Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1456, Thomas Burk, [BLANK]

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Burk, Thomas Eleanor
R. 1456
CONTENTS
New York, residence of widow in 1853.

State of New Hampshire Hanover Grafton County Town Clerks Office March 16 th 1853
I certify that I find among the records of Marriages in this Town performed by the Rev John Smith the following record
April 28 th 1793 Maria Thomas Burb & Elenor Thurston
a true copy of the Original
Attest
C. S. Morgan Town Clerk
over

J. E. Heath
Mr Loren B. Waldo
Sir you will see in the application Mrs Burk omitted to state when and where Mr Burk served in the war as she could not distinctly recollect about it, but says he was all through the war, and was wounded twice once in the battle of Brandywine and Monmouth. David Sinecorn was also in the war with Mr Burk he drew a pension by being wounded he is now dead, Mrs Burk says the reason that Mr Burk did not apply for a pension he was then well enough off without it... but now the widow is old and in indigent circumstances, and if there is any thing coming to her, I hope you will please have the goodness to forward it Yours Respectfully
Dated Lyons March 23 d 1853
Peleg Wm Cull
and also if there is any (over) Land for her

Enclosed is also a certificate of the marriage of the Burke , which may, or may not be a proper form, or properly authenticated.
If it is not correct please advise me we will get one that is signed

Ammerman May 12/58
To The Commissioner of Pensions Sir you will pleas Excuse me for not mowing your name and of writing to you in this unformal manner but what I want to no is whether there has bin any money drawn or paid to any one in the Pension line for Mrs Zerusha Sisco the wife of Joseph Sisco (Deceased). he drew a pension on account of being wounded in the war of 1812. and there has bin an application made by the above widow for a pension and Placed in a Certain Lawyers hands who says he has Obtained nothing and we haint quite satisfied about it and want to no whether he has obtained any thing or not and also whether he obtained any thing for the Heirs of Thomas Burk a Revolutionary Soldier the widow Mrs Eulancer Burk made application for a pension a short time before she died it wont quiterite some how! the above matters was as we suppose attended to last years now Sir if you will be so good as to inform me whether whether  & who got it there has bin any thing obtained on the above cases I will be much obliged to you yours Respectively
Dated Lyons Wayne County New York Jan 12th 1858
Beleg, Randall to the Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C

No 14.891
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Know all men by these presents that I Eleanor Bark of Lyons Warren County New York have nominated & appointed & by these presents do nominate constitute & appoint Deleg Ran- =all of Lyons aforesaid my true & lawful Attorney, for me and my name & stead to ask demand prosecute & receive from the Pension office or any Pension Agency for the payment of Pension monies, all sums due me from the Pension office or from any Department of the United States Government, for or on account of any service of my Husband Thomas Bark who was a Revolutionary Soldier, in the Army of the United States. And for this purpose I authorize him to give receipts & acquittances therefor in my name or otherwise, & generally to do all things herein do will I present also to appoint under his hands a substitute attorney to do all acts above mentioned for me in the same manner as if he did them himself
Witness my hand & seal this 4th day of March A.D. 1853
Witness Wm Vanclief
Eleanor her  mark Bark
Royersford,
Taken and acknowledged before a justice of the peace in & for Warren County on the said 4th day of March in the year 1853. And I certify that I know her to be the identical person above described
Royersford,

State of New York Wayne County ss. On this fourth day of March in the year A.D. 1853 before me a justice of the peace in & for said County & State, personally came before me Eleanor Burke, aged Eighty six years past a resident of Lyons in said County, who being by me duly sworn, upon her oath, made the answers following, in my presence in answer to the following ques- tions to wit:
Question. What is your name?
Answer. Eleanor Burke
Question. What is your Question. What is your age, when do you reside?
Answer. I am aged Eighty seven years, or will be of that age on the 15 th day of March 1853, and I reside at present with my daughter Sally Shaver, in the town of Lyons, in the County of Wayne aforesaid.
Question. What was your Husband's name?
Answer. Thomas Burk.
Question. What was his annual Pension?
Answer. He never received a Pension. He died in the town of Middletown in the County of Schoharie State aforesaid on the 5 th day of October, 1819. & never made an application for Pension.
Question. When were you married to him?
Answer. On the 20 th day of April in the year 1793-

Question. When were you married?
Answer. In the Village of Hanover in the County of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire.
Question. By whom were you married?
Answer. By the Rev Mr Smith, who was then a Presbyterian Clergyman in charge of that Denomination in the Village of Hanover. I do not remember his first name.
Question. What was your name before marriage?
Answer.
My name was Eleanor Thurston.
Question. Do you know of any Record of your Marriage?
Answer.
Yes. I do. There is a family Bible in the possession of my Eldest Son John Burk who lives somewhere in Wisconsin.
Question. Have you any record of it in your family Bible or elsewhere. If so, how old is it & who wrote it. Is it the original, or a copy?
Answer.
Yes. It is in the family Bible as above stated. And I do not know of any record of it elsewhere. It is over 59 years old. It was made & entered therein by my Husband very soon after, or about the time of marriage and is the original record. There is no copy.

Question When & when did your Husband die?
Answer.
In the year 1819. on the 5th day of October in the town of Middleburgh in the County of Schoharie in the State of New York
Question With whom do you live?
Answer. I now live with my Daughter Sally Shaver in the town of Lynn aforesaid.
Question Do you know the names of any person or persons who have known you since your marriage?
Answer.
I do not know that they are now living; but I know John Deninick, John Hall, Otto Converse & others. They were my neighbors at the time of my marriage; their children know me after my marriage; I suppose they are themselves dead.
Question How far do you reside from the County seat of the County or from a justice of the Sessions or Judge?
Answer
I reside three miles from the County seat; but was not able to attend in Court. I reside 12 miles from the County Judge.
Question Have you ever made an application for permission before this?

Answer.
I have. I made application to Willis G. Wade of Rosemary County, New York about two years ago, & about a year & a half since to one Russell residing in the State of Pennsylvania.
I hereby certify that after the foregoing answers were made, they were all carefully read over by me, to the said Eleanor Burk, who made solemn oath that the same was true to the best of her knowledge. I further certify that said Eleanor Burk is a credible witness & a good citizen, & that in my opinion the matter & states herein are true.
R.W. Clarke a justice of the Peace of Wayne County
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Wayne County Clerk's Office,
I, SAXON B. GAVITT, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that Robert W. Ashley Jr. whose genuine signature appears to the annexed Exhibit  just  Certificate was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, duly elected and sworn; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction, a Clerk and seal.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, (the seal of said Court and County) at Lyons, this 26th day of March 1853.
Seymour Lyons Deputy Clerk.

V. L. M. Rev. War Section.
April 24 1916.
Mrs. L. A. Shadduck, 99 Clinton Avenue, Cortland, N. Y.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 15 th instant, you are advised that in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. F. No. 1,456, it is alleged that Thomas Burk served through the Revolutionary War, no details of service are given, and was wounded in the battles of Brandywine and Monmouth.
He married April 20, 1793, at Hanover, Grafton County New Hampshire, Eleanor Thurston, who was born March 15, 1768. He died October 5, 1819, at Middleburgh, Schoharie County New York and his widow Eleanor applied for pension March 4 1853, while residing with her daughter, Sally Shaver, in Lyons, Wayne County New York. The pension was not allowed for lack of proof of any specific service.
Their eldest son, John Burk, was living in Wisconsin in 1853.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to E. Ephraim Hallenbake. Very respectfully,
G. M. Stackpole
Commissioner

1916 Apr. 24 Haf to Mrs. L. G. Shad duck. Letter in W.F. 19027 Thot. Shad duck.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1456
RECEIVED
P. O. Eleanor Burk wid. of Thomas
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Ages: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

No 14.891
Eleanor Burk widow of Thomas of
N. York
Letter to.
Relg. Randall 28 th June 1853.
Same Jan. 18. 1858
1456
Ach of the July 1838.

Peleg Randall June 27/83

422
Pension Office.
27 th June 1853.
Sir,
The Application of Eleanor Bunk widow of Thomas of New York dec. d has been received and filed under the Act of the July 1838. -
The Application is informal in every point - It has been sworn to before a justice of the Peace instead of Open Court, and does not allege one days service. A new Declaration must be made in conformity with the enclosed form. The record of Marriage must be under certificate of Court.
Peleg Randall Esq.
Lyons.
Wayne Co.
N.Y.

Pension Office, Jan. 18. 1838
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 12 th inst. I have to state that no allowance has been made in the case of Eleanor Burt, late of New York, who was an appli- cant for pension under act of July 7. 1838.
Peleg Randall Esq. Lyons, Wayne Co New York