Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5970, Jeremiah Burnham, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Burroughs, Jeremiah      A. 5970 or Burroughs,              B.L. 3832-160-55
Maketable
CONTENTS

informed April 29. 1822 that he could not be recd Spalte Hon L. Barber H. Rep
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 March 1839 to 20 June 1839, the day of his death at notified 23. June 1840.
Information sent to Henry Bartlett Ohio
3595.
Ohio Roll
✓ Jeremiah Burnham
Private 4
Massachusetts line 77 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 th of May 1818 - - -
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th of October 1818 and sent to Judge Sharp Marietta Ohio
Arrears to 4th of September 1818 - 30:23 Semi-annual all'ee ending 4 th March 1819 - 48: -
3/11/18 24 20/31 - 5:16:1 4/30 - 1:6:6
$ 78:23
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
Hearing Washington City

who served in the No 4884 war, as a private
one? 80 c
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848
July
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Oct. 1857 and sent to
H. J. Brown Athens
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 333 Vol. 4

31.005 March 3/55 " 31/55
Mahitable Burnham W. of Jeremiah Burnham Shirt
Capt Whipple Col Putnam
Rev War
Priv. as above 3 yrs
Pensioned
Buxton
Adm d 160 acs Aug 16/55 Dodge
3832 ip Aug 18/55
H. G. Brown Athens Ga
Ohio July 48 no 4884
Vol. B2-134.5

I, Caleb H. Page, Pastor of the first Congregational Society in the town of Bridgton, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, depose and say, that the church records of said Society are in my possession; that I find recorded in said records the following viz:
"June 8. 1791 st June eighth, One Thousand Seven Hundred and ninety one.
"This day was married Jeremiah Burnham to Mehitable Sanborn, both of Bridgton" That the above is a true extract from the church records, now in my possession; except the date, which in the record, is expressed in fair legible figures, as above; that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the late Rev. Nathan Church, who was the first pastor of said Society, and who has been dead above seven years; that I fully believe the foregoing record to be, in his hand writing.
Witness -
Darius Dampier Theodore D. G. D. Cumberland Co.
Caleb H. Page
Pastor of the first Congregational Society in Bridgton
Subscribed & sworn to
Before me.
Theodore D. G. D. Justice of the Peace

I, the within named Theodore Ingalls, would here certify that I was intimately acquainted with the hand writing of the late Rev. Nathan Church; that on a carefull examination of the within named record I have no doubt that the church record is in the hand writing of the said Church.
Bridgton July 30. 1846.
Witnesses. Darius Davenport
Theodore Ingalls

Jeremiah Burnham 12 May
Correct
* copy to the Clerk's certificate of Judge Sharp being an associ- ate Judge

State of Ohio, } On this 12 th Day of May, in the year of our Lord 1818 Washington County, } before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court } of Common Pleas for the County of Washington in } said State, personally appeared Jeremiah Burnham aged fifty nine years, resident of the Township of Frening, County and State aforesaid, who being Duly Sworn as the law Directs, 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 & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" — That he the said Jeremiah Burnham Enlisted into the army of the United States, in the Town of Baxford in the State of Massachusetts, on the fifteenth Day of April A.D. 1777 for the Term of Three years — That he served in Captain Job Whipples Company in the fourth Regiment of the Massachusetts line, Commanded by Col. Rufus Putnam, That he continued to serve in that Corps until the End of the Term for which he was Enlisted, & was Discharged at Peekskill in the State of New York by said Col. Putnam on the fourteenth Day of April A.D. 1780 — That he was in a Battle on the Seventh of October 1777 at Stillwater in the State of New York Shortly before the surrender of the British Army under General Burgoyne, — That he is in reduced circumstances, & needs the assistance of his Country for support, & That he has no other Evidence now in his power of his said Services
Jeremiah Burnham
Sworn to, & Subscribed before me on the Day & year aforesaid
John Sharp, Judge C.C.P.
Washington County
I John Sharp, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas as aforesaid, Do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jeremiah Burnham, Did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding Declaration, against the Common Enemy, for the Term of Nine Months on the Continental Estab- -lishment, & I now transmit The proceedings & Testimony, taken & had before me To the Secretary of the Department of War, in pursuance of the Directives of the aforesaid mentioned Act of Congress
Marietta, May 12 th 1818 —
John Sharp.

Mabel Burnham
From
A. Brown
Oct. 4 th Athens Ohio
31.005

The State of Ohio, Athens County, ss.
On this 20 day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mahetable Burnham aged 85 years, a resident of Lodi Township, Athens County in the State of Ohio, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical the widow of Jeremiah Burnham who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Job Whipple in the Regiment of Massachusetts Troops commanded by Col. Olufus Putnam in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812 of the Revolution that he enlisted at in Massachusetts about the 15th day of April A.D. 1777 for the term of three years and continued in actual service in said war for the term of more than four hundred days and was honorably discharged at on the day of A.D. 18 as will appear by the muster-rolls of said Company and the Declaration and proof on file in the Pension office, in support of his claim to a Pension granted him under the Act of 1818, to which she here refers.
She further states that she was married to the said Jeremiah Burnham in Bridgton, Cumberland County, District of Maine, then a part of Massachusetts, on the eighth day of June, A.D. seventeen hundred and ninety one, by Rev. Nathan Church, a Congregational Minister and that her name before her said marriage was Mehitable Sanborn and that her said husband died in said Athens County, Ohio, on the 27th day of June A.D. 1839 and that she is now a widow, and is in receipt of a Pension at the rate of $96, per annum as the widow of the said Jeremiah Burnham deceased. She makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the BOUNTY LAND granted by the act passed March 3rd, 1855; and she hereby declares that she has not applied for, or received, and she is not entitled to, Bounty Land, except as above stated, as she believes, and she hereby appoints Hon. A. G. BROWN, of Athens, Ohio, her Attorney to prosecute her claim, and receive her warrant when issued.
Mahetable X Burnham her mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I Certify that I have no interest in the above claim, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
L. D. Ewan J.P.
The State of Ohio, Athens County, ss.
Before me, personally came Wm. B. H. Wilson and Richard Sharpe residents of said Athens County persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being duly sworn, say, that they were present and saw Mahetable Burnham (by her mark) sign her name to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and who has heretofore received the sum of  and of  land for his services in the  the sum of  war of 1812 , and that the said deponents reside in said County of Athens and State of Ohio, and that they are disinterested witnesses.
Wm. B. H. Wilson
Richard Sharpe
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 20 day of March 1855, L. D. Ewan J.P.
The State of Ohio, Athens County, ss.
I, Joseph M. Dana Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Lorenzo D. Evans whose genuine signature appears above, is and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction; and I also certify that I have no interest in the result of the case, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Given under my Hand and Seal of Office, at Athens in said County, this 21st day of March A.D. 1855
J. M. Dana Clerk

State of Ohio, Athens County, ss.
Joseph M. Dana Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, hereby certify that at the term of said Court held on the 16th day of September, 1839 "Proof was made to the satisfaction of the Court that Jeremiah Burnham, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Eight dollars per month died in said County on the 27th day of June A.D. 1839, leaving Mehitable Burnham her widow, as appears of record in said Court."
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Athens, in said County, this March 26, 1858.
J. M. Dana, Clerk
Mehitable Burnham
From J. M. Brown Athens Ohio
Nov. 10 th 31.005

Mahetable Burnham
Ohio 11488 -
Act 7. July 38.
Maria 1791 husband died 23 June 1839
Declaration made in 1840
[Faint, illegible handwriting]
H. J. G. Vinton H. R.

I Joseph M. Dana Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County & State of Ohio hereby certify that S. G. BROWN, was at the date of the foregoing Deposition & still is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature within written are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Athens this 27th day of November A. D., 1844 Joseph M. Dana Clerk by G. A. S. Dana his Deputy

State of Ohio. 3 Athens County, ss. 3
On this 3rd. day of August A.D. 1840, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Athens, aforesaid, Mahitable Burnham, a resident of Athens Township in said Athens County, aged 71 (seventy one) 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 Congress the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Jeremiah Burnham, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, and later a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, inscribed on the Ohio's Pension List No 16 at the rate of eight dollars per month. She further declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Burnham on the eighth day of April, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety one; that her husband, the aforesaid Jeremiah Burnham, died on the 23rd day of June, 1839; 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 ninety four, viz. at the time above stated. Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before the judges of said Court, who certify that the said Declarant is a credible person.
her Mahitable x Burnham mark
Joseph Dana Clerk.
Elizabeth Burnham Born July 24 - 1786 Bridgton Ire May 2 - 1788 Bridgton Ira Jan. 16. 1792 Bridgton Bohemia March 21. 1799 Ire May 13. 1800 Eastford Ire April 28. 1802

State of Ohio.
Athens County, ss.
On this 23rd day of August A.D. 1840, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Athens, aforesaid, Mahitable Burnham, a resident of Athens (Township is said Athens County, aged 71 (seventy one) 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 Congress the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" that she is the widow of Jeremiah Burnham, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, and later a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, inscribed on the Ohio Pension List No 16 at the rate of eight dollars per month. She further declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Burnham on the eighth day of April, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety one; that her husband, the aforesaid Jeremiah Burnham, died on the 23rd day of June, 1839; that she was not married to him from the time of 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 to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before the judges of said Court, who certify that the said Declarant is a credible person.
her Mahitable Burnham mark
Joseph Dana Clerk.
pay to John Hilborn the sum of thirty Dollars

State of Ohio, Athens County ss.
On this 22nd day of August, A.D. 1844, personally appeared before me, A. S. Brown a justice of the Peace in and for said County, Mrs. Mahitable Burnham, a resident of the Township of Athens in said County, aged 75 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 Acts of Congress, passed July 7th 1838, August 23rd, 1842 & March 3rd 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of Jeremiah Burnham deceased, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, and later a Pensioner of the United States under the Acts of 1818 & 1823, and inscribed on the Roll of the Ohio Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month; She also declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Burnham on the 8th day of April, 1791, that she knows no person living, who was present at her said marriage, which took place at Bridgetown, Cumberland County, Maine, that she was the second wife of the said Jeremiah Burnham, that she has no documentary evidence of the date of her said marriage, and does not know that any exists, except a record made by her late husband of the births of their children upon a blank leaf of their family Bible, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but previous to the 1 st day of January 1794, to wit, on the day and year above stated, and that she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year her Mahitable mark Burnham first above written. Before me A. S. Brown J.P.
State of Ohio, Athens County ss.
Before me A. S. Brown a justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally came Ira Burnham whom I certify to be a credible person. Who being duly sworn by me, deposes and says that he is the oldest son of the above named Mahitable Burnham, that as he has been informed by his parents, and believes, he was born on the 16th of January 1792, that the annexed leaf, taken from a Bible in the former possession of his late father the said Jeremiah Burnham, contains, as he believes, a true record, in the hand writing of his said father of the births of the children of his said father by his first and second wives. Further says not - Sworn & subscribed before me this 22nd day of August, A.D. 1844. A. S. Brown J.P. Ira Burnham

1 March 1823, Ohio.
Jeremiah Dunham.
Rec. 17 Dec: 1823.
John C. Calhoun Secretary of war Washington City.
Atkins P. Bee. D.
Free

Heads at Athens, in the County of Athens, and State of Ohio, on the thirteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three, before the honorable Ezra Osborne Esquire, President, Robert Finzee and Ebenezer Currier Esquires his Associates, Judges of our Court of Common Pleas of the County of Athens aforesaid.
Jeremiah Bunnham,
District of Ohio Athens County
On this 13 th day of November 1823, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record for said County, Jeremiah Bunnham, aged 64 years, resident in the said County of Athens, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows viz.
That the said Bunnham on the 13 th day of April 1777, enlisted as a private soldier, in the service of the United States, in the Company commanded by Col. Whipple in Col. Rufus Putnam's regiment, in the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years and served faithfully during the period of his enlistment, which expired in April 1780, all which is fully set forth in his original declaration dated May 1818, in consequence of which he was placed on the Pension list, and received a certificate numbered 3595.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it as to being myself within the provisions of an act of Congress to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed viz
one Cow worth $12.00 1 Iron Pot $1.00 1 Horse 24 years old 10.00 1 Iron Kettle 1.00 1 Chair & 1 Stool 1.50 4 Wooden Chairs & Table .75 1 Box Chair 1.50 knives forks & spoons 1.00 1 Spinning wheel 2.00 a few books 2.00 $27.00 $5.75 27. 100 $32. 75
The allegation for a tract of 80 acres of land for which I had paid the sum of eighty Dollars, I have been obliged to give up, and I have been under the necessity of expending the money received back for the support of my family. I have also collected the debt of $133, stated in my Schedule of July 11 th 1820 to be due to me, and I have through sickness in my family been under the necessity of expending the whole of said sum.

My constitution is greatly broken, and I can do little in the way of gaining a livelihood. My wife has for more than 15 months been disabled from rheumatism, so that she is scarcely able to walk. I have a daughter with me of nine years of age and a son of 13 years who are both feeble, but are of some assistance to the family. I have also a grand child aged three years in my family dependent on me for support.
Jeremiah Bunnham
Sworn to and submitted in open court. H. Bartlett Clk
The State of Ohio Athens County ss
I, Henry Bartlett Clerk of the court of Common
Pleas of Athens County, Ohio, do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said Jeremiah Bunnham did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property entitled in the aforesaid schedule is Thirty two Dollars & seventy five cents.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court at Athens this 7 th day of December A D 1823.
Henry Bartlett Clk Athens Com: Pleas

July 22, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Jeremiah Burnham--W.5970 BA-J/AWF Am
B. L. Walden Box 234 Athens, Ohio
Dear Madam:
The data pertaining to Jeremiah Burnham furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 5970, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of Jeremiah Burnham are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.
He enlisted in Boxford, Massachusetts, April 13, 1777, served as a private in Captain Job Whipple's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's Massachusetts regiment, was in the battle of Stillwater, October 7, 1777, where he was wounded in the leg and was discharged April 14, 1780.
He moved from Maine to Ohio about the year 1817.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 12, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-nine years and a resident of Washington County, Ohio. He was living in 1820 in Alexander Township, Athens County, Ohio. He died June 23, 1839 in said Athens County.
Jeremiah Burnham married June 8, 1791 in Bridgton, Cumberland County, District of Maine, Mehitable or Mahet-able Sanborn. They were both then of Bridgton, and their marriage was recorded on the church records of the 1st Congregational Society of Bridgton.
The widow, Mehitable (Mahetable) Burnham, was allowed pension on her application executed August 3, 1840,

at which time she was living in Athens Township, Ohio, aged about seventy-one years. In 1855 she was living in Lodi Township, Athens County, Ohio, and in 1857 she was still living in said county.
The soldier, Jeremiah Burnham, had a former wife, her name not given, nor is it shown when they were married or when she died.
The names of His children by the first wife, as found in the claim:
Elizabeth born July 24, 1786 Jere " May 2, 1788
The names of His children by the second wife, as found in the claim:
Ira born January 16, 1792 Bohemia " March 21, 1793 Phebe " May 13, 1800 Doly (?) " April 20, 1802
Reference was made in 1820 to the following family of the soldier: two daughters aged seventeen and eight years respectively, a son aged eleven years and an infant three months old; and in 1823 a grandchild was three years old. Names of these children not designated.
It is stated that Ira Burnham was 1822 was a "married man for a number of years"; he was living in 1846 in the state of Illinois. Bohemia Burnham was living in 1846 in Rome Township, Athens County, Ohio.
Franklin Burnham was a Justice of the Peace in 1849 in Athens County, Ohio; his relationship to the family is not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Pay WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5970
Wesketable Burukam
Wid.
Jeremiah Burroughs
Psy. Rev. 1908
Act: Febry 2 nd 48
Index :—Vol. 2 , Page 101
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1931 - may 15 - then to California 1935 - July 1935 - See also other John Mendenhall

No. 11488
Wachetabl, Parnham
Ohio
Sit to Rev. H. Hinton Dec. 5th 1844.
Same 4 March 1846 same June 13, 1846 same May 4th 1846.
Act July 7. 1838

Applicant aged 61 yrs - Wife 50 yrs - 2 daughters, 17 & 20 yrs old - 1 son 11 yrs old -
Am't of sched: $225, as certified by the Court - and that a consider- able part of the property contained in sched: had been purchased with Applicant's pension money.
See within affidavit relative to the disposition of lease for 80 acres college land. (over)

Edward Byers See which:
Ref. to Mr. Edwards 11 Feb 1822.

✓ 3832
/
Neo Acum

Suspended. 77.77
See letter to Levi Barber Esq. Marietta, Ohio - 7 th Jan'y 1824. —

Boston May 5 1824 of  of  the  the Honble S. F. Vinton D Rep

Sir,
Enclosed herewith I hand you Application of Mrs. M. Burnham for increase of Pension - Athens O. 20 th Sept 1857
Resy Yours
J. H. Heath Com d of Pensions
H. J. Brown

Ohio 7783. Civ.
Michaela Dunham widow of Michael Dunham who was a Private the Rev.
Husband died 23rd June 1839.
scribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum, to commence on 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of June, 1846. sent to Wm S. H. Clinton No 3 of Reps
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
recorded in Book a 19th June 1844 2 Page 201.
Reported Joint Rec. 23 Jan 1845

State of Ohio Athens County ss
Henry Bartlett Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do certify that John Gillmore Esquire by me before whom the Instrument to which this is attached was examined & compared is a true copy of the same acting under the authority of this State and that the above is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at Athens the 5 th day of April 1824. Henry Bartlett Clerk

No. 31105-
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Mar 31, 1855
Inahitable Burnham.
Wid of Jeremiah
Burnham.
Capt Whipple.
Col Putnam.
Rev. War.
Warrant No 3832-160-55.
A. G. Brown
Athens.
Ohio.

4887 Ohio Cincinnati Mahetable Burnham widow of Jeremiah Burnham who served in the Revolution war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of June 1849 and sent to
A. G. Brown Athens Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 333 Vol. 4.
W. A. G. Brown Athens O. Oct. 9/49
Date of death near A. B.

Ohio 10,630
Reported Pension No. 93 Jan'y 1845
Mahitah Burnham Widow of Jeremiah Burnham who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 23 June 1839, of Albany Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of June, 1846 and sent to Hon. S. H. Alston
Total amount, $ 400.00 260 of Rep't
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. Campkin Clerk, Book D Vol. 1. Page 383.

No 11488 A. B. 558
act 43 8664
act 44 563.
Mahelable Burnham Widow of Jeremiah Ohio
act 7 July 1838 and Joint resolution 23 July 1840
Adms. 2 years in $80 00 / 100 per annum
from 11 March 1836 to 4 March 1841
Adms. act. 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844
Hon S. F. Vinton House of Reps,

Brief in the case of Mehitable Burnham, widow of Jeremiah, Athens County and State of Ohio act 2 Feb 1848
Claim, ( "original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Increase under the Joint Resolution of July 1, 1848
Name and residence of Agent.
W. T. Brown Athens,
S. Cole Examining Clerk.

J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Officer

Feb y 9. 1822
Sir
I have the honour to enclose you the criticism which you suggested would entitle the case of General Burnham to a review - yours L t Barlow
J. L. Edwards Esq

Recd May 4. 1824
J. J. Church Esq. Peru in Office

Washington City May 3 rd . 1894.
Sir,
The enclosed paper was forwarded to me by the last Mail in compliance with the directions of the Department, requiring it, as a part of the evidence necessary to a decision upon the application of Jeremiah Burnham to be restored to the Pension List from which he has been stricken as it appears —
I will take the liberty to observe, that I do not know Mr. Burnham, or his circumstances personally, but a Gentleman of high respectability who forwarded me the enclosed paper for Mr. Burnham states, that he knows him to be very indigent and meritorious, and thinks his application ought to be successful, and under

Those impressions requests me to interest myself in his behalf — I will thank you to advise me of the decision upon this case
I have the honor to be Your Most O be d ient Serv t
Sam l F. Norton

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 11 th 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Jeremiah Burnham or Burnham, dec d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and  Cents per month  annum , under the law of the 18 th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1839, to the 23 rd June 1839, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Washington City. Feby. 16 th 1846. J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions.
Sir Enclosed I send you a letter, that I received this morning from A. G. Brown Esq. of Athens Ohio respecting the application of Mrs. Eliza Beth Moser to be placed on the Pension Roll, with a certificate of the Secy of State of Mass. on the subject of the service of her husband. The letter, as you will observe, also speaks of the case of Mrs. Mehitable Burnham, and among other things at its close he wishes me to express an opinion to you respecting his veracity - In relation to that I take pleasure in saying that I have long known Mr. Brown - who is a gentleman of good character and standing - and I know of no one, in whose general integrity and unswerving candor, I would place a more unbounded confidence than in his - Please communicate to me, your decision respecting these two cases -
I am, very respectfully Sam l F. Vinton

Washington City. April 1 st 1846.
J. Edwards Esq. Law of Russia
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you an affidavit of Deborah Burnham respecting the marriage of Mehitable Burnham as a plaintiff to a pension - and also a letter from L. G. Brown Esq. on the same subject. Please advise me if this proof is satisfactory.
Yours very respectfully Your O bt Serv t Sam l F. Vinton

State of Ohio, Athens County ss.
I hereby certify, that from memoranda in my possession made at the time, and supported by my recollection of the facts, it appears, that during the July Term of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, which commenced on the 27th of July and terminated on the 10th of August, 1840, Mrs. Mehitable Burnham, Widow of Jeremiah Burnham decd. appeared in open Court, before the judges of said Court, and made her declaration under oath, in order to obtain the benefits of the Law of the United States of July 7, 1838, granting Five year Pension to certain Widows on account of the Revolutionary services of their deceased husbands. That said Declaration was left in my hands, and was not forwarded to the Pension Office, in consequence of a reply received by me from the Court of Pensions, about that time, in relation to the application of Mrs. Mary Harper, for a Pension, to the effect that it had been decided that Widows whose husbands, receiving Pension, had died after the period provided for the commencement of said 5 year Pensions, were not entitled to receive Pensions under said Law. That afterwards, on learning that a different rule had been established, as I think, in August, 1844, Mrs. Burnham appeared before me, there & still  acting acting as a justice of the Peace, and made a

of the Declaration, under the Acts of March 3rd 1843, and June 11, 1844, which was written on the same sheet with her original Declaration made in open Court. And that Mrs. Bingham is still living, as I believe, and was in usual health but a short time since, when I last heard from her.
Given under my hand, this 22nd day of April 1846.
A. G. Brown, a Justice of the Peace in Spofford County.
I am well acquainted with A. G. Brown Esq., whose certifi- cate is above, and from my personal knowledge of him, as well as from my knowledge of his general character, I should re- pose full confidence in his statement.
To J. L. Edwards Esq., Pensioner.
David Flinton

Mahitable Burnham Payment to be made at Cincinnati by
James Hall Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Ohio
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 333 Vol. 4 .
Geo. H. Smith Clerk.
in 1857- 33 yrs
previously lived in main

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Mahetable Burnham widow of Jeremiah Burnham who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 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 15th day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty nine .
T. Emory
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Mehetable Burnham
No. 45
Proof of Mrs Burnhams Marriage
31.005

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss....
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that
Theodore Ingalls Esq. is a Magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is _____ duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission bears date February 5, A. D. 1841, and will expire February 5, A. D. 1848 _____
and that the _____ following _____ signatures purporting to be his _____ are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this First day of August Anno Domini 1846
Charles Cobb CLERK.

Athens January 16 th 1817.
For value received I William Thompson do assign all the right, title and claim that I have or ought to have to the the within described land unto William B Wade for the sole benefit of himself his heirs and assigns, to have and to hold forever, having first set my hand and seal the day and year above written in presence of Thomas his Thompson much Eben Currie
Wm Thompson
Seal
State of Ohio Athens County
Personally came before me the subscriber the above subscribing William Thompson and acknowledged the above assignment to be his voluntary act and deed for the purpose therein set forth on the 16 th day of January 1817.
Eben Currie a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
I William Thompson do agree to pay the rent that became due on the within land on the first day of January 1817, and all rents due prior to that date.
Wm Thompson
In consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars to me in hand paid by Jeremiah Bunkham the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge I do hereby assign and convey all the right title interest and claim of the premises within described unto him the said Jeremiah Bunkham his heirs and assigns forever subject never the less to all the rents which may become due thereon after the first day of January A.D. 1820. Witness my hand and seal at Athens Ohio the 18 th day of September A.D. 1819 In presence of Henry Bullett, John Chan
Wm B Wade
Seal

State of Ohio
Athens County ss. Athens September 18 th 1819.
Personally came before me Henry Bartlett a Justice of the Peace in said County William B Wade signed and sealed of the above instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed
Henry Bartlett J Peace.
Athens Township November 16 th 1822
For value received by me of Ira Burnham that is to say for the sum of one hundred thirty three dollars thirty three cents I hereby assign to the said Ira Burnham all my right title and interest of in and to the premises above described being one undivided third part of the same, my name having been placed in the above assignment of William B Wade as Trustee for said Ira Burnham who at the time of said assignment was, and is owner of two thirds of the premises hereby paid for the same the sum of two hundred sixty six dollars and sixty six cents. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and date above written
Maniah Burnham
Daniel Dudley Jane Dudley
State of Ohio Athens County ss Athens Township Nov 16. 1822
Personally came before me Daniel Dudley a Justice of Peace in said County Maniah Burnham signed and sealed of the above instrument, and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed
Daniel Dudley J Peace
Athens County of Athens April 5 th 1824.
I certify that the foregoing Lease and assignments are a true and correct copy of an original Lease from the President and Trustees of the Ohio University to William Thompson together with the entire endorsement and assignments thereon, which I have examined and compared John Gillmore Justice Peace

This Indenture made, concluded and fully agreed upon this third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven, between the President and Trustees of the Ohio University of the one part and William Thompson vs of Joseph Westenhauer of the County of Athens and State of Ohio of the other part Witnesseth That the said President and Trustees by virtue of and in pursuance of the trust reposed in them by a law of the State of Ohio, entitled, "An act establishing an University in the Town of Athens" passed the 10th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four, and another law of the said State intitled An act to amend an act intitled "An act establishing an University, in the Town of Athens" passed the 21 st day of February 1805. For and in consideration of the rents and covenants herein after reserved and contained, have leased let and to farm let unto the said William Thompson, his heirs and assigns all that tract of land included within the following bounds, to wit.
Beginning at the North East corner of said William Thompson survey, thence South 20.66 links, thence North 20.66 links, thence West 38.66 links to the place of beginning containing 30 acres lying in Section 15. of the 5th Township of the 14th Range, with all the rights, privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging, or in any wise appertaining by virtue of the laws aforesaid. To have and to hold the said premises and every part thereof unto the said William Thompson, his heirs and assigns, for the term of ninety nine years from and after the first day of January A.D. 1811. and renewable forever, he the said William Thompson, yielding and paying therefor yearly and every year unto the Treasurer (for the time being) of the said President and Trustees of the Ohio University the sum of Ten Dollars and ninety nine cents on the first day of January of each and every successive year during the term aforesaid,
Provided always, and these presents are upon the express condition that if the rents above reserved or any part of them shall remain unpaid for the space of two months next after the said days of payment above stipulated, then and in such case it shall be lawful for the President and Trustees aforesaid to distrain for the rent

or rents due, or at their election into the said premises or any part thereof to reenter and the same again to possess and enjoy as in their former right and estate, and the said William Thompson his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, and all other tenants and occupiers of the premises from them utterly to expel, put out and remove, and from and after such reentry made, this present lease, and every article and thing herein contained shall cease and determine and be utterly void to all intents and purposes whatsoever, any thing in these presents contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.
In testimony whereof the President and Trustees aforesaid have caused their Treasurer to affix the Seal of the said corporation hereunto, and sign the same on their part, and the said William Thompson Lessee hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written
Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of us,
Thomas Matheny
Jacob Spacht.
Joseph B Miles
William Thompson

Athens O. Jan. 31.
Free
Levi Barber Esq. M.C.
Washington City

and advised and assisted the sd Jeremiah in the said purchase That the said Ezra Brannan as I understood from self and his father and brothers and from various letters showed by them to me written from the District of Macon had money due to him August on Sept. last the sd Ezra received as I understood, and yearly balance $26 of dollars by a draft on the Portland Bank, which I am as I fully believe and have no doubt has been paid said Ezra Brannan on the note, as aforesaid given to the said Wade where said and endorsed to sundry persons viz. Mr. Herald Mr. Fisk Mr. Thompson. That at the time of the Deposition at writing said deponent did not hear any promise of sd Ezra to repay the aforesaid Jeremiah the 80 dollars previously paid by him or any part thereof. That it was mutually agreed between them that the father was indebted to the son in a larger sum; and that the deponent also well knew that said Ezra although married for a number of years and has a family of his own had furnished the sd Jeremiah and his family with the principle of their support for three years last past.
The Deponent further says that the sd Jeremiah Brannan is generally esteemed to be a man of integrity and respectability and one till lately has been surrounded with the comforts of life that he is now feeble, and unable to labor incapable of providing for himself and family even the necessities of life. for which he is dependent on his children who are themselves in narrow circumstances. said Wade since he sold the land above has been a boating on the Ohio River and elsewhere
Mr Brannan gave several promissory notes to sd Wade the particular sum of each I do not recollect but I well remember the amount of the sd Notes was three hundred and twenty Dollars
John Gorham
1822 January 28th the above was Subscribed and I sworn to before me this Day
Herbert Currier a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas

State of Ohio Town of Athens in Athens County He on this 26 of January 1822 appeared before me Ebenezer Currier Esq. one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for S.D. County John Bonted Esq. who being duly sworn by me deposeth and saith,
That in September 1819 the said Deponent was present with Jeremiah Burnham and William B. Wade at the Office Henry Bartlett Esq. in Athens aforesaid where a Contract was made between the S.D. Burnham and Wade for a certain Lot of College land in Township No 8. Containing 40 acres belonging to said Wade. The Consideration agreed on between the S.D. parties was 400 Dollars; of which Sum Eighty Dollars was paid in my presence That the balance of three hundred and twenty the S.D. Burnham gave his promissory Notes for to S.D. Wade.
That Lease of S.D. land was at that time put into my hands by S.D. Wade to be held by me as his security for the S.D. balance, and to be delivered by me to S.D. Burnham on the fulfilment of said Contract and Completion of the S.D. Payment.
That at the time of S.D. Contract from the conversation between the parties that it was fully understood that dependance of the Burnham for means to fulfil Contract was on his pension of which as he said he had recd a payment of more than 100 dollars, and that the S.D. sum of 40 dollars was part of S.D. pension.
That soon after the alteration of the Pension Law was known here, I understood from the S.D. Burnham that he could not fulfil said Contract and about August 1820 the S.D. Burnham stated to me that Ira Burnham had agreed to take his Contract off his hands, and that the Deponent further says that the said Ira Burnham did at or about that time enter into possession of the premises builded him a Hewed Log House in which he lived ever since and manages the place as his own property. That in March last past i. that at the request of said Jeremiah Burnham I wrote an Assignment of said lease of 40 acres from said Jeremiah Burnham to the S.D. Ira Burnham.
That the Deponent has been well acquainted with the said Jeremiah Burnham, and Ira Burnham for four years past.

Jeremiah Burnham
(N o 3595 Oct r 1818)
Enlisted April 15. 77 discharged April 11. 80
not entitled
Mar 19

Pleas at Athens in the County of Athens and State of Ohio, on the third day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Ezra Osborn Esquire President, Ebenezer Currier Sitianus, Amos and Robert Pierce Esquires his Associates Judges of our Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Athens aforesaid.
Jeremiah Burnham. Pensioner —
District of Ohio, Athens County ss. Court of Common Pleas.
On this 24 th day of March July 1820 personally appeared in open court, being a Court of Record for the said County, Jeremiah Burnham, aged 61 years, resident in Alexander Township in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz I the said Jeremiah Burnham on the 15 th day of April 1777 enlisted as a private in the service of the United States, in the Company commanded by Job Whipple, in Col. Rufus Putnam's regiment — Massachusetts line for three years, and after having the small Pox in the hospital in Cambridge, went on to Stillwater, and joined the Regiment, which was then retreating with the Army before Genl. Burgoyne, and was at the capture of Burgoyne's Army, and in the Battle of the 7 th of October in which I was slightly wounded in my leg, afterward I served with said Regiment continually on the North River until the period of my enlistment expired, and then received an honorable written discharge, signed by Col. Putnam, which discharge has been since lost. In consequence of my application dated May 12 th 1818, a Pension was granted me, of which the certificate is numbered 3595, and I have received the amount due on the same up to March 24 th 1820. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not, since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed —
Schedule of property. Bond for a lease of 80 acres of College land situate in Athens County purchased of W m Wade, the whole consideration of which is $400.00, of which I have paid $80. The annual rent charged on said land is $10.99, the same paid by me was received for my Pension —

9 Log Cabins standing on said land. 4 1/2 Acres of Wheat growing, & belonging to my son 4 Acres of Corn in land not cleared, & belonging to my son 1/2 Acre of Potatoes growing 1 Cow 1 Horse of 20 years old 7 Swine, 6 of which are small pigs. 1 Plow, 1 Axe, 1 Waggon worth nothing but the Irons 1 Hoe, 1 Retchain, 1 Spinning Wheel 1 Iron Pot of 2 1/2 Gallons, 1 Iron Kettle of 2 Gallons 4 Wooden Chairs and 1 Table, all of my own manufacture, 3 tin Pans 6 Iron Spoons, 2 doz Knives & forks principally broken 1 Bible, 1 Varnish Geography and a few pamphlets principally sermons.
Debt due to me.
133 dollars by promissory note subscribed by Timothy Bean of Bethel State of Vermont dated 17 th Sept r 1818, of which I hope to receive a part.
I am a yeoman farmer, my constitution, which was always slender, is consid- erably broken, and I am not able to support my family by my labour. I have a Wife of 50 years healthy and able to assist me greatly, the remainder of my family is a daughter 17 years old, able to get her own living, a son of 11 years, a daughter of 8 years & an infant of three months
Jeremiah Burnham
Sworn to and declared on the 11 th day of July 1820 before the Honorable Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Athens H. Bartlett Clerk
The State of Ohio Athens County ss
I Henry Bartlett Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio, do certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Five hundred Twenty five dollars, and that it was made to appear to the satisfaction of the Court, that a considerable part of the above property was purchased with the Pension money, which he has already received.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 15 th day of July. A.D. 1820
Henry Bartlett Clerk of Athens County Ohio

Mahitabe Buruhan

State of Ohio, Athens County ss. On this 26th day of May, A.D. 1846. Before me, A. H. Brown, a justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Mehitable Burnham, a resident of said County, aged 76 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, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows", the act of March 1843, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, the act of June 17, 1844, to continue the Pensions of certain Widows, and the joint Resolution of January 23, 1845. That she is the widow of Jeremiah Burnham, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, that she was married to the said Jeremiah Burnham on the 8th of April, 1791, as stated in her former declaration of August, 1840, that her said husband died on the 23rd day of June, 1839, as she believes, and that she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the said Jeremiah Burnham, to the truth of which statements, I am fully satisfied.
Sworn and Subscribed before me, Mehitable her X Burnham the day & year first above written mark A. H. Brown J. P.
I Joseph M. Dana, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County, in the State of Ohio, hereby certify that A. H. Brown is an acting justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, at Athens, this 26th day of May, A.D. 1846.
J. M. Dana, Clerk
Not having seen the joint Resolution of Jan. 23, 1845, I may have failed to draw the foregoing declaration according to its requirements. If so, the Court of Pensions will confer a favor by furnishing me with a copy of said Resolution, and I will endeavor to have the Declaration amended accordingly. A. H. Brown
Washington City June 1 st 1846. The Commr of Pensions will please forward the answer to this application to me. Very Respectfully &c Samuel F. Vinton

7/783 Ohio
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]
A. G. Brown Athens, Ohio

The State of Ohio, Athens County ss.
On this 14th day of May in the year 1849, personally appeared before me, Franklin Burnham, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Mahitable Burnham a resident of said County, Aged Seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed the 2nd. February, 1848, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. - That she is the Widow of Jeremiah Burnham, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the law of 1818, and that she received a pension under the act of 17th June, 1844, at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, on account of the Revolutionary services of her said deceased husband, - and she further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn to and subscribed on the day 2 nd and year first above written. Mahitable her X Burnham mark Before me, F t Burnham F t P t
I hereby certify that the above named Mahitable Burnham is personally known to me, as the person she represents herself to be. F t Burnham F t P t
I Joseph W. Dana Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County, in the State of Ohio, hereby certify that Franklin Burnham is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and was such at the date of the foregoing certificate, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and the Seal of said Court this 6th day of June A.D. 1849
J. W. Dana Clerk

Mahitables Burnham

State of Ohio, Athens County ss. Before me, A. G. Brown, a justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Bohemia Burnham, of Rome Township in said County, who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the son of Jeremiah and Mahitable Burnham, that his father the said Jeremiah Burnham, now deceased, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, under the Law of 1818. that his mother the said Mahitable Burnham is still living, and is a Widow; that his said father & mother lived together and were reputed to be husband and wife. that he is now fifty three years of age, having been born, as he has always been told by his said parents, on the 21 st of March, 1793 - that his brother, Ira Burnham, who now resides in the State of Illinois, is older than himself, having been born as he believes, in January 1792 14 months before himself. that he has no recollection of his age now present, but to the best of his recollection, he is now 53 years of age, as aforesaid, I was born as aforesaid, March 21. 1793. but may be mistaken one year, but not more, that he has seen often the family Records of his father's family written on a blank leaf of his father's Bible, in the hand writing of his father that he has always understood that his father was a Widower when married to his mother, that he has also understood from his parents that they were lawfully married, by Rev. Mr Church, in Maine, and as he believes in the year 1791. that as nearly as he can recollect, his father removed from Maine to Ohio in the year 1817. and, with his family continued to reside in Ohio to the time of his death. that he knows no person in Ohio out of his family connection, who was acquainted with his parents before their removal to Ohio, and so further this deponent saith not. Sworn & subscribed before me, this 26 th day of March, 1846. And I certify that the said affiant Bohemia Burnham is personally well known to me, and is a respectable and credible person. A. G. Brown, J. P.
I Joseph M. Dana, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County in the State of Ohio, hereby certify, that A. G. Brown before whom the foregoing Affidavit purports to have been taken, was at the date thereof, and still is a justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court. this 27 th of March, A. D. 1846.
J. M. Dana Clerk

Mahetable Burnham Application for increase of Pension
Due to pgh. deg $80 Com'g July 1848
Cen
From
M. A. Brown
Athens
Athens Co
Ohio

The State of Ohio Athens County ss.
On this 12 th day of September A.D. 1851 before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, personally appeared Mrs. Mahetable Burnham who being duly sworn makes the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress of the 29 th of July 1848 and the joint resolution of July 1. 1848. That she is the widow of Jeremiah Burnham late Athens in Athens County & State of Ohio, deceased, who was a Private in the war of the Revolution and received in his life time a pension from the United States at the rate of $96.00 - ninety six dollars per annum. That since the decease of her said husband she has been allowed a pension at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, and is now in the receipt of the same. She further states that she believes that by virtue of said act of 29 th July 1848 & joint resolution of July 1. 1848 she is entitled to an increase of pension. She therefore herewith returns the certificate she now holds and asks that a new certificate may be issued to her for such amount of pension as she may be entitled to by law.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this Mahetable her Burnham (seal) mark 12 th day of September 1851 J. Burnham J.P.
State of Ohio Athens County ss.
I J. M. Dana Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that the above named Franklin Burnham is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twentieth day of September A.D. 1851 Joseph M. Dana, Clerk; by J. P. Dana, Deputy.

COPY.
Burley, Idaho.
April 14, 1931.
The Henerable The Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Sir: Old records in my possession lead me to beleave that my Great Grand Father served in the army during the American Revelution and that he was with that part of the army that was at Valley Forge under command of General George Washington.
My records indicate that my Great Grand Father drew a pension or that his widow did.
My Great Grand Fathers name Was Jeremiah Burnham and he might of spelled his name Burnum.
His widows name was Mehittable Sanborn Burnham or Burnum.
Have you any record of these people in the records of the U.S. Pension Office?
This man probably enlisted from Massachusetts.
Respectfully,
C. P. Burnham R.F.D. # 3
Burley, Idaho.

Burley, Idaho. May 10, 1931.
The Honorable The Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Sir: On April 14, 1931 I wrote you a letter inquiring if you had any record of my Great Grand Father who I think was a Revolutionary War soldier.
Copy of that letter is enclosed.
To date I have not received a reply from your office.
When may I expect a reply?
Envelope enclosed for your reply.
Respectfully
C. R. Burnham
R.F.D.# 3
Burley, Idaho.

Burley, Idaho.
April 14, 1931.
The Honorable U. S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Sir: Old records in my possession lead me to believe that my Great Grand Father served in the army during the American Revolution and that he was with that part of the army that was at Valley Forge under command of General George Washington.
My records indicate that my Great Grand Father drew a pension or that his widow did.
My Great Grand Fathers name was Jeremiah Burnham and he probably spelled his name Burnam.
His widows name was Mehittable Sandborn Burnham or Burnam.
Have you any record of these people in the records of the U.S. Pension Office?
This man probably enlisted from Massachusetts.
Respt.
C. R. Burnham
R.F.D. 3
Burley, Idaho

July 22, 1935
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BA-J/AWF
B. L./Walden Athens, Box 234 Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the records of the following Revolutionary War pensioners: Jeremiah Burnham, probably served with Massachusetts troops, lived in Athens County, Ohio, in 1820 and died about 1838, and John Martin, 1st Lieutenant in 4th New Jersey regiment, lived in Tyler County, Virginia and in Athens County, Ohio.
The Revolutionary War records of Jeremiah Burnham and John Martin, are furnished herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

May 15, 1931
C. R. Burnham R. F. D. 3 Burley, Idaho
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 5970, that Jeremiah Burnham or Burnam enlisted in Boxford, Massachusetts, April 15, 1777, and served as a private in Captain Job Whipple's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's Massachusetts regiment, was in the battle of Stillwater (October 7, 1777), where he was wounded in the leg and was discharged April 14, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 12, 1818, at which time he was living in Washington County, Ohio, aged fifty-nine years.
In 1820 he was living in Alexander Township, Athens County, Ohio.
He died June 23, 1839, in Athens County, Ohio.
The soldier married June 8, 1791, in Bridgton, Cumberland County, Maine, Mehitable or Mahetable Sanborn. They were both then of said Bridgton.
She was allowed pension on her application executed August 3, 1840, at which time she was living in Athens Township, Ohio, and was aged about seventy-one years.
In 1855 she was living in Lodi Township, Athens County, Ohio.
It is stated that soldier had a former wife, whose name is not given, and there are no further data in regard to her.

In 1820 the soldier referred to the following family:- two daughters aged seventeen and eight years, respectively; a son, aged eleven years and an infant three months old. In 1823 he stated that he had a grandchild three years old. He did not give the names of any of the family.
Children by the first wife, as found in the claim:
Elizabeth born July 24, 1786 Jere " May 2, 1788.
Children by the second wife, as found in the claim:
Ira born January 16, 1792 Bohemia " March 21, 1793, residing in 1846 in Rome Township, Athens County, Ohio. Phebe born May 13, 1800 Doly (?) " April 20, 1802.
It is stated that Ira Burnham was a married man in 1822, with a family, and in 1846 he was living in Illinois.
One Franklin Burnham was a justice of peace in 1849, in Athens County, Ohio. There is no relationship shown.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner