Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1504, Michael Burrows, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Burrows Michael
R 1504.
CONTENTS

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1504 cur
P. O. Michael Burroni
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Rejected bid. Not paid Six months per letter 1 Sept. 1834, to D. B. Clark. Payette N. O. Missouri 1838 March 12, Let 10. Mus. B. Clark
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Michael Buzzoni
1000 Chestnut St
3 Mrs. Martha Buzzoni 16th
Department, Pension Office, Washington City.
Free.
John B. Clarke

State of Missouri, County of Howard, S. J. P.
On this tenth day of August 1834, personally appeared before the County Court of the County of Howard State of Missouri, Michael Burrows, a resident of the County, State aforesaid, aged eighty three 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 7, 1832, that he entered the service of the U. S. as a private soldier, in the month of May, in the year 1781, with Captain Robert Pollard, and served in Col. James Slaughter's regiment of Virginia Troops, under the following Officers: Col. James Slaughter, Cap. Robert Pollard & Lieut. James Gwinn. In this town (for which he was drafted) he served three months, during it was in the battle of Petersburg.
About one month from this time (some time in the month of September 1781) he again entered the service of the U. S., as a drafted Militia- man, under Col. James Slaughter, Major Ben- -low Zimmerman & Captain Hancey. The Corps to which he belonged rendezvoused at the Raccoon Ford, and marched from there to the deep Springs below Williamsburg. About this time, Major Welch, belonging to Col. Dand's Pennsylvania re- -giment, came to the Reg t to which I belonged, and reported that 84 men had deserted from the said Pennsylvania Regiment. He further

proposed an arrangement, that any soldier of Col. Slaughter's Regiment who would take one of the said deserters should be entitled to a full discharge for his remaining period of service. With Major Zimmerman's permission he undertook the proposed service and went in quest of the deserters. He left the main road and rambled through the woods for several hours, when he was fortunate enough to fall in with two unarmed deserters, who he took into custody and delivered to Major Releth, at the Deep Springs, on the same day. In this service, according to the previous & foregoing agreement, Major Zimmerman granted me a full discharge for the 18 months term of service for which I had been drafted.
He knows of no living witnesses of his services. As the questions directed to be propounded by the War Department, he answered:  1. He was born in the County of Richmond and State of Virginia in the year 1757 - he does not recollect the month or day.  2. He has no record of his age, and only knows what he has stated concerning it, from there having been a dispute concerning the expiration of his apprenticeship.  3. He was living in the County of Culpepper and State of Virginia at both the period 
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when called into service as aforesaid, and has lived, since the revolutionary war, in the County of Hampshire & Henry in Virginia - and now lives in Howard County, Missour.
4. He was drafted into the service on both occasions.
5. He states the names of General Safety-ette, General Muhlenbrugh, Col. Slaughter & Major Simmerman who was with the troops, whom he served as aforesaid.
6. He rec d a discharge as before stated from the hand of Major Simmerman - which he has long since lost.
7. He states the names of Shepherd Gumm and H. L. Boon to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Michael Burrows John B. Clark etc.
We, H. L. Boon, a Clergyman residing in the County of Howard and Shepherd Gumm residing in Howard County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Michael Bur-

rows who has intreated and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
H. S. Boon
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Shepherd Gurn
John B. Clark clk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named ap- plicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that H. S. Boon who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergy- man resident in Howard County and that Shepherd Gurn who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Howard aforesaid, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. H. Drake
I, John B. Clark, Clerk of the County Court of Howard
Henry Lewis
County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the mat-
David Reece
ter of the application of Mi- chael Burrows for a Pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this sixth day of August, 1834.
John B. Clark Clerk