Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40769, Samuel Burns, Pa.

Burns, Samuel or Burnes
CONTENTS

3787.
Pennsylvania Pile
Samuel Burns, Vt Capt Pugh private.
Pennsylvania line 77 4 years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence the 23 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of October 1818 and forwarded Hiram McNeill Johnstown Penn
Arrears 6, 4th of Sep 1818 27.39 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 48.00
$75.39
3 Mons 9/31 4/30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
deed 21 October 1818
Montgomery Penn

Samuel Burns N o 23. May 1818 To Abram McNeill Normanton
admitted On Penn y Roll

On the twenty third day of May 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the associate judges of the court of common pleas, of Montgomery county, personally appears Samuel Burns aged eighty years, resident in Montgomery in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said Samuel Burns enlisted in the state of  Pennsylvania in the company commanded by captain John Hugh in the second Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line in the revolutionary army of the United States 1777 ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the year of our Lord 1781 , when he was discharged from service in Trenton in the state of New Jersey , that he was in the battles of Brandywine Germantown Monmouth and others and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Hiram McNeill
Sam Burns
I, Hiram McNeill judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Samuel Burns did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and does stand in need of the support of his country; therefore, I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of congress.
Hiram McNeill
181
Pennsylvania Montgomery County ss.
I William Powell Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for Montgomery County aforesaid do certify that Hiram McNeill before whom the above Deposition was made & taken was at the time thereof and still is an Associate Judge of the said Court by lawful Authority duly commissioned & qualified & that full faith and credit are due & of right ought to be given to all his Official acts
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court at Norristown in said County this 23 rd day of May in the year of our Lord 1818
W m Powell Prot

40,769
INVALID.
Rev
File No.
40,769
Samuel Barnes
Dr. Rev. 1820
Act:
18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol.
8
, Page
68
[Arrangement of 1870.]