Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25313, John Burnap, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Burnap John
W. 253/3
Burnett or
B.L.W. 24331-160-55.
Bunap or Abigail
CONTENTS

6296 Connecticut
John Burnap
of Windham in the State of Connecticut who was a priv & Sergt in the Company commanded by Captain Brant of the Regt: commanded by Col Johns on in the Connecticut line for 16 months - priv & Sergt $26.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 26 Dollars 66-Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Feby: 1833 and sent to Hon E. Young H. O. Reps
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1832 $39.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar: 1833 $13.33
$53.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Stuart Clerk Book D Vol. 3 Page 70

165-116 Act Mar. 3 June 11 th 35-5-
Abigail Barnett Barnett wid. of John Barnett hundred
Sergeant Capt. John Col. Abijah Abijah Johnson.
Ent. B. hook, Disch. 33 Rev. War
abt 160 ac. apt. 24/52 Conn July 24-1861
Nathan Fuller Scotland Conn.
Vol. B2-142.

4.209
Connecticut. Abigail Burnett. widow of John Burnett who served in the Revolution-
Nathan Fuller March 16, 1857-
ary war, as a priv. & Serg t
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26. Dollars 66. Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 5 th day of June 1854. and sent to
Nathan Fuller. Scotland, N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 67 1/2 Vol. A
Key 3 mar 53-165116
8 3 45
(32)

In order to obtain the benefit of the 2 d section of the act of 3 d February 1853 State of Connecticut Windham Probate District on this 7 th day of March A D 1854 personally appeared before said court Abigail Burnett a resident of said Windham in said state aged seventy five years who first being duly sworn according to law, cloth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolution- ary war; that she is the widow of John Burnet who was a private in the war of the Revolution and performed as such private six months since for which he received a pension She further declares that she was married to the said John Burnett on the 29 th day of February, eighteen hundred and twenty four and her said husband died on the ninth day of February eighteen hundred and forty. That she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time stated above She further declares that she is now a widow
Abigail Burnett
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and within year above written before said court
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court
Caleb Hebbard Judge
the erasures and interlineation were made before signing

Scotland Feb. 21 st 1857
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
I see a notice in my paper that the Court of Claims has decided that pensions under the act of 1853 are payable from March 4 th 1848. Mrs Abigail Burnett widow of John Burnett drew a pension from 1853 up to last March. She deceased last May. My object is to enquire whether her heirs can draw the arrearages back from 1848 up to 1853 in answering which you will oblige your very humble Servant
Nathan Fuller

Declaration of John Burnah of Windham for a pension
Office
July 28 1832
Pr. 2 mo. 2      $26:66 per Sergt. 4 mo. amt
E Young

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of Windham } ss.
Windham July 28 th 1832
On this 28 day of July 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Hon Probate Court for the District of Windham in the county of Windham and state of Connecticut, now sitting, John Burnap - a resident of Windham in the county of Windham and state of Connecticut, aged Seventy Five years, and 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 enlisted in June 1776 for four months to go to Ticonderoga under Lt Ebenezer Robinson 2 nd Lt Sanford Kingsbury - and procured a substitute to perform the duty in his name and said services were done by said substitute in his name
2 nd Campaign He was drafted to go to Providence in year 1776 & 1777 - He was drafted to go to Providence R.I. for two or three months under Capt Jonathan Rudd's Company & in Genl Spencer's Brigade where he served said campaign until he was mutually discharged
3 rd Campaign Drafted in 1777 for four months and served as Sergeant in the Company commanded by Capt Moses Branch 1 st Lt Berge 2 nd Lt Ebenezer Lothrop and stationed at Providence R.I. He states that he has no documentary evidence to prove his services except a Sergeant's Warrant executed during the 3 rd Campaign which is hereunto annexed also he has no personal testimony except the deposition hereunto annexed he was born in Windham April 28 1757 and that he has no records except the town records he lived in Windham when he went into the service and has lived in Windham since the Revolution
He hereby 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 to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
John Burnap
We, Waterman C. Clark Select Men a clergyman residing of the town of Windham and Samuel Gray residing in said Windham hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Mr John Burnap who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 75 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.
2 nd day of July 1833 Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Waterman C. Clark
Samuel Gray

This may certify that I James Burnham of Hampton in the County of Windham under Oaths in open Court say that I was personally knowing to the service of Mr John Burnham being performed by him at Providence in the year 1776 & 1777 personally as stated by him and that said Burnham's statements in relation to said services are correct I sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid — James Burnham
This may certify that I Sibra Manning of Windham under oaths in open Court say that I personally performed the service with Mr John Burnham in year 1777 in Nassau Branch Cambridge and that said Burnham's statements in relation to said services are correct I sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid — Sibray Manning
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 the certificates of James Burnham & Sibray Manning of Windham which are signed by the gentlemen are entitled to credit they being credible persons —
I, Thomas Gray clerk of the of Probate for the District of Windham open and Court in the county of Windham do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of John Burnham — for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 23 d day of July — A. D. 1832,
Thomas Gray Clerk

165.116.
Off. Ch. Mi: in other cases. N. Y. 1/16/74

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Windham June 7 th 1855 COUNTY OF Windham }
On this Seventh day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared Justice of the Peace before me, a Notary Public, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Abigail Burnett aged Seventy Six years, a resident of Windham in the State of Connecticut, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Burnett deceased, who was a Private & Sergeant in the Company commanded by in the revolutionary war and is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty six dollars sixty Six cents per annum in the regiment of commanded by as appears by her certificate signed by R. M. Ellicard Secretary of the interior in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812, and examined & countersigned by L. P. Waldo Commissioner of pensions that her said husband at
on, or about the day of A. D. for the term of and was honorably discharged at
on the day of A. D. as will appear by the muster rolls of said
She further states that she was married to the said John Burnett in Plainfield on the 29 th day of February A. D. 1824 by one Roswell Whitmore a clergymen and that her name before her said marriage was Abigail Harrington that her said husband died at Windham on the 9 th day of February A. D. 1840 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855. She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
Abigail Burnett.
We, Nathan Fuller and Elizabeth H Fuller residents of Windham in the State of Connecticut, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Abigail Burnett in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Nathan Fuller Elizabeth H Fuller
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Lephanah Palmer Justice of the Peace Notary Public

Windham April 6 th 1854
This may certify that I find the name of John Burnap upon the records of the 2 nd Ecclesiastical Society of the Town of Windham, in several places from 1792 to 1807 — It was changed on the records to Burnet the last mentioned year, and is written Burnet in several places since 1807 — I can further certify that the above-mentioned names Burnap and Burnet, refer to one and the same person.
Attest Calvin B. Brumley Clerk of the 2 nd Ecclesiastical Society of Windham
State of Connecticut
Windham County ss April 6 th 1854
Personally appeared Calvin B Brumley signer of the foregoing certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the statements therein contained before me
Leaphaniah Palmer Justice of the Peace for the County of Windham
I further certify that the above named Calvin B Brumley is a respectable person and that his statements are entitled to credit
Leaphaniah Palmer Justice of Peace

Large WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25813
Abigail Burnett Wid. of John Burnett Sergt. Penna.
Act Feb. 3 rd 1853.
Index: Vol A , Page 107
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Wolfram

No 4451
Abigail Burnett Widow of John
Lt to C. Webberd March 24/34
Oct / 55

P. Pension Office March 28/54
Sir: Please report time of last payment to, or death of within named pensioner
Yours. &c &c
H Burt Esq. Secy 3 Aud for Comm.
Present.
John Burnap, Act 1832 $26.66 per Ann. Recd 9th Feb. 1840. paid.
H Burt Auditor

John Burnap, Burnett or Burnap. W 26313 Conn.

Obadiah Johnson Esq d C o of a Regiment of Militia from the State of Connecticut Now in Service in the State of Rhode Island.
To John Burnap Greeting
Depending on your Military skill, Patriotism, Courage and good Conduct, I do by these presents constitute and appoint you the said John Burnap to be the Fourth Serjeant in the Third Company of my Regiment, during the continuance of said Regiment in said Service. And I do hereby Authorise and Impower you to execute that Trust, and exercise yourself in that office in A due and faithfull Discharge of all the duties thereof. Which you are carefully and diligently to attend upon as a Serjeant, and according to the Rules and Discipline of War, for which this shall be your Sufficient Warrant. Given under my hand in Providence Camp this 24 th Day of February, Anno Domini 1778.
Obadiah Johnson Col o

Brief in the case of Abigail Burnett, Wid: of John Windham County and State of Ch: act 3 d Feby: 1853.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of June, 1832. Marriage proven by Magistrate who performed the service, & three witnesses to general reputation of Marriage & Cohabitation. (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Nathan Fuller Esq. Scotland,
Name and residence of Agent
Ch:
J. B. Smith Examining Clerk.

Scotland 7 th June 1855
Hon. L P Saldo
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send application for Mrs Abigail Burnett widow of John Burnett decd to obtain the bounty lateral under act passed 3 rd March last
To conform to the very letter of the blank in her case would be impossible but the fact that she is now drawing a pension as certified in the application I think must be sufficient proof that she is entitled to the benefit of said act
Very Resp
Your Ob t Servant Nathan Dutton

I Isaac Palmer of Windham in the county of Windham and state of Connecticut of the age of eighty one years, do testify and say that I have known Mr John Burnett or Burnap the late husband of Mrs Abigail Burnett a claimant for a pension since my earliest recollection of any person living, in the neighborhood of my parents, and I recollect of his serving in the war of the revolution, but how long I do not know, and that some fifty years since I with Mr Burnett or Burnap purchased a piece of land together and in taking the deed he observed that he had changed the spelling of his name from Burnap to Burnett and have reason to believe that Mr Burnett or Burnap drew a pension for his services as a soldier in the war of the revolution and I have never known any other person in this town by the name of John Burnett or Burnap but the late husband of Mrs Abigail Burnett, and further the deponent saith not
Isaac Palmer mark
State of Connecticut, Windham County ss
Be it known that on the 6 th day of April 1859
Personally appeared Isaac Palmer before the subscriber a justice of the peace within and for said county and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed sworn to and subscribed the day and year above mentioned and I further state that the above named Isaac Palmer is a person well known to me and that his testimony is entitled to full credit
before Calvin Hubbard justice of peace

I Bathiah Robinson of Windham in the county of Windham and state of Connecticut aged seventy eight years do testify and say that I have known Mr John Burnett the late husband of Mrs Abigail Burnett a claimant for a pension from my youth to the time of his death I recollect of his going in to the army of the Protection and at the time of his going his mother called on the mother of the claimant to get a blanket for John as the blankets of Mrs Burnett not so warm as the blankets of the claimants mother, and when the blanket was returned there was a ball hole there the blanket same, I have been informed that Mr John Burnett received a pension from the government for his services and I have never known any person in the town of Windham by the name of John Burnett or Burnap but the late husband of Mrs Abigail Burnett Bathiah and Robinson mark
State of Connecticut to Windham county ss Be it known that on the 6 th day of April 1854 Personally appeared Bathiah Robinson before the subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for said county and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above deposition by her subscribed sworn and subscribed the day and year above mention- ed and I further state that Mrs Bathiah Robinson is a person well known to me and that her testimony is in all respects full and true Calvin Hubbard justice of Peace

Dear Sir
With regard to the discrepancy of Mr Burnet's name you will see by the testimony of Mr Palmer and Mrs Robison who were were almost cotemporary with him (being but little younger) and always living in the same neighborhood that he is the same John Burnap whose name is on the pension list as a soldier of the revolution and further I send a certificate from the Clerk of the Ecclesiastical Society of Scotland or 2 nd Ecclesiastical Society of Hindhorn that his name was formerly spelt Burnap and he changed it in 1807 and spelt it afterwards Burnet. He applied for his pension by the name of Burnap probably to have it accord with the name on the Militia roll of the revolution.
Respectfully Yours
Nathan Fuller
Scotland April 7 th 1854
Hon. Loren P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions

This certificate All, whom it may concern, that I Roswell Whitmore, a Minister of the Gospel in the Town of Killings County of Windham and State of Connecticut did on the 29 of February 1854 join in marriage John Barnet of Windham and Abigail Harrington of Plainfield Killings February 20 th 1854 Roswell Whitmore
State of Connecticut } p. February 20 th A.D. 1854. Windham County }
Then personally appeared Roswell Whit- more a Minister of the Gospel who hath sub- scribed the foregoing Certificate and made sub- oath to the truth of the same before me. and I do hereby certify that the said Roswell Whit- more is a credible person.
Earle Martin Justice of the Peace

I Calvin Brumley of Windham in the county of Windham and state of Connecticut of the age of forty three years do testify and say that I am a Physician, and attended upon John Bennett of said Windham in his last sickness, who was a revolutionary pensioner, and that Mrs Abigail Bennett who is an applicant for a pension was at the time of her death the effective wife of the said Bennett and lived with him at the time of his death and is at this time his widow.
Calvin B Brumley
State of Connecticut Windham County ss Be it known that on the 7 th day of March A D 1854 personally appeared Calvin B Brumley before the subscriber a justice of the peace within and for said county and made oath in due form of law to the above deposition by him subscribed, sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before me Calvin Hubbard justice of peace
And I further state that the above named Calvin B Brumley is a person well known to me and that his testimony is entitled to full credit
Calvin Hubbard justice of peace

I Ebenezer Barstow of Windham in the county of Windham and state of Connecticut of the age of sixty five years do testify and say that I was well acquainted with John Burnett late of said Windham deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner, for many years before his death, and that Mrs Abigail Burnett who is an applicant for a pension lived with said Burnett as his reputed wife for a time of fifteen years or more and she resided with him at the time of his death and is at this time his widow
Ebenezer Barstow
State of Connecticut Windham County ss. Be it known that on the 7 th day of March A D 1854 before the subscriber a justice of the peace within and for said county personally appeared Ebenezer Barstow the signer of the foregoing deposition, and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the same sworn and subscribed the day and year above mentioned before me Calvin Hubbard justice of the peace
And I further state that the above named Ebenezer Barstow is a person well to me and that his testimony is entitled to full credit
Calvin Hubbard justice of the peace

State of Connecticut } W Windham Jan. 14. 1833. County of Windham }
Personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of Windham Mr. John Bunnap of said Windham and after being sworn according to law doth make the following declaration in addition to what he has before made in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7. 1832. Alike.
That in the month of June 1776. He enlisted for four months under Lieut Sanford Kingsbury and Lieut Abner Robinson, and afterwards hired a substitute to person the duty in his name and that said substitute did person the duty for him and in his name.
2 d Campaign He was drafted some time in the month of November 1776 from the Militia of the State of Connecticut and was in Capt. Ezra Rudds Company & Eleazar Sattorp was an lieutenant, and we marched from Windham thro Plainfield & Wolston to Providence & when we arrived at Providence we were stationed on this side of the river in the back part of the town. Genl. Spencer had the chief command; while we were there, there was an alarm & a story that the British had left Newport & were coming up the river; some of our company & others were detached to go and meet them & went down the river.

Some miles but returned without meeting them I think this campaign was for three months & I am certain I served at least two months & was dismissed & returned home in the winter.
3 d Campaign, He was drafted for the militia of the State of Connecticut in the month of Decem r . 1777 for a term of four or five months I cannot now recollect which, and was a Sergeant in Capt. Moses Bronson's Company of Plainfield; our Ser t name was Birge of Canterbury & 2 d Ser t was Ebenezer Sattler of Windham. Our Ensign was Suckerman of Voluntown we joined Capt. Bronson Providence after having at Plainfield & marched to Providence R. Island and we were there in Providence under the Mas- sachusetts troops; our Regimental officers had not arrived; when they came, our company was in Col o Obadiah Johnson Regiment & in Gen t . Spencer Brigade; we were stationed up up near Mill bridge on the hill near the road to Boston were quartered in a house belonging to an Olney we were called in to relieve the Massachusetts forces, that were there & not long after we were there, much larger drafts of militia were sent down from Connecticut — That he served there at Providence in this campaign 4 1/2 months as he thinks, but is confident that he served at least four months — Soon thereafter the war and year after
John Burnap

State of Connecticut } do Windham Jan'y 14. 1833 County of Windham }
Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for The District of Windham. Mr. Lockem Waldo of S d Windham aged after being sworn according to law in open Court deposes and says, that he is seventy six years old. That in the month of November 1776 he was drafted for a two months tour from the militia of S d State in Capt Jonathan Rudds Company in which Eben Sattorp was Lieut & Sam l Baker ensign. & we marched thro Plainfield & Voluntown to Providence & we were stationed in the back street on this side of the river & quartered at Nicholas Clarks
There was an alarm while we were in Providence we went down the river to meet the British coming up from Newport but they did not come up & we returned - Gen l
Shelton was an General that had the command Mr. John Burnett was in the same Company with me & served in said campaign with me & was discharged together -
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Lockem Waldo
And the said Court hereby certify & declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department

That the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier served as he states, & the Court further certifies John Burnham who subscribed That Mr. Zachem Waldo who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing deposition is well known to this Court & is a credible person & his statements are entitled to full credit - Given under my hand & the seal of said Court ?
And the S d Court hereby certify That Waterman C. Clark who has signed & sworn to the certificate on the first page of the original application is a Select Men of S d Town of Windham and that Sam l . Gray Esq r who has subscribed & sworn to the same is a resident of S d Town of Windham well known to this Court & are credible persons & their statements are entitled to full credit -
I Thomas Gray Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Windham do hereby certify that the foregoing thereto annexed contain the original proceedings of the S d Court in the matter of the application of Mr. John Burnham for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 2 d day of Feb y AD 1833
Thomas Gray Clerk

State of Connecticut } County of Windham } At Windham Aug. 30 th 1833.
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County of Windham Mr. Seabury Mann being a resident of Windham and after being sworn according to Law depose & says. That he is Seventy years old. That in the month of December 1777 he entered the service as a substitute for Saml. Huggins now dead - who was, drafted from the militia of the State of Connecticut for a term of duty in Rhode Island and was in Capt Moses Branch's company of Plainfield. On Sept. was Joseph Birge of Canterbury P.Q. Lieut was Eben Sattuck of Windham and Ensign was Isaac Tuckerman of Colinton, we marched to Providence and were in Col. Obediah Johnson Regiment & in Gen. Spencer's Brigade - we were stationed up near Mill Bridge in Providence near the road to Boston on the hill, and had our quarters in the Olney house. That Mr. John Brown of Windham was with him in S d Company in that campaign & served during the time that he was in said campaign - at least three months & he thinks about four months, but is not confident as to the exact time. - Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in presence of Seabury Mann Thomas Gray Gamble Manning

State of Connecticut County of Windham } } Hampton Jan 30. 1833
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of The Peace for the County of Windham Elder James Burnham of Hampton aforesaid and after being sworn according to law deposes & says that he is seventy three years old. That in the month of November 1776 he was drafted under Capt Jonathan Ridd of Windham and did a tour of duty in Rhode Island, that Ebenezer Gatlin was Lieut & Saml Baker Ensign in P o Company That they went thro Plainfield and Voluntown to Providence & recollect, that they halted some time in Voluntown, and after we arrived at Providence we were stationed on the west side of the river in the back part of the town in a back street & quartered at a house belonging to one Nicholas Clark, and he well recollects the house very cold the weather was when standing a guard that winter - Genl. Spencer had the command -
He further states that Mr. John Burnham of said Windham was in P o Company & served in said cam- paign at least two months, & he thinks more & that he was well acquainted with S o Burnham & has been since - Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Signed in presence of Thomas Gray Capt James Burnham
James Burnham
Absent

I hereby certify that Mr. Seabury Manning of Windham & Elder James Burnham of Hampton in the County of Windham are persons to me well known and are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit, and that the foregoing deposition by them subscribed & sworn to were by me taken and hereto attached
Thomas Gray Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut } County of Windham } S. Windham. Feb. 4 th 1833
I Joel W. White Notary Public do hereby certify that Thomas Gray before whom the preceding deposition of Seabury Manning & Elder James Burnham were executed is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Windham and I believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine — In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 4 th day of Feb. A.D. 1833.
Joel W. White Notary Public