reputable witness — W Maxwell Justice of the peace Tioga County N.Y.
State of New York — Tioga County ss. I Green M Tuthill clerk of the County of Tioga aforesaid do hereby certify that W. Maxwell Esqr before whom the above affidavit was subscribed and sworn and by whom the Certificate of Credibility was executed was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and know his signature to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 30th day of Jan'y 1833
Green M Tuthill Clerk

State of New York Schokan County } ss.
Henry Plugh of the town and county of Schoharie, and State aforesaid, being aged sixty eight years, who being duly sworn doth depose and say, that he is well acquainted with Lambert Burget, and was well acquainted with him in the revolutionary war, and knows that he was a soldier of the revolution in Colonel Willet's regiment, in the year 1782, that this deponent was a soldier in the same regiment and he understood that the said Lambert Burget was enlisted for three years, and that he was in the service when this deponent joined the regiment and that he had been for some time before that, but how long this deponent cannot say.
Sworn and subscribed this 17th day of November 1832 before me David Miles Justice of the peace
his Henry Plugh mark
I certify, that I am well acquainted with Henry Plugh who had subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit and that he is a man of truth Nov. 17 1832
State of New York } Schoharie county ss. } I John Gebhard Jr. Clerk of the said county do certify that David Miles before whom the preceding affidavit was sworn, and whose name also appears to the preceding certificate of

credibility, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said county; and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature — Witness my hand and seal of Office this seventeenth day of November 1882 —
John Gebhard Jr. Clerk of Lehigh County —

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Bonny Lund Act of March 30 1855 Miss Margaret Burges Widow of Lambert Burges
Presented by Peter Rease Attorney Gibson Steuben County, N.Y.

State of New York County of Steuben
On this ninth day of April A.D. 1855 Personally appeared before me B. B. Wolcott a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Peter Rease and Nelson W. Peak Residents of the State of New York and County of Steuben who being duly sworn according to Law declare that they are Personally and well acquainted with Miss Margaret Brungit who has her make her mark to the foregoing declaration that they know her to be the Identical Person therein represented and that she is now a widow and they know her to be a true and correct copy of the original hereon written.
Peter Rease N. W. Peak
Sworn to & subscribed before me this ninth day of April A.D. 1855. And I certify that the said Peter Rease and Nelson W. Peak are creditable and respectable citizens.
B. B. Wolcott Justice
Know all men by these Presents: That I Margaret Brungit of the County of Steuben and State of New York and widow of Simon Brungit deceased who was a soldier in the service of the United States do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Peter Rease Esq. of Gibson Steuben County New York my true and lawful attorney irrevocably for me and in my name to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land Certificate or warrant due by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the United States under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands to the officers and soldiers for their widows and lineal heirs for services rendered in the different wars and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever as fully as the said Peter Rease an attorney or attorneys under

him for the purpose aforesaid to make and at his pleasure to revoke hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the Premises as much so as if present myself. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this ninth day of April A.D. 1855.
Margaret his wife X Burges mark
Acknowledged and subscribed before me Butter J. Wolcott a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Steuben and State of New York this ninth day of April A.D. 1855.
B. J. Wolcott

Margaret Burget widow of Lambert New York
Memo before 1870 husband died 7 Decm 48
Husband died Decm 48 was not a known as the date of the passage of the act 29 July 48 The Commission has since decided that this Claim is not barred by the fact that not money allowed at the date of the passage of the Act
Act 29 July 1848.

State of New York, Steuben County } On this 31 day of May 1849 Personally appeared before me Zatter Wilder a justice of the peace in and for said Coun- ty Rachel Ward a resident of Erwin in said county aged 85 years who being first duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that she the said Rachel Ward is a sister to the late Lambert Burget, deceased - who drew a pension. She further stateth that she was a twin to the said Lambert Burget, and knew of the marriage of Lambert Burget to Margaret Ackerson which took place about the close of the revolutionary war, but she cannot remem- ber the exact year. She distinctly recollects the circumstances as there were a number of people present at their marriage. Margaret had two uncles which was at the wedding one John Ackerson, and another Thomas Ackerson - which are now dead - and that the said Lambert Burget and Margaret were married in Schoharie Sworn to and subscribed } the day and year above written }
Zatter Wilder Justice
her Rachel Ward mark

State of New York } ss
Steuben County }
I Paul C. Cook Clerk of the said County do certify that Walter Wilder and Oliver Pratt before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same two of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with their hand writing and verily believe their names subscribed to the said affidavit to be their proper hand writing and signatures
Witness my hand and seal of Office this fourth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
P. C. Cook Clerk

State of New York Steuben County }
Personally appeared on this 30 day of May 1849. before me Oliver Peck a justice of the peace in and for said County John Phenus a resident of Painted Post in said County age fifty years. who being first duly sworn according to law. deposes and says that he was personally acquainted with Lambert Burget late a prisoner of the United States. and that the said Lambert Burget died on the 27 th day of December 1848 he also certifies that he was present at his death and well recollects the time and that the said Lambert Burget left a Widow whose name before marriage was Margaret  Hannah  Margaret Peterson Sworn and subscribed on the 30 day and year above written before } his Oliver Peck Justice of Peace } John Phenus neath
I certify that the above named John Phenus is a respectable person
Oliver Peck Justice of Peace

State of New York } Steuben County }
On this 25 th day of April 1858
Personally appeared before Me Thomas A Johnson a Justice of the Supreme Court judge, in and for said State  County Margaret Burget widow of Lambert Burget a resident of Painted Post in said County, aged Eighty five years. Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the follo- wing declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 29 th July 1848. Granting Pensions to Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers - That her said husband the aforesaid Lambert Burget was a private in the Revolutionary war, and that he died on the 27 th day of December 1848. She further Declares that she was married to the said Lambert Burget in the town of Shoharie, Shoharie County N.Y. in the month of March (1781) Seventeen hundred eighty one That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service - But that the marriage took place pre- cious to the first of January Eighteen hundred, and that her said husband - the aforesaid Lambert Burget drew a Pension at the rate of $75, Seventy five dollars per annum, under act of 7 June 1832. She also de- clares that there is no public or private record of their Marriage within her knowledge - and that there is no record of the births of her children Sworn and subscribed on the 3 rd day and year above written } Margaret X Burget Thomas A Johnson (mark) Justice Supreme Court Judge
I certify that the above named applicant is a respectable person and in consequence of the infirmary of old age she is unable to attend the sitting of the court
Thomas A Johnson Justice Supreme Court Judge

State of New York Steuben County }
On this 27 th day of April 1850
Personally appeared before me Oliver Peake a justice of the peace in and for said County Cornelius E. Burget a resident of Painted Post in said County - aged 64 years who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he this deponent is a son of Lambert and Margaret Burget, and that he knew of his said Father and Mother living tog- ether as man and wife before the year Eighteen hundred. As this deponent was about fourteen years of age at the year 1800, he well recollects of his Father and Mother living together in the Town of Middlebury County of Schoharie N.Y., in the year Eighteen hundred and also previous to that time He further certifies that his Father the aforesaid Lambert Burget was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Seventy five dollars per annum, and that he died on the 27 th day of Decem- ber 1848 - He also stateth that he has no knowledge of any record of the births of his Fathers family sworn and subscribed before me this 27 th day of April 1850
Oliver Peake - Justice of the Peace } Cornelius his E Burget Mark
I certify that the above named Cornelius E Burget is a respectable person, and that I should judge him to be of the age which he has certified to
Oliver Peake Justice of the Peace

State of New York } S.S.
County of Steuben }
I Paul Cook Clerk of the said County do certify that Thomas A Johnson before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. And also that Oliver Peake before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, and that I am acquainted with hand writing of the said Thomas A Johnson and the said Oliver Peake and verily believe their names subscribed to the said affidavits and certificates to be their proper hand writing and signatures.
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 9th day of May 1850
P Cook Clerk

April, 22 - 32
Dept. of Interior.
Dear Sirs:
I would like to find out if you can give me any information of an old war veteran by the name of Lambert Burget. He was born in A.D. 1763 in New York State at Hillsdale he enlisted in Col. Livingstons Regiment now I would like to know if he was a married man and if so where I can get a little information to his wife wives name and where he is Burried as I am his Great Grand-Daughter I'm pretty certain and I would like to find out all I can about him as there is an estate in New York they are trying to settle so if you can give me any information I will sure thank you very much.
Yours, Truly,
Mrs. Bessie Nottur. 7668. Ellsworth. Ave. Detroit, Mich,
P.S. Please let me hear from you as soon as possible.