Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,014, Stephen Burt, Mass.

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Burt, Stephen
S 15,014
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BW20 New York
Stephen Burt
of Hoosick in the State of New York, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain's H. Maxwell of the Reg. t commanded by Col Prescott — in the Massachusetts line for Ten months —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of — 33 Dollars 33 Cents per An. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26. day of Octo- ber 1832 and sent to John Fitch
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 — $49.99 Pensional allowance ending 4 Mar '33 16.66
$66.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 69

In Lot to Ezra Amos Esq June 2 d 1835 " " " Rufus " " " " " " N Patterson Nov 6 th 1835 " " " Elmer same date

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York
County of Rensselaer } ss On this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before Daniel Gardner Esquire Recorder of the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer aforesaid and presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayors Court in and for the City of Troy aforesaid now sitting Stephen Burt a resident of the town of Hoosick in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn ac- cording 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 he was born at Springfield in the State of Massachusetts in the year seventeen hundred and forty five. That there is a record of his age in Springfield aforesaid in the office of the Town Clerk that he has himself no record nor has he any copy of the Record at Springfield. That at the time he entered the service of the United States he was living at the town of Hawley in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts that the county is now called Hampden he believes. That he entered the service by enlisting and that he enlisted at Cambridge in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts in the last of April or first of May in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five and which of the above months, it was he cannot recollect or state neither can he recollect the precise day of the month in which he enlisted. That he enlisted as a private for eight months in a company of Infantry or called as he thinks State Troops com- manded by Captain Hugh Maxwell, the first Lieu- tenants name was Benjamin Brown and the second

Lieutenant was Cummings, his Christian name he cannot recollect. That the regiment to which he belonged was commanded by Colonel Prescott his Christian name he cannot recollect. That he was in the battle of Bunker Hill and the regiment to which he belonged was the first regiment that ascended the Hill and broke the ground that in the Battle of Bunker Hill he fought under command of General Warren who was there killed in that engagement. That he remained stationed in and about Cambridge during the whole of the eight months for which he enlisted, that he was during that enlistment in no other engagement with the enemy and that he faithfully served out the full term of eight months in the Service of the United States and was discharged on the first day of January Seventeen hundred and seventy six by his Captain Hugh Maxwell That he had a written discharge signed by him but has long since been destroyed or lost and that he has now no documentary evidence of this enlistment or service.
That he enlisted again at the same place at which he enlisted before in the last of June or the first of July in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, which of the above months it was or on what precise day of the month it was he cannot recollect or state. That he was living at the same place where he resided at the time of his first enlistment, that he enlisted for two months, the Captain who commanded the company in which he enlisted was Samuel Taylor and the Colonel's name who commanded the Regiment to which his company belonged was Woodbridge the name of any of the other officers, field or company he cannot recollect. That they marched from Charlestown in the State of Massachusetts across the country to meet General Burgoyne as far as Fort Edward

where they remained a short time and then retreated back as far as Stillwater at which place he staid in service of the United States until the said two months were expired when he was discharged he was under command of General Schuyler while at Stillwater he served as a private soldier and was discharged at Stillwater he took no discharge nor has he any document - any evidence of his enlistment or services nor does he know of any person living who knows of his serving the last two months above specified That he has lived since the Revolutionary war in the State of Massachusetts at different places until between eight and nine years ago when he removed to Pownal in the State of Vermont where he resided about eight years and removed from there to Hoosick upon said in the spring of the present year and at which place he now resides - That the names of the persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution are John B. Ryan, Jacob Chase and Stephens Rimmer and that there is no clergyman living any where within the vicinity of his residence either in the town of Hoosick or elsewhere with whom he is he not having lived long in Hoosick acquainted at all and that he is extremely poor and is entirely unable to procure the attendance the person who has signed the accompanying affidavit or of the persons whose Certificate is required in court and that one of said witnesses with whom he has been acquainted for many years that is to say Jacob Chase cannot attend in court in consequence of sickness in his family and that they all reside about twenty three miles from where the said court sits is held
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state or (if any) only on that of the agency of the state of
sworn to & subscribed } the day and year aforesaid }
Stephen Gurt
Archibald Bull Clerk

We John B Ryan and Jacob Chase residing in the town of Hoosick in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York hereby certify that we are acquainted with Stephen Burt of Hoosick  who has  subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy seven 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 6 th day of August 1832 before me General Throop and Justice Grace in & for the County of Rensselaer
Jacob Chase J B Ryan
And the said Court 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 Jacob Chase & John B Ryan who have signed the preceding certificate are each of them Residents of the town of Hoosick in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York are each of them Credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Archibald Bull Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayors Court in and for the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer aforesaid, do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Burt for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Eighth day of August 1832 -
Archibald Bull Clerk

State of New York County of Rensselaer p. 3
I Archibald Bull Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Samuel Sherwood Junr Esqr. before whom the foregoing certificates or affidavits purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the signature "Samuel Sherwood Jr." thereto subscribed to be his genuine signature
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 25 th day of August 1832.
Archibald Bull Clerk for N. Howard Junr Deputy

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I William Taylor of, Rowe in The County of Franklin, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Stephen Burt, of Hoosick in the state of N. York, and that the said Stephen Burt served as a private soldier in the Army of the American Revolution in Capt Hugh Maxwells company of Infantry in Col n Prescotts Regiment, in the year one Thousand seven hundred and seventy five, that I, the said William served in said Regiment, and was orderly sergeant in said Maxwells company, and know that the said Stephen Burt served in said company & Regiment eight months that year and was in the Battle of Bunker Hill — Witness my hand at Rowe this eighth day of February A D 1832 — William Taylor
Franklin ss - February 8 th 1832
Then William Taylor, above named person-ally appeared and made solemn oath that the above statement by him subscribed is true —
Before me — Solomon Root Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord clerk of the court of common Pleas of the said Commonwealth for the county of Franklin do certify that the within named Solomon Reed esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said county duly qualified to administer oaths and take depositions; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and I believe his name subscribed to the within affidavit to be his proper signature;
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this thirteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
E. Alvord clerk

In the matter of the Application of —
Stephen Burt for a Pension —
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I William Taylor of, Rowe in the County of Franklin, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Stephen Burt, of Hoosick in the state of N. York, and that the said Stephen Burt served as a private soldier in the Army of the American Revolution, in Capt Hugh Maxwells company of Infantry in Col n Prescotts Regiment, in the year one Thousand seven hundred and seventy five, that I the said William served in said Regiment, and was orderly sergeant in said Maxwells company, and know that the said Stephen Burt served in said company & Regiment eight months that year and was in the Battle of Bunker Hill — Witness my hand at Rowe this eighth day of February A 1832 — William Taylor
Franklin ss - February 8 th 1832
Then William Taylor, above named personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above statement by him subscribed is true —
Before me — Solomon Root Justice of Peace

3948
New York
admitted
16 mo
$ 33.33
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BRIEF in the case of Stephen Burt, - Woosick,  Co. of Russalaer — in the State of New York. (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  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.     "last of Apr. or 1 st May" In 1775 8 private Gen. Cap s H. Moxwell, Lieut. B. Brown, Col. Prescott, Genl. Warner.   "last of June or 1 st July" 1777 2 Gen. Cap s B. Taylor, Col. Woodbridge, Genl. Schuyler.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hawley, Hampshire co., Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Lawrence Examining Clerk.

86. Sur. File 15014 Rev. Mar
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Stephen Burt , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Cambridge Mass Apl or May 1775 8 mos. Pri. Hugh Maxwell Prescott Mass.   June or July 77 2 " " David Taylor 1st regt up Bunker Hill Woodbridge          
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hawley Hampshire Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 8. 1832 - allowed -
Residence at date of application, Hoosick Rensselaer Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, 6. Springfield, Mass. 1745
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.