he was action as part of Sir Edward Hughes's squadron in the final engagement with the French fleet off Cuddalore on 20 June 1783.
After a force under Mariposa County Sheriff James Burney was found unequal to the task of defeating the Indians, Burney made an appeal to Governor John McDougal for help.
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Major James Burney, sheriff of Mariposa, established the Burneyville Ferry over the Stanislaus River at the site of the modern bridge in Riverbank.