Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1443, David Burcham, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Burcham, David
R. 1443
CONTENTS

35.495
David Pucham
Ken:
act 7. June '32

State of Kentucky & S s County of Hardin & S s
On this 14 th day November 1843 personally appeared before me David Burcham jun r one of the commonwealth justices of the peace for Hardin County David Burcham jun r a resident of Hardin County and State of Kentucky aged eighty nine years last may 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 That he enlisted under Captain David Ruple in the year 1780 from Washington County Pennsylvania for six months he served his term of enlistment and received a discharge which has been lost Shortly after his enlistment he went from Washington county to Red Stone Fort on the Monongahela River and was there chosen with some others belonging to the company as an Indian spy that he was employed during the time as spy rendering all the information he could he was not in any engagement and has no recollection of any other of the officers belonging to the company
He was shortly afterwards in the year 1781 enlisted for one month under Captain Robert Sweany Lieutenant Howell Major Stephen Bell and Colonel Wallace and served as guard to Enloe's Station near Wheeling Virginia he received a discharge but it has since been lost
He states that he was in the service at other times for short periods but what time and the officers under whom he served has entirely escaped his recollection
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present

and declares that his name is not on the pensioned roll of the agency of any state David his Burcham mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year a foresaid David Burcham J.P. etc State of Kentucky } Hardin County }
This day personally appeared before me David Burcham Junr. a Justice of the Peace for Hardin County Benjamin Vanvactor and made oath according to law That David Burcham Junr. whose name is appended to the foregoing declar. was chosen as a spy at Fort R. on the Mon- =gahela River and served as such a or near Wheeling Virginia a Vanvactor very young but recollects distinctly that he was some time and was generally reported that he acted as an Indian spy during his (said Burcham absence given under my hand this 11 th day of Decem- =ber 1843 David Burcham J.P. etc
State of Kentucky } Hardin County }
This day personally appeared before me David Burcham Junr. a Justice of the Peace for Hardin County Joseph Smith (a Revolutionary soldier and made oath according to law That David Bur- =ham Junr. whose name appears to the above affidavit =it served the month as stated above under Capt. =tain Sweany and others and that said Burcham went as guard to Fort Station given under my hand this 11 th day of December 1843
David Burcham J.P. etc
He Joseph Smith a clergyman residing in the county of Hardin and State of Kentucky and Joseph Berry residing in the County of Hardin and State of Kentucky hereby certify that we are well

acquainted with David Burcham who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be Eighty nine years old That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed this 11 th day of December 1843 Joseph his Smith mark Josiah Barry
I David Burcham Junr a justice of the peace for Hardin County Kentucky do hereby declare as my opinion after the investigation prescribed by the war Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and it further appears to him that the above named Benjamin Vanactor and Joseph Smith are residents of Hardin County State of Kentucky and that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit and that Joseph Smith who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident of Hardin County State of Kentucky and Josiah Barry who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Hardin and state of Kentucky and is a credible person and that their statements are entitled to credit and I do hereby declare that David Burcham Jr. whose name is appended to the above certificate is unable to ride or be conveyed to the County Seat of Hardin County Given under my hand this 11 th day of December 1843 David Burcham J.P.
State of Kentucky Hardin County ss
I Samuel Maycraft Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that David Burcham Esquire whose signature appears four several times on the foregoing

Certificates is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County and that his acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 29 th day of March 1824
Samuel Maycraft P.H. Hardin County Court

Rebecca Anderson one of the children of David Durham Revolutionary Claim
Attorney E H Barclay Louisville Kentucky

Know all men by these presents that I Rebecca Anderson of Hardin County Kentucky one of the children of David Burcham deceased, who in his lifetime, applied for a Revolutionary pension from this county, do hereby with full power of Substitution appoint C. H. Buckley of Louisville Kentucky my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to make full investigation of, and receive report on the present condition of said application and receive such abstract of the Statement of said David Burcham as will enable him to examine the proper records to authenticate his service And I hereby ratify and confirm all the lawful acts and deeds of my said Attorney in this behalf. Witness my hand and seal in Hardin County Kentucky on this 30th day of March AD 1855
Rebecca Mr Anderson PS mark
2 Witnesses
John W. Herndon
Joseph Wooldridge
Hardin County Kentucky
(Seal)

Hardin County Kentucky Set
Be it known that on this 30th day of March A.D. 1855 before me a justice of the peace in and for said County personally came Rebecca Anderson To me well known and did subscribe to the foregoing power of Attorney in my presence and acknowledged the signing, sealing, and delivering the same to be her own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes set forth therein given under my hand 30th March In Testimony of which I do hereto 1855 Subscribe my name
Robert E. Frowman J.P.H.C
State of Kentucky
Hardin County I Set I Williams J. Samuel Clerk of the County Court in and for said County do certify that Robert Frowman whose genuine signature appears to the above certificate was at the date thereof an acting justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified.
Witness my name and official Seal at my office in Elizabethton on this 10th day of April A.D. 1855
Williams J. Samuel C.R. By The Brothers Mulholland & Co

David Buchanan
No. 1446
Atkinson, James W. Stone May 16. 1841
A. Barklay Apr 20 1855 Same Aug 4 1855
35,495 - June 7. 1832

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1443 am
REJECTED
P. O. Dwight Buchanan
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: List of suspended claims printed in 1852 gives cause
Re-enlisted: of suspension as follows: For further proof.
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

David Burcham Ky - Oct 1832
FREE
Admiral Burcham Miss Fanny Burcham Mar 11 1832

Home of Bays April 4 th 1844
Wm Lloyd Edwards Dear Sir
I have the honor to enclose you the papers of David Burcham who is applying for a pension. you will find other testimony of his conduct and services. and will other James M. Stone

Dear S. W. Stone
Dear S. W. Stone May 16. '49

Sir
3185 P May 16th 44
I have the honor to inform you that the claim of David Buchanan has been examined & disallowed. He alleges that he enlisted in 1780 in Washington County Pa for 6 mos & served out the term as a spy in the neighbor- hood of Wheeling - If the laws of Pa authorized any such enlistment it should be shown - The Dept has no knowledge of any such service but on the contrary its information is that the frontier defence was confided to the several campaigns of the regu- =lars & the occasional service of the Mili- =tia whose terms of service were limited to two months - In order to entitle him to a pension it should clearly appear that he served at least six months in a military corps, authorized embodied & disciplined in field or garrison - It would not appear from his statement that he rendered as much as the required service in a military capacity - Hon. James W. Stone H.R.

C. H. Barkley April 20/33.

Pension Office
April 20 1855
Sir
The enclosed copy of a letter of the 16th of May 1844, to Hon James W Stone will show the condition of the case of David Bircham of Kentucky
C A Barkley Esq Louisville Kentucky

Louisville Ky, July 27 th 1855-
Sir
In case of David Burcham of Ky under Act June 7 th 1832 I send you herewith the certificate of And. Genth for $5.8, 6d. Specie etc.
He does not inform me what length of service is embraced.
Please report on to me whether it be 6 mos. or more
Respectfully
CH Buckley
Hon L P Waldo Commissaire Washington D, C,

Louisville Ky April 19 th 1855
Sir
Enclosed herewith I send you a power of attorney from John Stevenson child of David Brant who in his lifetime applied for a military pension from Martin B. King.
Please give me such abstract of his declaration as will enable the officer of the State where he performed the service to see if there be a record of it.
Respectfully
J. H. Barkley
Hon. L. P. Waldo, Commissioner Washington D. C.

to H. Buckley Aug 21 63

Pension Office
August 4 1855
Sir
The certificate of the Auditor Genl of Pa filed in the case of David Burcham of Ky shows that a man of his name received £ 15. 8. 6. for Revolutionary services, this indicates a service of about 2 months. Pensions are not granted for less than 6 months service,
1832
C H Barclay Esq
Louisville Ky

No. 8563 B
£ 5. 8. 6 Specie.
I do hereby Certify, that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to David Burcham private Washington Militia in the sum of Five Pounds Eight Shillings and six pence Specie, with lawful Interest from the first day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty three: the same being due upon an Account settled in this office, Pursuant to an Act of Assembly, passed the first Day of April 1784.
Comptroller-General's Office Novr. 4 th 1784
M c Nicholson
Auditor General's Office
Harrisburg July 11. 1855.
I Certify the above to be a true copy of the original remaining on file in this Department.
Witness my hand and seal of Office the day & year aforesaid.
W m J. Wallace for, E. J. Banks, Aud. Genl.
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