Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,319, John Burger, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Burger, John Knapp, Hannah (Former widow)
N. 16,319
CONTENTS
Widow's last husband was pensioned See Samuel Knapp, Conn., S.F. 42,801

2064 Albany New York
Hannah Knapp formerly widow of John Burger dec?
who died in the year 1799 of Troupsburg in the State of N. Y. who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Flora of the 8th commanded by Col Greene in the Mass a line for 2 years Mass
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 120 Dollars 00 Cents, per annum commencing on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of March 1838 and sent to Mrs. Sarah Ferris , Hector, N. York
Arrears to the 14th of March 1838 $960.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. " 60.00
1020.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d .
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk. Book A Vol. 2 o Page 112

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the third Section of the act of the 15 th July 1836. and of the first Section of the act, of the 3 rd of March 1837.
State of New York
Franklin County ss: On this 18 th day of January 1838 personally appeared before Caleb Smith one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Hannah Thrapp a resident of the Town of Hector in said County and State aforesaid aged eighty five years this present month who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4 th 1836, and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3 rd 1837. That she was married in the year 1769. at the age of sixteen in the Town of Withersfield in the State of Connecticut by the Revs Mr. Lockwood a Presbyterian Minister to John Burger of the said Town. That they went to Keene and resided in that Town about one or two years after which they moved into Springfield in Massachusetts where they resided for about twelve or fifteen years. That they have had thirteen Children, the oldest of which John Burger is about sixty eight or sixty nine years old. That said affiant and her husband lived together until the year 1799. when he died of a fever in Catawba County in the State of New York, being a resident at that time of Canandaigua in the State of New York, and dying from home
That while they were living in Springfield before mentioned and after the British had landed at Boston Affiant's husband enlisted as a private in Captain Samuel Flawsens Company as a volunteer to go into the service, for seven months as affiant believes, and soon after the British had shot eight men he was called on and went with said Captain Flawsens near Boston and remained there for seven months, afterwards he enlisted again she recollects for one year more

under the said Captain Flower it being she believes the next summer after after the termination of the seven months service, that he went into service under the said Captain Flower and served the said enlistment at Poughkeepsie or some where near Poughkeepsie, and believes that they served under Colonel Grangton and belonged in his Regiment That before the expiration of his years service and before he returned home, he enlisted again for three years more, but affiant does not recollect any of the Officers names he enlisted or went out under but recollects he went to the north and believes he was or acted as an Orderly Sergeant, and a part of the time was a Commissary for the sick and wounded at Albany in the State of New York, that while he was at the north had a number of Letters from him, recollects that he served the three years at the north and when he returned home the war was not to a close, That he served four years and seven months under enlistments as affiant believes, and that she has no documentary evidence of his service having had her dwelling house and all her papers burned up in it since the services were rendered That she does not know of any person who is now living that is knowing to his services, except her son John Burger may know something in relation to it, who resides in the Town of Groton in the said County of Tompkins about thirty miles distant from this affiant
She further declares, that she was married as aforesaid to the said John Burger, or John Van Burger which she supposes to be the correct name, though her husband she believes wrote his name "John Burger", in the year 1769, and whilst she was in the seventeenth year of her age, but does not recollect the month or day of the month, but believes it was in the month of September 1769, and that her said husband died in 1799, as before stated. That she was afterwards married in the said Town of Canandaigua to

Samuel Knapp sometime in the summer of 1800, who obtained a pension before he died, and knew until he died, and that she resided with the said Samuel Knapp her second husband until he died about ten years ago, and for the last eight years has resided in the Town of Hector in the County of Tompkins, where she now resides, and further that she was a widow on the 4 th day of July 1836, and still remains a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed on the 7 th day and year above written } Katharine Knapp Deponent
before me to certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Katharine Knapp and believe that on account of bodily infirmity she is unable to attend court, and and she is of good moral character
Call Smith a judge of Tompkins County Courts State of New York Tompkins County ss: Olivia Lyon of the Town of Hector in said County being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath depose & say, that she is the daughter of the above named applicant for a pension is the wife of Deacon Alexander Lyon, and daughter of the late John Burger as described in the above declaration, recollects when her father John Burger resided in Massachusetts, recollects of hearing him relate his services to old soldiers, and also recollects when he moved to Canandaigua, and that her said Father died in Canandaigua County in the year 1799, and this Deponent further says that she has heard the above declaration read & believes the matters set forth in it is true in relation to her mother being married to Samuel Knapp having visited them whilst her mother lived with the said Samuel Knapp, and have no doubt but they were married having heard them talk of it frequently that it was the case, and that He died about ten years ago, & that her Mother the above applicant was on the 4 th of July 1836, and now is a widow that she is eighty five years of age this present month she believes as she has stated in her said declaration, and this applicant further says that she

well recollects that her fathers house was destroyed by fire together with his books and papers which he had, and that it was burned whilst her father resided in Massachusetts, and deponent lived with her father at home, and it was before she was married and well recollects that he had a great many books and papers that were burnt, but deponent does not know that they contained any evidence of his services in the Revolutionary war.
Sworn to and subscribed
Olive Lyon
This 18th day of January 1838
before me, and I certify that I am
personally acquainted with the above
named Olive Lyon, and that she is
of good moral character
Calvin Smith a Judge of Tompkins County Courts State of New York
Tompkins County ss. Alexander Lyon of the town of Hector in said County being duly sworn according to law deposes and says, that he married a daughter of the late John Burger who is described in the above declaration, that deponent was well acquainted with him for about eight or ten years and have no doubt that but that the said Hannah Knapp was the lawful wife of the said John Burger, as they were respectable people and lived together as husband and wife and called each other such, that deponent knew them when they resided in Massachusetts, and that deponent married his daughter Olive about forty years ago, and never heard it doubted but that the said now Hannah Knapp was his lawful wife and widow, and believes that he died in the year 1799, of a fever in Cataraqui County County in the State of New York, that she afterwards married Samuel Knapp of Canandaigua who and has been dead about ten years, and that the said Hannah Knapp has remained a widow ever since, and that she is unable to attend court

by reason of bodily infirmity deponent believes sworn to and subscribed Alexander Lyon this 18th day of January 1838 before me, and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Alexander Lyon, and that he is of good moral character
Caleb Smith a Judge of Fountaine County Circuit

State of New York } John Burger of the Town of Boston Simpkins Co. } and County aforesaid being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose and say that he is the son of the abovenamed Applicant for a Pension and son of the late John Burger as described in the above declaration that he is sixty eight years of age the twenty ninth day of this present month — Recollects well when his Father John Burger lived in West Springfield in the State of Massachusetts also recollects when his Father enlisted into the then Great Service so called under Capt. Samuel Hovey as an orderly Sergeant and joined the Company under the Command of Colonel Grayton and Brigadier General Nickols. Recollects well the time the said John Burger joined the Company of Capt. Samuel Hovey and saw them march out of the town of West Springfield into the State of Connecticut — This deponent recollects well that his Father was at home on furlough during his service — the circumstance that makes the deponent more particularly recollect is that deponent was sent out to on Fort Leonard during his then deponents father being in the Army and when his Father returned on a furlough as above stated in this deponent was sent for to return home — This deponent well recollects when his Father returned from the Army at the expiration of his service Recollects to have heard his Father talk of being stationed at Albany and Fish Kill — while at Albany the said John Burger was in the Commissary Department and while at Fish Kill he was either Superintendent or assistant in the Hospital — This deponent further states that he has always understood that the above applicant for a Pension Hannah Knapp was the legal wife of his this deponents Father John Burger that they passed as husband and wife as long in the community as long as as to his Father the said John Burger lived This deponent further states that his Father John Burger removed from the Town of West Springfield to the Town of

Aspasia in Middlesex and from thence to Berkshire in the same State then to Norwich in the County of Chenango in the State of New York from thence to Canandaigua. From Canandaigua in the year 1799 the said John Barger went to some part of the Holland Purchase so called to look for a place and on his return home at or near the mouth of the Cattaraugus Creek not far from Lock Erie the said John Barger was taken sick and died and this deponent further says that his mother the above named Hannah Knapp was married to Samuel Knapp a resident of Canandaigua this deponent further says that he has understood from the above named Samuel Knapp and others that he the said Samuel Knapp was a prisoner for some time in the United States during the Revolution this deponent further says that according to his recollection the above named Hannah Knapp has been a widow since the death of her last husband Samuel Knapp about ten or eleven years
John Barger
Sworn and subscribed this
25 day of January 1858 before
me and I do hereby certify
that the above named John Barger is of a good moral character
Silvanus Sarna Justin Dean

State of New York } Abel Cobb of Broton and County Dompkin County } of said being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that he will be
Twenty five Years old on the second day of July next that he then appointed Enlisted into the Service of the United States on the 19 th day of March 1861 in a Corps Nathan Goodale for during the war This deponent further Says that during his Service he became acquainted with one John Burge in the Company Commanded by Capt. Brown in the 3 rd Regiment of the Massachusetts line Commanded by Col. John Grayton in Brigadier General John Nickerson's Brigade - This deponent further says that he became acquaint- ed with the aforesaid John Burge at while the Troops were stationary on the Highlands near South River was with the said John Burge on duty there and at several other places during that Campaign This deponent further states from the said John Burge that he had Enlisted into the then Young Service
Sworn and subscribed this 23 rd day of January 1858 before me and I do hereby certify that the above is true
Abel Cobb
Abel Cobb is of a good Moral Character
Silvanus Danna Justin Danna

Seriu
Abel Cobb
Given and subscribed this 23 rd day of January 1838 in and as herewith certify That the above name Abel Cobb is of a
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STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. COUNTY OF TOMPKINS, }
I, WAIT T. HUNTINGTON , Clerk of the County of Tompkins, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Silvanus Learned whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment, of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And fur- ther, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice of the Peace and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 24 th day of January 1838
W. T. Huntington
CLERK.

This is to certify That I Charles DeLand Pastor of the Regular Baptist Church in Lodi Seneca County am well acquainted with Mrs Hannah Knapp of Hector Tompkins Co NY And do hereby certify that I have the utmost confidence in her christian character and that she is a member of the Baptist Church in good standing And I am satisfied she has been such since the second year of the Revolutionary war And from the fact that no person or persons living in the capacity of husband & wife who are not lawfully married can have the membership in our denomination I am therefore satisfied she Hannah Knapp must have been the lawful wife of John Buyer as her first husband and of Samuel Knapp as her second husband - And further that Alexander Lyon whose certificate is herunto attached is a Deacon in the Church in good standing of which I am Pastor
Charles DeLand
From Josiah Ferris Hector N.Y.

Endorse with the New
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. COUNTY OF TOMPKINS, }
I, WAIT T. HUNTINGTON , Clerk of the County of Tompkins, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Caleb Smith whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment, of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a resident in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And fur- ther, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such resident and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 24 day of January 183 8 .
W. T. Huntington CLERK.
INSUR

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16319
Hannah Karsch Widow of John Oberger Sergt Penn War
Act July 4 th 86
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 408
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hannah Knapp wid of M c Burger
M c
Manner 1769
deed 1799
Allan 2 years old
Sept 1820/21 ann
no deduction
Map last line
Wolfeston
Co. Flow
Hon. J. G. Edwards
Miss Hannah Knapp
May 23

Hector N. York
May 17 th 1838
J L Edwards Esquire Sir
Your Circular addressed to Mrs. Hannah Knapp was handed to me soon after its arrival by Deacon A. Lyon her son in Law, by which it appeared Mrs. Knapp's papers were left destitute of the name of her agent. I immediately wrote informing you that I was her agent in her application to the War Department for a pension.
Not having any intimation of its being received by you write you again to inform you that I am her agent — I am yours &c
Jonah Farris
P.S. An Early decision in her case will be very desirable — J Farris

2 o Jan 77 Capt Flower, Col Greaton Det 17 Feb 78. Domic 10 March '78 dock 1 Jan '81 Sergeant

2064/26 file into Haimak Knapp's Mr. H. H. H. 9th April 1838 (Now John Born J. L. Edwards Esquire Com d of Russian Washington City

J. L. Edwards Esquire
In Sir
I am the Agent of Mrs. Hannah Knapp my name was omitted in her papers through mistake
I am respectfully yours
Jonah Ford
Hector New-York
April 6 th 1838