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    1. Capt John Burt, Windham 1775
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    3. Hi Richard, Listed below are: Arlington, Bennington County; Rutland, Rutland County; Sunderland, Bennington County; and Townshend, Windham County, Vt. and surnames: ALLEN, BURT, FLETCHER, JOHNSON, PATTERSON, PETTY, SMITH, and WILLIAMS. "[300] A payroll of the Company commanded by Capt. John Petty in Col. William Williams' Regiment of Militia in the State of Vermont. 1771 Name: John Burt, Lt. Entered: Aug. 29 for 40 days. Putney, Vt. 3rd Sept. 1778. Recd. of Ira Allen, Esq. Treasurer..." page 35 ================================== "[61, see next roll] [Capt. John Burt's Company] Name: Capt. John Burt Entered: April 24 Discharged: June 30 Days in service: 68 Amount of pay: 6.16.0." [6 pounds, 16 shillings] Treasury Office, Arlington, June 30, 1779. Recd. of Ira Allen Esq., Treasurer... John Burt, Capt." page 119 =================================="[61, see preceding roll] A payroll of Capt. John Burt's Company, being a draft from Col. Samuel Fletcher's Regiment of Militia...being posted at Rutland in the year 1779. Name: Capt. John Burt Entered: April 26 Discharged: June 30 Days in service: 66 Pay and subsistence per month: 18.0.0 Amount of pay and subsistence: 89.12.0 Miles travel: 140 Amt. travel: 0.13.8 Total paid: 40.3.8. Treasury Office, Sunderland, May 18, 1786. Recd. of the Treasurer the contents of the above order. Noah Smith The amount of this roll paid to Col. Fletcher for Capt. Burt by Noah Smith." John Burt, Capt." pages 121 and 122 =================================="[143] A Payroll of Capt. John Burt's Company in Col. Samuel Fletcher's Regiment of Militia, for service done the month of March, 1781, both days included. Name: Capt. Burt When marched: 11th When returned: 12th Days: 2 Amount wages: 10.8 No. miles out at 4d per mile: 4 Amount mileage and rations: 7.8 Total 0.18.4. Arlington, Aug. 13, 1781. Received of the Treasurer the contents of the above order. John Burt." pages 348 and 349 =================================="[527] William Johnson-allowed for six weeks service done at Rutland in the summer of 1779 under Capt. John Burt, 67.10.0." page 800 ==================================[[527] "An account of the time spent by each company in Col. Fletchers Regiment in taking and guarding Col. Patterson and others when ordered by the High Sheriff May 28, 1779; on which 'Capt. John Burt's Company of Townshend' are allowed for 13 men from 1 to 8 days service"... page 801. Source is "ROLLS OF VERMONT SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 175-1783", prepared and published under the direction of Major General Martha T. Rainville, The Adjutant General, Vermont, Camp Johnson, Colchester, Vermont, 1998, Volumes 1 and 2. Transcribed by Jan Jordan <<In genealogy of B.J.Kendall and it states the following: CAPTAIN JOHN BURT possibly of Windham, Vt. (Great-Grandfather of B. J. Kendall) -Captain of the Revolutionary Army; for his services the Government gave him a large tract of land in Franklin County, embracing part of the towns of Sheldon, Franklin and Enosburg, Vt. His children were Benjamin, Sybil, Alpheus, John and Joseph. Richard rkendall@twcny.rr.com>>

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