Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34135, Joseph Burnham, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Burnham, Joseph
S. 34135
CONTENTS

34 135 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34 135
Joseph Burnham Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 99
[Arrangement of 1870.]

7345
Massachusetts
Joseph Burnham
of Ipswich in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Massachusetts Line, for the term of 6 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of March 1819 and sent to W m Wetmore Esq r Boston
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 mos 30 d. 25 3/4 87.69 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Sep r 1819. 48-
$135.69
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
October 18. 1820 to M rs Mary Burnham Jethro's Jethro's

✓ Jos. Burnham priv 2 In Jackson M ap Reg 3 . 77-83 — 6 April 1818
see Roles
Correct by Roll
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Subs. July the N ap . Chaske Young
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State of Massachusetts
I Joseph Burnham a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Ipswich in the County of Essex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the month of March in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred & seventy seven
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the close of the Revolutionary war
as a Private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Company of Captain John Burnham in Colonel Michael Jacksons Regiment in the Massachusetts line of the Army
and that I left the service on the termination of the war as aforesaid being then honorably discharged
and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of seventy three years. My discharge is lost by lapse of time & I have not any other evidence to offer than is herewith exhibited
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
JOSEPH BURNHAM
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit within the State aforesaid & presiding pro hac vice
the abovenamed Joseph Burnham and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true In testimony
Wherefore I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court
Wm Wetmore
paper

345.
Joseph Burnham Atty
March 1819
Birt 25 Jp 1820
Am
Mr.
on this
the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex,
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
my seal in the presence of the said Court.
The seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, is
hereby certified. Given under my hand and seal this 25th day of
March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
twenty.
JOSEPH BURNHAM, Clerk of the said Court.
Attest: JOHN D. DICKINSON, Judge of said Court.
JOHN D. DICKINSON, Judge of said Court.
JOSEPH BURNHAM, Clerk of said Court.
JOHN D. DICKINSON, Judge of said Court.
JOSEPH BURNHAM, Clerk of said Court.
JOHN D. DICKINSON, Judge of said Court.
JOSEPH BURNHAM, Clerk of said Court.
JOHN D. DICKINSON, Judge of said Court.
JOSEPH BURNHAM, Clerk of said Court.
JOHN D. DICKINSON, Judge of said Court.
JOSEPH BURNHAM, Clerk of said Court.
JOHN D. DICKINSON, Judge of said Court.
JOSEPH BURNHAM, Clerk of said Court.
JOHN D. DICKINSON, Judge of said Court.
JOSEPH BURNHAM, Clerk of said Court.
JOHN D. DICKINSON, Judge of said Court.
JOSEPH BURNHAM, Clerk of said Court.
JOHN D. DICKINSON, Judge of said Court.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Joseph Burnham resident in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. #345 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Joseph Burnham — late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the sixth day of April — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ."
***** * L. S. * *****
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this sixth day of March — one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ."
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
No real estate.
Personal estate exclusive of bedding and wearing apparel
Six chairs 3 dolls. 1 table 1 doll. one pot } $5.50 and teakettle 1 dollar 6 knives & forks 50 cts }
He enlisted in March 1777 during the war in Capt. John Burnham's Company & Col. Michael Jackson's Regiment in the Massachusetts line on the Continental establishment and served until the peace and was discharged in June 1783.
He also served in Capt. Daniel Geddings' Company in the year 1776 about nine months at Gloucester. was in the battles at the taking of Burgoyne & his army at Stony Point.

He is aged Seventy seven years. unable to labour. his wife Margaret is aged Seventy Seven and from age and infirmity unable to labour.
His family consists of himself wife and a daughter aged forty years & is their only help.
Joseph Burnham.
Essex ss. July 12. 1820. Then the above named Joseph Burnham made oath the above schedule and statement by him subscribed are true, before me ——— Stephen Minot, Judge of said Court.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Joseph Burnham do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Joseph Burnham.
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Joseph Burnham took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
Stephen Minot , Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
five dollars fifty cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July — A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk,

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Durnham, Joseph GRADE Private LINE New Hampshire
WARRANT NUMBER 2932 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 17, 1790
to Benjamin T. (or J.) Gilman, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.