Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1502, Josiah Burroughs, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Burroughs, Josiah
R 1502.
CONTENTS

State of New York, County of Chenango
On this third day June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, personally appeared before me D Beulah Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Sarah Smith, aged Sixty Seven years, a resident of Chenango County in the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the daughter, and the only surviving heir as the Deponent Believes of Josiah Burroughs , deceased, who was a drummer, for the space of about a year and one half, afterwards a private soldier in the company commanded by - (name not known) - in the - (not known) Regiment of - (Regiment not known) - commanded by - (Col. not known) - in the war of the Revolution, That her said father volunteered as a drummer at the commencement of the war, and served about a year & one half, and afterwards volunteered as a private at or near the town of Plymouth, in the State of Massachusetts  Massachusetts at the commencement of the war about the year 1775, for no specified term of years, and continued in actual service in said war until the close thereof and was then at that time honorably discharged , as will appear by the Muster Rolls, on file at Washington, City D.C. She further states that she has been married and that before her marriage her name was Sarah Burroughs, and that her husband's name was Israel Smith, and that her said husband died at Coventry in the year 1843 , that her father died in Canada, in the year of our Lord 1833, as also her mother died at or about the same time, and that she is still a widow. Deponent further states that her father never had any certificate of discharge, or if he did she has never seen them, and believes them to be lost.
She further states that her father never received any pay for his services as such soldier, either as monthly or as pension, and avers and believes she is justly entitled to the full amount of his pay as well as his pension up to

No 38243 Josiah Burroughs
New York
June 7, 1832
Mass
Oliver Phelps Jr Washington, D.C.
CLERK.

The year 1833. in which year her father died She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining his said pay and pension, as well as the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act passed September 28 th 1850, never having any pay either in land or money or knowing that she is entitled under any former act of Congress.
Sarah her X Smith mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the year and day above written,
Daniel Beecher Justice of the Peace

State of New-York, } ss. Chenango County Clerk's Office, }
I, NELSON PELLET, Clerk of said County, Do Certify,
That Daniel Beecher Esquire, before whom the annexed instrument was proved or acknowledged, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, duly authorized and qualified to take the same. And further, That I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the signature thereto purporting to be his, is genuine; and that the said instrument is executed in accordance with the Laws of the State of New-York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, this 6 th
day of June 1851.
N. Pellet CLERK.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES,
made by the Daughter of the party who rendered the service.
State of New York, County of Chenango Town of Conesville
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Josiah Burroughs in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire
He enlisted from the Town of Plymouth in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts in the year 1775-6 as a Private in the Company commanded by Captain (Name not known) in (Regiment) and he served as follows, * viz:—
And further that he enlisted as a drummer and served his time and afterwards enlisted as a private and served until or near the close of the war and also that he was engaged in the battle of "Bunker Hill" and
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

Also in several engagements as a or near charlstown, And that he was honorably discharged at the close of the war
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I am now Eighty eight years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this 19 th day of July A. D. 18 87 .
Sarah Smith
Signed by said Sarah Smith in my presence, Daniel Beecher } JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
BURROUGHS, JOSIAH (MASS.) R. 1502

Oliver Phelps Jr. Washington. D.C.
BURROUGHS, JOSIAH MASS. (R. 1502)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
August 7. 1857.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Josiah Burroughs (or Burrows) is borne on rolls of 8 mo. Service in 1775 in Capt. Archelaus Townes Co. Col. Bridg's Regt, rank not stated - of Derry, N.H., on the Coat roll of this Co. Nov. 20. 1775. His name is not found on rolls of 3 yrs service. —

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears: that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis Pickens Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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P. O. Frank Burroughs
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Norwich N.Y. March 15, 1852.
Commissioner of Pensions:-
Sir:-
On the 20th day of Aug. 1851 a certificate of the secretary of the State of Massachusetts of the service of Josiah Burroughs as a Revolutionary Soldier.
I would like a copy of said certificate for the purpose of making out a new declaration and if you will have one forwarded to me soon you will oblige
Yours &c.
B.G. Berry.
Norwich
Chemung Co N.Y.

Sarah Smith, one of the children of Josiah Burroughs (dec d ?) Revolution- ary service, applied under Act June 7. 1832. Letter suspen- -ding application Nov 11. 1857. addressed to Oliver Phelps Esq. Atty, from Mass. service
Ex a ● O. Phelps

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co.
Josiah Burroughs
N York
Let A. Phelps 2 Nov. 11/57 " B. G. Berry 20 Apr 52
June 7, 1832.

Aug 27. 57 Sarah Smith, widow of Josiah Burroughs Rev. Soldin,
1502
M. P. Phelps
Oliver Phelps Washington D.C.