Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10473, William Burton, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Burton, William Shuah
W. 10473
B.L.W. 79517-160-55
CONTENTS

32101 M. Miller
William Burton died of _____ in the State of _____ who was a _____ in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the _____ line for _____
Subj. No. 103
Inscribed on the Roll of _____ at the rate of 79 Dollars 13 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Subj. 3 Sept 1841
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of March 1852 and sent to Leah Row (council)
Annuity to the 14th of Pension allowance ending _____
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by _____ Clerk, Book _____ Vol. _____ Page 6
6,

Feb. 25. 1865 3 rd Auditor " " " 2 nd Comptroller 1891 May 6. Register from March 14. 1864 15 Nov. 20. 1864 " " " Letter P. 1862 " " " " to W. Burton
6364
Died Nov. 20/64.
Waine
Phoebe Burton, widow of William Burton Maf who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private, & corporal,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 79- dollars 03 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 27 th day of March 1858, and sent to
J. R. Harmon. Present,
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 161 - Vol. M.
271414

Mar 3/55
Sett H. Bradford, W.H. 15/57 Ex. B. 1855
27/4/44 & Mar 20/57
Smallford Joseph Burton wid
79.517 William Burton Pri
Capt Col
(Reg ts pensioner act 1832)
Ent dis
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no 6364 AD 160 Aq, Mch. 30/58, Portland
Shep B. Freeman Bradford Portland me
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Vol B 2, page 164.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Gorham  Portland , within and for said District, on the thirty first day of July A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this thirty first day of July aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge William Barton a resident of Gorham in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged seventy two 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
entered the service of the United States in June 1778 at Gorham in the company commanded by Capt. Tyler, and marched to Peakskill, there joined the Regt. under the command of Col. Poor and remain there about 15 or 20 days, then march d to White Plains, remain d there about two months, then march d to Westpoint, staid there 4 or 5 months, then march d to King's ferry and was there discharged having served 8 months the term for which he enlisted, and then he returned to Gorham aforesaid. That in the Fall of the year 1779 he enlisted again in the company commanded by Capt. Libby and joined the forces at Portland under the command of Maj. Johnson for the defence of S d Portland, and that he served the term of two months the term of his engagement, and then returned to his home in Gorham. That he again enlisted in 1780 at Gorham in the company commanded by Capt. Andrews and march d to Thomaston and joined the forces under the command of Genl. Wadsworth, then march d to Camden, then to Machias, and remaining there and at Frenchman's bay about 4 months, he was discharged & returned home. He was born in the State of Virginia in Henrico County as he believes in the town of Richmond Virginia in which he was eleven years old. Has a record of his age in a family bible at home. Has lived for the last sixty years in Gorham.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Wm Bluff
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Ashur Ware
U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I, John Nufsey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Burton for a pension.
And that Sophron Robie Esquire who took the annexed depositions of Joseph Moulton, William Small & Daniel Whitney , is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified & that his official attestation are entitled to full faith & credit
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Nufsey { Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

I Joseph Moulton of Scarborough in the County of Cum- berland do testify and say - that in the month of June 1778 I enlisted as a private soldier at Scarbo- rough in the Company commanded by Capt. Abram Sylvan and that William Burton of Gilsland in said County enlisted into the same Company at the same time; that we march d to Peakshill and there joined the Regiment under the command of Col. Poor and that we then march d to White Plains, remain d there about 2 months; then remain d there about 15 or 20 days; that we then marched to Westpoint where we remain d about 4 or 5 months, then march d to King's Ferry, and was then & there discharged, the said Burton and myself returning home to Scarborough and Gilsland - Joseph Moulton
Cumberland ss. July 31 1822 Personally appear Joseph Moulton and made oath that the above statement by him subscribed is true -
Before me. Ephraim Robbie Just. Peace.

I Wm Small of Simington in the County of York do testify and say that in the month of April 1780 I entered the service as a new commissioned officer  the in the Company commanded by Capt. Appleyard  of of Scarborough and marched to Thomas Town and there joined the forces under the command of General Wadsworth, and in that place, Camden and Machias, served out the term of eight months for which I enlisted, that William Barton then and now of Gaham in the County ofumberland was an enlisted soldier in said company, and served out the full term of eight months, and we were then discharged Wm Small
Cumberland ss. July 31. 1832. Personally appeared the above named William Small and made oath that the above statement by him subscribed is true.
Before me. Tappan Robie Just. Peace.

I Daniel Whitney of Gorham in the County of Cumberland do testify and say that in the Fall of the year of 1779. That I entered the Service as a private soldier as a substitute for Jonathan Crockett of Gorham, and marched to Portland & joined the forces stationed there under the command of Col. Johnson for the defence of that place, and that William Burton of said Gorham also entered the service at the same time and for the same object and served out the term of two months the term for which he enlisted. That I have been well acquainted with the said Burton from the time of of his enlistment to this time, and the said Burton, now making his application for a pension, is the identical W m Burton named above —
Cumberland Js. July 30 th 1832. Personally appeared Daniel Whitney and made oath that the above statement by him subscribed is true —
Before me. Tappan Robie. Just. Peace

United States of America
District of Maine ss:
On this thirtieth day of April, 1844, before me Asahel Ware Judge of the United States District Court for Maine District personally appeared in open court Shuah Burton, aged sixty eight years also being first duly affirmed according to law doth on her affirmation make the following declaration in order to obtain, as the widow of William Burton deceased, which she declares herself to be, the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That her husband, the said William, Burton, was a private in the war of the revolution, and served as set forth in his declaration, made before said Judge, on the 31 st day of July 1832; and which original declaration, has been forwarded to the pension office since the death of said William Burton; and she further declares that said William Burton, her husband, never forwarded his said application for a pension, in his life time, on account of conscientious scruples, he being a member of the society of Quakers. That he died on the twenty third day of September eighteen hundred and forty one. That she still remains the widow of said William Burton, and makes This

application that the amount of pension to which her said Husband was entitled, from March 4. 1831, to September 23. 1841 may be allowed and paid to her.
Abner Burdon
Given to her on this 10th day of April 1844
Aspen Me.
Det. June 1st hundredth for the Det. of Me.
I certify that it has been satisfactorily proved to me by the testimony William Martin that the said Abner Martin is the widower of Mrs. Abner Martin named in the declaration, who died 23 rd of September 1841 and the testimony in her widow
Aspen Me.
United States Maine District
Circuit Court Clerk's Office
I hereby certify that the Honorable Abner Ware before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is Judge of the United States in and for Maine District and that the several signatures thereto purporting to be his are his genuine signatures.
In testimony of which I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Circuit Court the thirtieth day of April A.D. 1844
John Mufsey Clerk U.S.
Circuit Court
A large, decorative flourish or signature line, possibly the signature of the clerk or a witness, extending across the bottom of the page.

Decr 20 th 1851
Anna Burton widow of William Mearns
Addl Evidence
M. David Jr last act on this case
Triple
W Cole
Dickins & Co only Present

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, December 16th — A. D. 1851
I, Charles C. Harmon, CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Joseph Robie Esquire
Is an Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for every  the County of said State as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his Com- MISSION is dated July 9th — A. D. 1846 and will expire July 9th — A. D. 1853 and that the said
Joseph Pope is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County of Cumberland and that his commission is dated February 7th A.D. 1849 and will expire February 7th A.D. 1856
and that the following SIGNATURES purporting to be his  theirs are Genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
C. C. Harmon,
CLERK.

1 William Burton of Gorham, County of Cumberland, and state of Maine of lawful age do testify and say, That I am the son of William Burton, late of said Gorham deceased, who was a soldier in the war of the revolution. That I often heard him speak of his service in the war, and particularly of his being in the service at the eastward in guarding the coast that he was at Camden, at Machias, and Frenchmans bay, so called, and that with some of the company, he & others rowed from place to place, with muffled oars, in the night time very often, keeping a watch upon the coast. That they had different stations, not remaining in the same place long at a time. I very well remember that he spoke of being taken by the British as prisoner and kept a short time, and that he got away by taking up some of the floor in the shanty where he was put. He also said that that he did not return when the company was discharged, because

he was taken sick - and that he remained a number of weeks after he got well, and chopped wood to pay for his board, and expenses of his sickness - said service I have heard him state to have been performed early in the revolution, I think in the year 1776 - He made a declaration of his service in the army but omitted to state the service at the Eastward but being of the Society of friends or Quakers, he refused to send on his declaration for a pension.
W m Burton
State of Maine,
Cumberland ss: Dec. 10 th 1851 - Subscribed and sworn to by said William Burton before me - and I hereby certify that the deponent is to me well known, and is a respectable and credible witness,
Joseph Pope, Jus: of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
County of York ss.
On this 5 th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty Seven personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid,
Shuah Burton aged Eighty years, a resident of Simpsonboro in the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn  affirmed  affirmations according to law, on oath declares that she is the widow of William Burton deceased, who was a soldier
in the Company  Regiment commanded by Captain the Revolution and who was entitled to a pension under the act of Congress  act of Congress passed June 7  1832 which pension was claimed by your applicant after the death of her said husband William Burton and the amount of Fifty nine dollars and three cents was first awarded and said pension was afterwards increased to about seventy two dollars per annum as near as she remembers as will appear by the papers on file in the pension office
She further states, that she was married to the said William Burton in Portland on the 23 rd day of October A. D. 1835  by  in the Friends meeting house, and that her name before her said marriage was Shuah Pillsbury ; that her said husband died at Gorham on the 23 rd day of September A. D. 1841 and that she is now a widow. She further declares that she

has not heretofore applied for nor received a bounty Land Warrant under any act of Congress
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855.
And for the purpose of this application, I, the said Shuah Burton do hereby constitute and appoint J. Bradford of Portland in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid; and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed, hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises.
I Shuah  her  Burton Mark
We James Frost and Maria N. Frost residents of Limington in the County of York and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by Shuah Burton in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, and our personal knowledge of her for many years past, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in her declaration.
James Frost Maria N. Frost
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by Shuah Burton the declarant above named, and by James Frost and Maria N. Frost witnesses above named, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Wesley P. Rice Justice of the Peace. Through the state.

O. W. & N. Division.
7r.10473
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
M.R.C.
Washington, D.C., January 29, 1895.
91:1-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- William Burton --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1778 8 mos. Pvt. Tyler Poor Mass.   Fall 1779 2 mos. Pvt. Libby Major Johnson Mass.   May 1780 7 mos. Corpl. Andrews Gen. Wadsworth Mass.  
Battles engaged in, None mentioned.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine.
Date of application for pension, July 31, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine.
Age at date of application, 72 78 years. Born in King & Queen's Co., Va. from which place he removed when eleven years of age.
Remarks: Soldier married Sarah Pillsbury, at Portland, Oct. 23, 1835, & died in Gorham, Me., Sept. 23, 1841. Being a Quaker he never applied for pension but prepared his application which was filed by his widow after his death and the pension Very respectfully, was paid to her.
Wm. H. Burton, Esq., 69 East 4 th St., St. Paul, Minn.
Commissioner.

Maine 32 61
William Burton, 2nd
of the State of Maine who was a for [illegible] in the [illegible] company Captain [illegible] of the [illegible] company by [illegible] in the Rev War time for [illegible] Corporal private
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 59 Dollars 03 Cents p to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. And on the 23 Sept 1841 the day of issue Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Dec 1841 and sent to Al Ray Esq Present.
Arrears to the 4th of Pension allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim, As of June 7, 1832 recorded by J. L. Swann, Clerk book 6 Vol. 1 Page 6.
Pay to Shuah Burton has a [illegible]
rep. 20. June 11/4 to South Paper Oct 29th 1844
Letter to Dickerson's Council Nov 24/51 same date 19/52

I, Samuel Davis of Gorham, formerly of Eighty nine years, do testify and say that I was well acquainted with William Burton late of Gorham deceased, who was a soldier in the War of the revolution. That he served, as I understood, in the Eastern Coast Service early in the War, I think in the year 1776 - I know that he was absent from home for a considerable time, and after his return, I saw him and conversed with him - and I particularly remember that he said he was taken a prisoner for a short time, and that he got away by taking up a board in the floor of the shanty where he was confined - and that he said the reason he did not return with the company was because he was taken sick and remained some weeks and worked to pay for his board while he was sick - I do not know of any other family by the name of Burton that ever lived in Gorham

and I do not believe there was any other family by that name in the County. —
Samuel Davis
Cumberland ss: December 15th. 1851 — Then the above named Samuel Davis personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed before me — and I certify that I have well known him the said Davis for more than twenty years, and that he is a person of truth and veracity. —
Joseph Pope, Jus: of the Peace

I Tappan Robie of Gorham, Maine testify and say that I have for more than forty years been well acquainted with Samuel Davis now of Standish and also with William Burton son of William Burton late of said Gorham deceased who was a revolutionary soldier, and I certify that said Samuel Davis and said William Burton Ind. are both persons of respectable character and persons of truth and veracity —
Tappan Robie
State of Maine Cumberland ss. Dec. 15. th 1851. Subscribed and sworn to by said Tappan Robie before me — and I hereby certify that he is a respectable and credible witness — and a magistrate in the County & throughout the State. —
Joseph Pope Jus: of the Peace

I Benjamin Chamberlain of Gorham do hereby certify and say That I was well acquainted with William Burton late of said Gorham deceased, And that he was in a Company employed by the State to defend the coast at the Eastward, early in the time of the revolution, I think in the year 1776 - it was either before or soon after the defeat at Bunker Hill so called. I saw said Burton after his return and heard him speak of his service, and things that occurred on the coast, that they were often short of provisions - The Captain of his Company I do not remember, The Lieutenants name was Frost. — 1.
Witness Soppan Robie.
Benj a Chamberlain his mark
State of Maine -
Cumberland ss: Dec. 15. 1851.
Subscribed and sworn to before me - and I certify that the deponent is a respectable and credible witness - Joseph Pope Jus. of the Peace

I Tappan Robie of Gorham in the county Humboldt and State of Maine do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with William Burton late of Gorham, deceased, and that I was employed by him to draw up his declaration of his service in the revolutionary army, in order to enable him to obtain a pension under the U. S. Pension act, that he belonged to the denomination of christians called Friends or Quakers, and on account of his friends interference exciting his scruples, as to duty, he concluded to abandon his object in getting a pension; and that his declaration thus made out remained in my possession at the time of his decease.
Tappan Robie, Justice of the Peace Through the State
Dated at Gorham aforesaid This 15 th Dec - 1857.

We James Frost and Maria N. Frost residents of Limington and county of York and State of Maine on oath depose and say that we have been intimately and well acquainted with Shuah Burton, who now resides in said Limington and a near neighbor to us, for more than ten years last past. She was formerly the wife and widow of John Pillsbury and was married to William Burton in the year 1835. William Burton the husband of said Shuah died in the month of September 1841. Shuah Burton is now a widow and has not been married since the death of her husband. William Burton who is said to have been a soldier of the revolution, and there was granted to said Shuah Burton the arrears of pension due her said husband under the act of 1832. The said Shuah has this day signed and made affirmation to an application for bounty land in our presence. We have no interest in her claim.
James Frost Maria N. Frost.
State of Maine York County } ss. March 5 th 1857. Then personally appeared the above named James Frost and Maria N. Frost, known to me to be persons of truth, and made solemn affirmation to the truth of the above statement by them signed.
Before me Nathan Robie, Justice of the peace Through the State.

Claim of Sarah Porter (widow of W m ) To Henry Sargent Act of March 3. 1853 War of the Revolution
Address Freeman Bradford Portland Maine

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND,
March 16 th 1854
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Topham Robie Esquire
is, and at the date of his Certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for each and every  the County of Throughout said State as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — and that the following Signature , purporting to be his are GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. G. Cook
CLERK.

West. 6th & E. Pender Real Estate. Mill
Jan. 2nd 1893 64 E. 4th St. N.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10473
Shuah Burton
Wife of
William Burton
Scotch Rev. M.
Act: Febry 3rd 1893.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 102
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Let (Dicken) Goomb March 19, 1852.

79.577
} 160 acres

Address -
J. K. Harmon Washington
until - 1st of April
William Burton
Mar 20 1832
Will of Preston
Genl. C. Whiting Esq. Comr of Pensions Washington D.C.
Official Business

Power of Atty. attached to Dick's file -

no. 6982
Shuah Burton widow of William Cumberland Co. Maine
Wm. A. Feb. 3/53 at rate of 79.03 c per Anm.
Commencing at date of said act.
//
States amount due 1 st March, 1858.
// Pay widow
//
Certificate to
H. K. Harmon (of Maine) now
Present

Official Business Rev. Bounty Second  Ward
Geo. C. Whiting Esq. Commr. of Pensions Washington D.C.

2 Dec 8/69
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE.
December 7, 1869.
Respectfully referred to Hon
Commissioner of Pensions under Act 27 July 1868 and writer so informed
Claims for arrears due Sarah Burton dec'd
W. H. Whitney For Auditor.
F 3 Dec 8/69

Hopkins Rebecca Limington
Maine
Sept-18/69
copy for arrears due Sarah Burton (deed)
(5 Enclo)
arrears from
Sept. 4. 184. 8
Nov. 20. 184
en

1866.
The names and dates of birth of the children, under sixteen years of age, of the deceased soldier, by the claimant must be stated, and the No. of the pending claim given; and if the soldier left minor children by a former marriage, that fact should appear. She must aver that she has not married since the death of her husband, nor abandoned the support of any of their children under sixteen years of age, nor permitted any one for whom increase is claimed to be adopted by any person or persons, and that they are the only legitimate children of herself and her deceased husband now living. The date of birth of the child or children for whom increase is claimed must be duly proved by an authenticated copy of baptismal or other public record of the same, or by the affidavit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Feb 12 1814
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of W m Burton is borne upon a pay roll of Capt Abraham Tyler as a private from June 1. 1778 to March 4. 1779 = 9 mos & 4 days; Upon a pay roll of Capt. Jonathan Andrews as a Captain from May 8. to Dec 31. 1780 = 7 mos & 24 days, under Genl Wadsworth.
The name of said Burton is not found upon the rolls of Capt Sibley.
Manuscript Bays 16: 28.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Peaple, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

United States of America.
Maine District vs. At a Special District Court of the United States begun and held at Gorham, within and for said District, on the thirty-first day of July A.D. 1832 before the Honorable John Ware Judge of said Court.
On this thirty-first day of July aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge William Burton a resident of Gorham in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged seventy-two years, who being first duly affirmed 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 14th. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States in June 1778 at Gorham in the company commanded by Capt. Tyler, and marched to Plakshill, there joined the Regt under the command of Col. Poor and remained there about 15 or 20 days, then marched to White Plains, remained there about two months, then marched to West point, staid there 4 or 5 months, then marched to Kings ferry and was there discharged having served 8 months the term for which he enlisted, and then he returned to Gorham aforesaid. That in the Fall of the year 1779 he enlisted again in the Company commanded by Capt. Libby, and joined the forces at Portland under the command of Maj. Johnson for the defence of sd Portland, and that he served the term of two months the term of his engagement, and then returned to his home in Gorham. That he again enlisted in 1780 at Gorham.

in the Company commanded by Capt. Andrews, and marched to Thomaston, and joined the forces under the command of Genl. Wadsworth, thence marched to Camden, then to Machias, and remaining there and at Frenchmans Bay about four months, he was discharged and returned home.
He was born in the State of Virginia in Kings or Queens County, as he believes, and left Virginia when he was eleven years old. Has a record of his age in a Family Bible at home, has lived for the last sixty years in Gorham.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares, that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State.
W m Burton.
Affirmed to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before
3 d to be returned. John Ware { U.S. Judge for the District of Maine.
A true Copy
Attest E. M. Burton.
To the secretary of Massachusetts -
Sir, Please have the rolls in your Office examined for the service stated, in the foregoing declaration & forward a certificate by mail to Joseph Pope Esq r , at Portland, I enclose the fee for certificate, $3.
In behalf of the children of W m Burton dec d .
William Burton
Signed in my presence Joseph Pope Esq r Peace

Recd Aug 25 th /51.
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STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, August 21 A. D. 1851
I, Charles C. Harmon, CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Joseph P. Dyer Esq.
Is an Acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Cumberland , as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his COM- MISSION is dated February 7 th A. D. 1849 and will expire February 7 th A. D. 1856.
and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be his C. C. Harmon Genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
C. C. Harmon CLERK.

State of Maine Cumberland County.
I Shuah Burton, of Gorham in said County, do declare, that I am the Widow of William Burton late of Gorham deceased, who was a soldier in the Army of the revolution, that he served about seven or eight months, at or near Camden in Maine in the Eastern Coast service, early in the revolution - and afterwards served eighteen months or more, as she believes in the army of the revolution; that she applied for what was due to him as pension and received pay for the service of her husband in the army but was not allowed pay for his service at the Eastward, which she prays may be allowed to her, as she verily believes that service was performed, having heard her said husband speak of it, & that he was taken sick there, and did not return with the company when they were discharged, on account of that sickness.
Witness - Mary Burton
Shuah Burton
E. M. Burton -
Sworn to and subscribed by said Shuah Burton before me this 21. day of August 1851. Joseph Pope, J. of the Peace

I, Shuah Burton, Widow of William Burton, late of Gorham, Maine, deceased, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint Messrs. Dickens and Coombs my attorneys or agents, to apply for me to obtain what pension money may be due to my said husband for service in the War of the Revolution, particularly for his service at the Eastward of about seven or eight months in the Eastern coast service, which was not allowed on her former application. Witness my hand & Seal the 21 st day of August 1851 Witness - Mary Burton Shuah Burton E. M. Burton
State of Maine
Cumberland County - Be it known, That on the 21 st day of June  August 1851, before the subscriber, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared Shuah Burton, above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her free act & deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned.
Joseph Dope, Jus. of the Peace

Shuah Burton widow of William Burton Claim for Pension under Act of Feb. 3, 1853. (5 th Section)
Z. K. Harmon Portland Maine

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, March 20 th 1858. }
I, ROBERT A. BIRD ,
Abadiah G. Cook
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Freeman Bradford Esq
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for
the County of
Cumberland
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — and that the following Signature , purporting to be his
GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. Cook
CLERK.

State of Maine County of Cumberland ss. On this twentieth day of March A D 1858 personally appear- ed before the Hon: William Paine Judge of the Municipal Court in the City of Portland and having jurisdiction in the County of Cumberland the same being a Court of Record, Sarah Bur- ton now residing in Gorham in the County and State aforesaid, aged 82 years, who on affirmation makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Con- gress passed February 3 rd 1853
And your declarant states that she is the widow of William Burton late of Gorham deceased, that her late husband was a soldier of the Revolution and served therein as she verily believes about two years, that after his death she made application for the Pension that was due him from the 14 th March 1831 to the time of his death under the Act of June 7 th 1832 and re- ceived the Pension claimed as aforesaid at the rate of Seventy Nine Dollars

and three cents per annum as will appear by the records of the Pension Office. She further declares that she was married to her late husband William Burton in the Friends Meeting House in Portland (on the Friends Meeting House) on the 23 d of October 1835 and that her name before marriage was Sarah Pillsbury. She further states that her husband William Burton died in Gorham Maine on the 23 d of September A D 1841 and that she is now his widow and has not intermarried since her husband's death. For proof of her husband's service and of his identity she also refers to proof in the Pension Office which proof was filed in her claim for the arrears of Pension due said William Burton under the act of 1832. She further states that the infirmities of age and the reluctance of her friends (with whom she has lived since February 1853) to render her aid in obtaining this Pension are the reasons why she has not applied for it before.
She therefore claims a Pension of seventy nine dollars and three

cents per annum agreeably to the provisions of the act of February 3 d 1853
Attest
William Paine
Shuah her  mark  mark Burton
Signed and affirmed by the said Shuah Burton on the day and year first above written. Before me, William Paine, Judge.
I further certify that in consequence of the infirmities of age the said Shuah Burton is unable to attend Court, and that the foregoing proceedings were had at her residence in Gorham in the County of Cumberland aforesaid.
William Paine Judge
State of Maine Cumberland ss. Municipal Court City of Portland
In testimony that Hon. William Paine is Judge of the Municipal Court, and that his signatures to the foregoing and annexed Cer- tificates are genuine, and that his acts in his capacity aforesaid are entitled to full faith and credit I have hereunto set my hand, and the Seal of said Court this 20 th day of March A.D. 1858.
Wm. Morris Recorder of said Court.

I Abigail Horton of Portland in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine on affirmation state that I have known Shuah Burton for more than forty years last past, I was also well acquainted with William Burton her husband in his life time. William Bur- ton and Shuah Pillsbury were married in the Friends Meeting House in Port- land some over twenty years ago as near as I can remember. I know the fact of the marriage for I was present at the time. William Burton is dead and Shuah Burton is his widow, I have no interest in this matter. Abigail Horton
State of Maine Cumberland ss March 19th 1858 Then personally appeared the above named Abigail Horton whom I know to be a person of truth and made affir- mation to the truth of the above statement by her signed. Before me Freeman Bradford Just Peace

We William Burton and Mary Burton residents of Gorham in the County of Cum- berland and State of Maine on oath depose & say that we well knew William Burton late of said Gorham deceased. He was re- ported to have been a soldier of the Revolu- tion He died in Gorham on the 23 d of September 1841. Said William Burton married for his second wife Sarah Pillsbury on the 28 th of October 1835, as appears by the family record now in the possession of your affiant William Burton. Sarah Burton after the death of her said husband made application for and obtained the pen- sion that was due her husband under the act of 1832. The amount of yearly pension that was eventually obtain- ed after repeated trials was between seventy and eighty dollars as we un- derstood at the time. Sarah Burton is now a widow and she is the iden- tical person who received the arrear as aforesaid that was due William Burton from March 4 th 1831 to the time of his death.
W m Burton.
Mary Burton.

State of Maine
Cumberland ss. March 20, 1858.
Personally appeared William Burton and Mary Burton, persons of truth, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them signed. I further certify that I have examined the family record to which allusion is made in the foregoing affidavit and find the following, viz. "William Burton and Sarah Pillsbury 2 d time married 10 th mo. 23 d . 1835" also the following "William Burton died 9 th Mo. 23 d 1841. 82 years, 1 mo." The record appears genuine and the foregoing entries are made in a Bible printed in 1811.
William Paine Judge

Supplementary
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug 15 1844
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of William Burrough is found upon a pay roll of Capt Benjamin Plummer, on the Eastern Sea Coast Service, at Ft George, from March 25 to Sept 6 1776 as a private.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sawyer; Secretary of the Commonwealth.
ms 7 day 6 - 1.

To the Secretary of State of Massachusetts.
Sir
In behalf of Mrs Burton, widow of William Burton, I write to request a further examination of the rolls to ascertain if he did not serve in Capt Pleasants Company in the Eastern Coast service in the year 1776, which service was not included in your former certificate of the service of William Burton.
Portland, Aug. 12. 1844. Joseph Pease, Atty for, Shuah Burton.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 June 1832
Wm Burton Dee who was a Pri: & Corporal in the Revo. War, was entitled to receive a pension at the rate of $59.03 per ann num Comg. 4. Mar. 1831 and ending 23. Sept. 1841, the day of his death, which will be p d upon the pres. of the proper vouchers to Shuah Burton his widow
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 20 day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty= 4
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

Portland, Me, Aug. 26, 1844
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions, &c.
Sir,
Will you please grant & forward to me a certificate for the arrears, or balance of pension due to William Burton, payable to Sheuah Burton, his widow, for the service proved by the enclosed supplementary certificate of the Secy. of Massachussetts; and which service was not allowed, or included in a former certificate of pension.
I am, Sir,
Yours very respectfully Joseph Pope

Portland March 26 th 1858
Sir
I enclose to you the claim of Sarah Burton for a Pension under the act of February 3 rd 1853. Mr Harmon her Agent will be in Washington soon and will need the papers in this case as evidence in Mrs Burton's claim for Bounty Land.
I am Very Respectfully, Your Obt t Servt; F Bradford
Geo l Whiting Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Brief in the case of Shuah Barton, widow of William Cumberland County and State of Maine. act February 3. 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Claimant Recovered in 1852, annuity of pension due her husband from March 4. 1831 (the date of his death) to Sept 23. 1841, at rate of $79.03 c per annum. She now proves her widowhood and continued widowhood by two credible witnesses - She was married in 1835.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Z. K. Harmon, Esq. (of Maine) now in
Name and residence of Agent
Washington, D.C.
R. Eddes Examining Clerk.

31/65
William Burton
Dec 4
Me
Act 7 th June 32
ad 4
Gen. 4 th at priv 7/124 - Corp c
$ 59.03 per an.
Certificate to be issued in favor of Sarah Bur- ton to commence 4 th May 1831 and end 23 rd Sept r 1841.
Alexander Ray Esq. Washington

Widow of Wm Bentin.
Correspond with a Ray on the subject
2nd May 10. th

House of Representatives
June 15. 1844
Sir,
In my absence from the city of Washington I would thank you to communicate with Alexander Ray respecting the claim of the widow of William Benton.
Yours
Respectfully
R. P. Duncalf.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions

Portland Maine Sept 22 1869 Third Auditor Treasury Department Washington D.C. Dr fr Hannah D
hand your papers, showing a small balance due Hannah Burton late widow of Wm Burton a Revolution- ary soldier. The reason of not applying for the balance of the pension before this time, is that the children to whom it was due were told that they must have to administer in order to obtain it, and until recently were not recently correctly informed.
I have reason to think there was a mis- take in calculating arrearages due Hannah Burton and enclose original Widows Pension. — Books at Augusta destroyed by fire and I cannot as- certain the facts in this state, Yours respectfully Alfred M. Burton

Pension Office
March 19. 1852.
Gentlemen
The additional evidence filed by you to procure an increase of the pension allowed to William Benton of Maine under the Act of 7 th June 1832, is not sufficient to accomplish that end.
The Son sets forth the performance of some service in 1776, which he thinks was not embraced in his father's declaration, or in the declaration upon which the pension was originally granted, but he does not specify any particular amount; nor does he prove, except by traditionary evidence, that his father was in service at all in that year.
Unless some specified amount of service is claimed, and proved in accordance with the rules of the Dept. no further allowance can be made.
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obsd. Servt.
H H C Nipett
For Com. of Pensions
Messrs Dickins & Coombs, Present. — 3

2 Dec 8/69
Y. 3 Dec 8/69

OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
This oath is required from pensioners once, (on the first payment to new ones,) who are native-born, or have been naturalized. If a ward, from the guardian, and whenever there is a change of guardian; if dead, from the person or persons executing the vouchers. When those of foreign birth have not resided in the United States, the magistrate may certify to the same; but if they have, and do not owe allegiance, it should be properly explained. When a pension has been increased, and the oath has been previously furnished, it will not be required again of the pensioner.
We Rebecca Hopkinson & W m Burton, a pensioner of the United States, do solemnly swear swear that we will support, protect, and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States against all enemies, whether domestic or foreign, and that we I will bear true faith, allegiance, and loyalty to the same, any ordinance, resolution, or law of any State Convention or Legislature to the contrary notwithstanding; and, further, that we I do this with a full determination, pledge, and purpose, without any mental reservation or evasion whatsoever; and, further, that we I will well and faithfully perform all the duties which may be required of me by law: So help us me God.
[Two witnesses when mark is made.]
John A. Waterman
Rebecca Hopkinson
W m Burton
State Maine County Cumberland
as:
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
18 th day of Sept. 1869.
John A. Waterman, J. P.

Brief in the case of Wm Burton dec d County and State of Maine act 7 June 1832
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Records evidence of 6 months additional service —
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
(Dickens Hoomb, Present,
Kirby Examining Clerk.

Pension Agency Portland Me.
Feb. 18, 1865
Joseph H. Barnett Esq. Comr of Pensions Sir—
I have to report Shuah Burton widow of William a Pensioner on the roll of this Agency under 3 rd Sect. Act Feb. 3. 1850 at the rate of $79.03. per annum died on the 20 th of Nov r 1864. Last paid up to Sept. 4. 1864. No claim will be made for the balance due at the time of her death.
Respectfully
Henry Willis
Pens. Agt.

Washington, Aug 29 th 1858
Sir:
Enclosed please find the declaration of Sarah Benton, widow of William Benton, late of Maine, etc. Claiming an increase of her husband's pension under act of 7 th June 1832 - with a power of atty. authorizing us to prosecute said claim. The evidence on which this claim is founded is said to be on file with the papers.
Very respectfully &c
Dekins & Coombs
J. E. Heath Esq Comm r of Pensions

Increase
Wm Burton do d Maine.
Act 7 June 1832 6 mo as private in addition to the former allowance $79.03 per An. to 25 th Sept 1841 when he died. Former paynts at date of $59.03 per An to be deducted. Payable to Shuah Burton, his widow.
(Dreken Hoomb Present.

House of Representatives May 9. 1844
Sir, I herewith enclose a declaration made by William Burton of Muncie for the benefit of the Act of 1832. He died in September 1841, and his widow asserts a claim on her deceased husband's right.
Yours very resp y
R. P. Dunlap
James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

DANIEL S. EVERY, President.
J. A. STEBBARD, Vice-President and Manager.
WILLIAM LAW, Jr., Attorney.
CHAS. A. CIPWELL, Secretary.
JOHN C. KELLY, 2d Vice-President.
CHARLES E. DODD, Asst. Manager.
DR. JOHN D. FAYSON, Medical Director.
LEON GARDEN, Treasurer.
DANIEL COOK, Asst. Secretary.
GERBERLY WATTS,
DR. C. A. GAYFIELD,
Supl. Collecting Agents.
Asst. Med. Director.
Northwestern Masonic Aid Association
W. E. BURTON,
Special Agent.
69 East Fourth St.,
ST. PAUL, MINN.
St. Paul, Minn. Dec 27 1894
Hon William Loghren
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me a copy of the Service in the Revolutionary war of William Burton of Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine as stated in his application for a pension.
Respectfully yours
Wm E. Burton,
69 E. 4 th St.,
St. Paul,
Minn.