From the Big Sandy News dated Friday July 1, 1914
".....Jeremiah Burns was a soldier of the history-making War of the Revolution. He enlisted June 1776, served three years and was discharged soon after the Battle of York. Among other battles and skirmishes, Mr. Burns fought in the Battles of Germantown, Monmouth and at the siege of Yorktown.
At the time of enlistment, Mr. Burns was living in Bedford County, Virginia. The Old Soldier's second wife was Elizabeth Rowland. She is buried in what is known as the Widow Jones Graveyard, this city.
....The old soldier was buried on East Fork, Boyd County.
The foregoing facts are embodied in the war records of Mr. Burns and kept in the Department of the Interior at Washington; a copy of which is in possession of M. S. Burns, a great grandson of the soldier of the long ago."
***According to the National Society of Sons of the American Revolution it is stated that he died in Greenup County (which is now Lawrence County) on 13 Nov 1824.
".....Jeremiah Burns was a soldier of the history-making War of the Revolution. He enlisted June 1776, served three years and was discharged soon after the Battle of York. Among other battles and skirmishes, Mr. Burns fought in the Battles of Germantown, Monmouth and at the siege of Yorktown.
At the time of enlistment, Mr. Burns was living in Bedford County, Virginia. The Old Soldier's second wife was Elizabeth Rowland. She is buried in what is known as the Widow Jones Graveyard, this city.
....The old soldier was buried on East Fork, Boyd County.
The foregoing facts are embodied in the war records of Mr. Burns and kept in the Department of the Interior at Washington; a copy of which is in possession of M. S. Burns, a great grandson of the soldier of the long ago."
***According to the National Society of Sons of the American Revolution it is stated that he died in Greenup County (which is now Lawrence County) on 13 Nov 1824.
From the Big Sandy News dated Friday July 1, 1914
".....Jeremiah Burns was a soldier of the history-making War of the Revolution. He enlisted June 1776, served three years and was discharged soon after the Battle of York. Among other battles and skirmishes, Mr. Burns fought in the Battles of Germantown, Monmouth and at the siege of Yorktown.
At the time of enlistment, Mr. Burns was living in Bedford County, Virginia. The Old Soldier's second wife was Elizabeth Rowland. She is buried in what is known as the Widow Jones Graveyard, this city.
....The old soldier was buried on East Fork, Boyd County.
The foregoing facts are embodied in the war records of Mr. Burns and kept in the Department of the Interior at Washington; a copy of which is in possession of M. S. Burns, a great grandson of the soldier of the long ago."
***According to the National Society of Sons of the American Revolution it is stated that he died in Greenup County (which is now Lawrence County) on 13 Nov 1824.
".....Jeremiah Burns was a soldier of the history-making War of the Revolution. He enlisted June 1776, served three years and was discharged soon after the Battle of York. Among other battles and skirmishes, Mr. Burns fought in the Battles of Germantown, Monmouth and at the siege of Yorktown.
At the time of enlistment, Mr. Burns was living in Bedford County, Virginia. The Old Soldier's second wife was Elizabeth Rowland. She is buried in what is known as the Widow Jones Graveyard, this city.
....The old soldier was buried on East Fork, Boyd County.
The foregoing facts are embodied in the war records of Mr. Burns and kept in the Department of the Interior at Washington; a copy of which is in possession of M. S. Burns, a great grandson of the soldier of the long ago."
***According to the National Society of Sons of the American Revolution it is stated that he died in Greenup County (which is now Lawrence County) on 13 Nov 1824.
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