Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12390, Abner Burnham, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Burnham, Abner
S. 12390
carded
CONTENTS

361
8984 New York
Amir Burnham
of Madison Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Woolcut of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hart in the Ar. new line for Enr.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of May 1833 and sent to Edward Rogers, Madison
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 40. 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 10. 00
$ 50. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 44

13. Oct
abner Barah am Meacuson 6 th Wyak
admitted.
6 mos Private.
Edward Rogers Madison N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of  Abner Burnham  of Madison Co in the State of New York.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes  3. How old is he? 77 years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776. 6 As a private Gen. Col. Guy. S. Schoolcraft Major Mott & Capt Woodcut.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Flatbush, Long Island, Harlem, Kingsbridge & White Plains N.Y.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? East Windsor Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Nicholas Loutts  Examining Clerk.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New York
Madison County ss; On this second day of October one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared before me Oliver Randall a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Madison and State of New York Abner Burnham who by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to attend court and is a resident of the town of Madison and State of New York aged seventy seven years the fifteenth day of August 1832. 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, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. Colonel Gay Lieutenant Colonel Hart Major Mott Benjamin Sallmadge adjutant Captain Samuel Woolcot Lieutenant George Charter Ensign Eaton Brigadier General Mads worth. He entered the service the fifteenth day of June 1775. by enlistment as a private and was discharged or dismissed the sixteenth day of December 1776; that he enlisted at East Windsor in Connecticut and served for six months in the state troops or continental troops and belonged if to the latter, to the Connecticut line. He was in the battle at Flatbush or Long Island, in that at Harlem Kingsbridge and White Plains in New York. He marched from East Windsor to New Haven where he embarked on board a vessel and sailed to New York where he was stationed until ordered on to Long Island he retreated to New York from New York from New York to Harlem, to Kingsbridge and then to White Plains where he was discharged after serving out his term of enlistment. Mc Douglass regiment & the Jersey Blues were stationed with them at New York He does not recollect the names of any officers except those of high grades and those of the regiment to which he belonged. He has no documentary evidence in his possession of his service and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove it.

He was born in the year 1755: on the 15 th day of August at Hartford in Connecticut -
He has no record of his age except the record kept by his father in the family bible which is in Hartford in Connecticut
He resided in East Windsor in Connecticut when he enlisted and after he was discharged until 1805. When he removed to Madison in New York where he has resided ever since and now resides.
He enlisted into the state troops of Connecticut as he supposes but is not certain whether to the state troops or Connecticut line of the continental army his regiment belonged.
He knows no regular officers except those stated above and no regiments except Mc Dougals and the Jersey Blues with whom he was stationed and no other circumstance of his service.
He received no written discharge from the service -
Sara Holmes & John Brown are neighbors who have resided for many years near him & can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution George Saylor Asher Brown and Joel Hamilton are neighbors young or middle aged men who may be called on the same purpose.
Herewith relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - Sworn and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Abner Burnham Elisha Randall a Judge of Madison Common Pleas
We John Brown a neighbor - - - - - residing in the town of Madison Sara Holmes residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abner Burnham of Madison who has submitted and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years old the fifteenth day of August 1832. that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier

of the revolution and we concur in that opinion - and we further certify that no clergyman resides in the immediate neighborhood & none who has resided in town over two years - Sworn & subscribed Ezra Holmes
The day and year aforesaid
Elisha Randall a Judge of Madison County County
John Brown
State of New York
Madison County ss: I Elisha Randall Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Madison do hereby certify and declare my opinion after 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 I further certify that it appears to me that John Brown who has signed the preceding certificate and also and that Ezra Holmes who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Madison in Madison County in the State of New York is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. And I further certify that Abner Burnham by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to attend the court at its regular term to make the declaration and answer the interrogatories required.
Elisha Randall a Judge of Madison Common Pleas
State of New York
Clerks Office, Madison County ss: I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Madison do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before the said Judge in the matter of the application of Ezra Holmes for a pension. And I further certify that Elisha Randall is a Judge of the County of Madison duly commissioned and qualified. And that I am acquaint- ed with his hand writing and verily believe the above signatures are genuine and in his hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this third day of October

in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
A. S. Hoan Clk
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JAMES W. WADSWORTH, JR., CHAIRMAN.
R. E. DEVENDORF, CLERK.
United States Senate,
COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS.
March 27, 1925.
Hon. Hays Haymaker, Acting Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Commissioner:
I do not know whether or not the records of the Pension Bureau contain the information I am seeking. If they do I would appreciate very much your courtesy in telling me what they show with respect to one Abner Burnham, who lived either in Hartford or East Windsor, Connecticut between 1755 and 1803. In the census of June 1st, 1840, Abner Burnham, at that time eighty-four years of age, was carried on the list of Revolutionary pensioners as a resident of Madison, New York, and is indicated as having entered the Army from either Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut or New York.
If the records of the Pension Bureau do not contain information of this character and you could advise me as to where it might be obtained, I would appreciate your courtesy in letting me know.
Sincerely yours,
HP

1925-Mch. 30-Hist. to Senator James W. Wadsworth Jr. AWS.
Rehran
12390 INVALID.
File No. 12,390
Alma Brunsch Prin. Rev. war.
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 52
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
March 30, 1935.
Honorable James W. Wadsworth, United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
In response to your letter of the twenty-seventh instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.12390, it appears that Abner Burnham was born August 15, 1755 at Hartford, Connecticut.
While residing at East Windsor, Connecticut, he enlisted June 15, 1776 and was a private in Captain S. Wolcott's Company, Colonel Gay's Connecticut Regiment, he was in battles at Flatbush, Harlem, Kingsbridge and White Plains, and served until December 16, 1776.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832, while a resident of Madison, New York. There is no data on file as to his family.
Very truly yours,
Acting Commissioner.