Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3104, Nathaniel Burdue, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Burdue, Nathaniel
S 3104
CONTENTS
Carded

Ohio Pittsburgh 19876
Burdue Nathaniel Burdane of Kentucky in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the com y commanded by Captain Delph of the reg t commanded by Col ——— in the Penn s line for 2 years
* Nathaniel Burdane, Records of Ohio 1804 Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh 9 at the rate of 8 00 Dollars ——— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sept r 1833 and Lewis B Sturges Norwalk Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 200.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 40.00 $240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam Boyd Clerk, Book 1 Vol. 8 Page 106

Walter J. BAKER con't to front door of same
Nathaniel Burdus Pension 24205

State of Ohio Huron County St. Norwalk
On this 16 th day of March one thousand, eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of said Huron. now sitting in said State Nathaniel Burdine a President of Berlin in said County State and County aforesaid aged just eighty five 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 Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. That then while he was living in the County of Westmoreland in the State of Pennsylvania in the Beginning of the war, he believes, in the year 1775 this in consequence of his extreme old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot with certainty say as to the precise year. That he was drafted into a militia Company commanded by Captain Michael Williams John Cunningham was Lieutenant. Henry Marshall was Ensign for two months. He don't remember the name of the Colonel of the Regiment. He served the said two months out of the Regiment. He went in the first place to Pittsburgh & from there he went about five miles up the Alleghany river where he was stationed after his time was out he went to Bedford there volunteered in the militia as a minute man in a Company commanded by a Captain Delap said Delap was killed by the Indians, and one Adam succeeded as Captain to said Delap. The Doctor and with several hundreds of others served in garrisoning said said Bedford where the Inhabitants of the neighboring Country flocked & collected from the Indians & Tories. He was there stationed four or five years except in the winters of that period when he generally retired to, and lived at his own place about eight or nine miles from said Bedford. After this he went to Washington County in said Pennsylvania & was there drafted into the militia for two months William Hudson was an Officer in the Company the other Officers of the Company

She don't recollect nor does he recollect the Colonel of the Regiment that she went under said Hudson & served at Wheeling for about three weeks. She then hired a substitute who served the remainder of the time. Said Wheeling was burnt by the Indians before he went there. He & the others were drafted and sent there to guard that part of the Country against the Indians which was in the latter part of the War.
That since said Revolutionary War, he has lived in Bedford County part of the time and part of the time in Washington County & part in Erie County all in Pennsylvania. For about twenty three years he has lived in said Berlin in said County of Huron. That he has no record of his age. He was never in any Battle. Has no Documentary Evidence. He knows of no person living who can positively swear to his Revolutionary Services.
That he was born in Woodbridge State of New Jersey in the year 1748. That he was drafted to guard Teams loaded with Ammunition and guns over Sidsbury Hills & when he was there the Battle happened in which said Dula was killed in Battle. The Declaration would have been in said Battle had he not kept out of a combat at that time. That after he had served up the Alleghany river he received a discharge which he has lost. Does not recollect that he ever received any other discharge from his services. He does not now remember who gave him the said discharge.
He now mentions the names of the Rev d Joshua Philips and Thomas Stevens & Joseph Otis Esq r . His Friend who have lived in his neighborhood & have been well acquainted with him and who can testify as to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
attest D. Baker
Nathaniel his X Burdus mark
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Emmott Baker Judge of Common Pleas
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any State. Nathaniel his X Burdus mark attest D. Baker Sworn & Subscribed before me Nathaniel Burdus

We Joshua Phillips — a Clergyman residing in the Town of Berlin and Thomas Stevens residing in of said Berlin in said County & State of Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Bugdue who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty five years of age. that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we also consider him a man of truth & veracity and that we concur in both these opinions Thomas Stevens Joshua Phillips
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Timothy Baker Judge of Common Pleas
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 Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier as he states — And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that that the Rev d Joshua Phillips who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Berlin in said County of Huron and that Thomas Stevens who has also signed the same is a Resident in said Berlin and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I David Gibley Clerk of the Court Common Pleas for said County of Huron do hereby hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Bugdue for a Pension and I also certify that Timothy Baker Esq. is an Judge of said Court of Common Pleas & that the five signatures on this sheet of proper proofing to be his are genuine In Testimony whereof I have set my hand & Seal of office this 28 th of March A D 1833 D. Gibley Clerk H.C.P.

Personally appeared before me Timothy Baker one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Huron in the State of Ohio Nathaniel Burdine who being duly sworn deponeth & saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grade: For two years & six months as a private Soldier and for such service I claim a
Pension
Witness T Baker
Nathaniel his Burdine mark
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Timothy Baker Judge of Huron Com Pleas
and also appeared before me the said Timothy Baker Joseph Otis Esquire and being first duly sworn. On his Oath, declared & says that he the said Otis has known & been acquainted with Nathaniel Burdine for several years past who has lived in his neighborhood in said Berlin that said Nathaniel is very old & infirm that he is of for some time past has been almost entirely blind that he considers him a man of undoubted truth & veracity and that to his general character & reputation that he was a Soldier of the revolution. I also certify that the said Otis is a magistrate in said Berlin and is a credible person.
Joseph Otis
Sworn & subscribed to before me the 25 th March 1833
Timothy Baker Judge of Huron Com Pleas
Nathaniel Burdine Pension 24205

24. 205
Nathaniel Bordine Huron Co Ohio
Return
from 1775 private 2 years. $80.
Lewis B Sturges Norwalk Ohio Huron County

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
27 th April 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Nathaniel Barane
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1775 Oct 2 nd He depen d on the volunteer as a minute man was stationed at Beaufort He was there stationed for a few years, except in the winter of that period He left there in 1778 2 Purser Capt Williams Capt Belcher Capt Adams 35 years Westmoreland Pennsylv a  Tract a Clergyman  
Officers names not recollected except W m Wilson
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      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 enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I,                      of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 X 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  X 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  X 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  X 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
My witness the question and
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

September 28, 1937
Nathaniel Burdue S. 3104 BA-J/AWF Cur
The Quartermaster General Memorial Branch War Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Nathaniel Burdue (Bordeaux), private in the Pennsylvania troops, War of the Revolution, who was pensioned while living in Ohio.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 3104, based upon the military service of Nathaniel Burdue, in the War of the Revolution.
Nathaniel Burdue was born in 1748 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in 1775, early in the Revolution and served two months in Captain Richard Williams' company of Pennsylvania militia. He then went to Bedford and served in Captain Delap's company of Pennsylvania militia until Captain Delap was killed by the Indians after which Captain Adams took command of the company; Nathaniel Burdue served from about the first of May until the first of November each year for a period of four or five years and during the winter he lived at his home which was about eight or nine miles from Bedford. He then went to Washington County, Pennsylvania and served about three weeks in the Pennsylvania militia under William Hudson (his rank not given) Nathaniel Burdue's service amounted to about two years and six months, in all, and his service was as a private.
After the Revolution he lived in Bedford, Washington,

and Erie Counties, Pennsylvania.
The soldier, Nathaniel Burdue, was allowed pension on his application executed March 28, 1833, then living in Berlin, Huron County, Ohio, where he had lived about twenty-three years. He died March 2, 1837.
The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to his family.
The application for headstone for Nathaniel Burdue (Bordeaux) is returned herewith, as is, also, a letter addressed to the War Department, from Marjory Cherry of Sandusky, Ohio.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1937, Sept. 17, hist. to Mrs. Ross Cherry Tuls 1937, Sept. 28- to memorial branch
Revan
3104
INVALID.
File No. 3104 Nathaniel Burdue Nathaniel Burdese Print. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th  1832
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Ohio Lucas County ss Norwalk
On this Eleventh day of June, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me Timothy Butler one of the Special Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County Nathaniel Burdine of Berlin in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make this his Supple- mentary declaration in addition to his former declaration made before said Court of Common Pleas held at Norwalk on the 28 th of March A D 1833 - in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832 That he entered the Service of the United States into the Penn- sylvania Militia as he fully believes in the year 1775 and that he was drafted into the same by virtue of an order under the Law of said Pennsylvania for three months as before stated & served for that period at the places before mentioned & also at Crawford's place so called That there was one Crawford who was an Officer He cannot tell what was his grade, but that said Crawford served six five months against the Indians, some where North from or said two or three weeks where the Declarant served. That he cannot possibly recollect the name of the Colonel under whom the Declarant served owing to his ex- treme old age at the time he has exerted his memory as much as possible for that purpose. After this the Declarant volunteered as a minute man in said Pennsylvania Militia in a Company commanded by Cap- tain Delap as before mentioned which volunteer Militia were also ordered to be raised by the Laws of said Pennsylvania. He then with several other Militia Companies were employed in garrisoning said Bedford as mentioned before. The Declarant was there stationed for the summers for four or five years & he was then stationed & served for not a less time for each of said Summers than from the first of May to the first of November That he cannot recollect the name or names of the Colonels of the Regiments during said periods or summers Yet he remembers that he at those times knew said Colonels & their names When he was drafted in Washington

Country for two months as mentioned in his former declaration. The Militia in which he served was also ordered by the Law of said Pennsylvania. He cannot now recollect the name of the Colonel nor any other Officer except said William Hudson. - a Capt Long commanded said Militia, but the Declarant did not serve under him but went out under said Hudson at Wheeling. & then hired a substitute for the remainder of said two months. The Declarant is certain that he did not serve less in the Militia - in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War than two years - and he believes six months more. He always served as a Private Soldier. That he never during his aforesaid services served in any Civil pursuit.
That the first year he was stationed in said Bedford. The Inhabitants did not experience much disturbance from the Indians, against whom they were stationed to guard, but afterwards they were much annoyed & disturbed by them who approached within seven or eight miles of said Bedford. The Inhabitants in the Country flocked & resorted to dwell in said Bedford in which time the Indians captured a Fort belonging to the Americans in a Battle with them - said Captain DeLap was killed as aforesaid. The Declarant cannot recollect the names of any other Officers, except it is his impression that there was a Col o Bortley under whom he served, but cannot say it with certainty. There was one Henry Slaughter who commanded another Militia Company whom the Declarant first went to Pittsburgh.
Nathaniel
X Burdell
Attest Lewis Sturgis mark
Sworn & Subscribed before me at Norwalk this 11 th day of June 1833
Timothy Baker Judge of Common Pleas

I David Gibbs Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Huron, State of Ohio certify that the Honorable Timothy Baker is an associate Judge of said Court of Common Pleas and that the foregoing Signature on the preceding page purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Seal of Office in Norwalk said County this eleventh day of June one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
D. Gibbs Clerk C.P.

Ohio Dept N.D. June 21
L Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington

Norwalk H. C y Ohio 12 June 1833
J L Edwards Esq Commissioner &c
Sir
Inclosed are Nathaniel Burdus pension papers amended so far as possibly is in his power as a common with every old man it is difficult for him after such a length of time to remember Names but appears to be remarkable in his distinct recollection of events I have returned the tabular Statements
Very respectfully
Yours &c
Lewis B Sturges

ROSS CHERRY
SANDUSKY SANDS
2601 MILAN ROAD
SANDUSKY, OHIO
Sept 10 1937
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please give me whatever information you have on a Revolutionary Soldier named Nathaniel Burdue (sometimes spelled Bordeaux) Penn Archives Series 3 Vol 23 p 588 lists him as a pensioner living in Huron, (now Erie) County, O. The information I have gives his wife's name as Margaret, but am not sure how accurate that may be. I should like all the information you have about him. Thanking you for the favor requested, I am,
Sincerely
Marjorie Cherry Chairman Revolutionary Graves Martha Pitkin Chapter D.A.R
Mrs. Ross Cherry 2601 Milan Rd. Sandusky, O.

September 17, 1937
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Mrs. Ross Cherry 2601 Milan Road Sandusky, Ohio
Nathaniel Burdue, S. 3104 BA-J/MCS
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Nathaniel Burdue or Bordeaux who served in the Revolutionary War and applied for pension while living in Huron County, Ohio.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 3104, based upon the military service of Nathaniel Burdue.
He was born in 1748 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in 1775 at the beginning of the Revolution and served two months in Captain Richard Williams' company of Pennsylvania militia. He then went to Bedford and served in Captain Delap's company of Pennsylvania militia until Captain Delap was killed by the Indians after which Captain Adams took command of the company; Nathaniel Burdue served from about the first of May until the first of November each year for a period of four or five years and during the winter he lived at his home which was about eight or nine miles from Bedford. He then went to Washington County, Pennsylvania, and served about three weeks in the Pennsylvania militia under William Hudson, rank not given. Nathaniel Burdue's service amounted to about two years and six months in all, as private.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 28, 1833, at which time he was living in Berlin, Huron County, Ohio.
In 1833 he stated that after the Revolution he lived in Bedford,

Washington and Erie Counties, Pennsylvania, and for about twenty-three years had lived in Berlin, Ohio.
Nathaniel Burdue died March 2, 1837.
The papers in said claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator