Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12387, Elijah Buck, Conn. Mass
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SERVICE
Conn
Mass

Buck, Elijah

NUMBER
S. 12387
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Albany, NY No.18506
Elijah Buck
...in the State of Vermont
who was a Private in the company commanded
Captain Warner of the Reg commanded 
Col. Whitney in the Troops for 2 years

Mass. and Conn.
Records completed Nov. 13

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
the state of   80 Dollars    Cents per 
commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension 7th day of Sept 1833 
and sent to P White

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833           200.00 

Semi anl allowance ending March 1934  40.00
                                                                $240.00 

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk

Book E Vol.3 Page 53
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No.50 Windham County, Vermont
Elijah Buck  for Pensions
August 1832.
No 5202
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STATE OF VERMONT, 
County of Windham,
Probate District of (illegible)                                                         

At the Probate Court, within and for said District, being a Court of Record
 
On this Second day of August A.D 1832
Personally appeared in open Court At Brattleboro in said District 

Before the said Probate Court, within and for said District, now sitting, Elijah Buck a resident of Dummerston in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832-That he entered into the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated
 
He declares and says that in the month of march 177X at (illegible) into Capt. Warners company in (illegible) commanded by Col. (illegible) Whitney

(Illegible)

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he answers, upon his said oath as follows:

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3.
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7. He names Col. Nathan Miller of Brattleboro in said County and Nathan Adams of Dummerston (illegible)

Signature: Elijah Buck 

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

Marshall Miller Judge of Probate

We Col Nathan Miller residing in the town of Brattleboro in said County and Nathan Adams of Dummerston in said (illegible) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Elijah Buck who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy-two years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Signature: Nathan Miller
Signature: Nathan Adams

Sworn, to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid

Marshall Miller Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a 
revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Col. Nathan Miller who has signed the preceding certificate, is a 
resident in the said town of Brattleboro and that Nathan Adams who has also signed the same, is a resident of Dummerston in said county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I James Elliot, Register of the Probate  Court, within and for the District of (illegible) aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing 
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elijah Buck for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this second day of August A.D. 1832

James Elliot Prob. Register
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Albany, NY No.18506
Elijah Buck
Hurdham Co in the State of Vermont
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Warner in the company commanded by Col Whitney in the (illegible) Troops for 2 years

Mass and Conn.
Records completed Nov 13

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
(illegible) the rate of 80 dollars 0 cents per (illegible) to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension (illegible) the 7th day of Sept. 1833 and sent to P.White

Arrears to the 4th day of Sept. 1833  200.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Mach 1834 40.00
$240.00

Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by D.Brown Clerk
Book E. vol.3 Page 53
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New certificate (illegible) and for (illegible) Hon. H. Hall (illegible) march 26 1835

Letter to H. B Northup 23 march 18XX
(illegible)
13th april 1841
To Albany, NY from 4 Sept 1840
19 May 1841 modification to A.B. Northup Sandy Hill, NY
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Elijah Buck

Return to Rufus Barton, Ludlow Vermont

(illegible)

Entered August 2, 1779 for 6 mos.

(illegible)  25 1780
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State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County SS
On this 17 Day of October A.D. 1822 Personally appeared before the Superior Court for the County of Cheshire in open Court sd Court being a Court of Record agreeably to an act of the Legislature of the State of New hampshire Elijah Buck Resident of Hindsdale in the County of Cheshire aged sixty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows he enlisted in the month of July in 1779 for the Town of Tolland in the State of Connecticut for one year in the service of the United States and served in Capt. Persons Company. the Regiment when I joined was commanded by Conlanul Samuel Webb then by Conlanal Sherman and after by Conlonal Hoyt, Conlonal Hoyt commanded when I left the army. I joined the army at west point then went to Horsneck and wintinto and served my time out and was honorably Discharged at Morristown and my discharge being lost I have it not in my power to prove my service only by the depositions of Adomiram Benton of Surry in Cheshire County State of Newhampshire and Andrew Bradford of Ludlow in Windsor County and State of Vermont And I do hereby swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 Day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by Gift, sale, or in any manner 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 18 day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or Securities contract of debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed - (viz)
Iron Ware $3.25
Tin Ware 75
Glass Ware 50
Shoemaker's tools 2.50
Wooden Ware $1.20
Table Furniture 2.50
Brown Earthan  1.00
$11.70
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I have a wife named Lois Buck aged sixty two years and I am by trade a shoemaker and am not able to labour but a little on account of my health and that the said Elijah Buck did make his application the ninth day of April 1818 for a pension before Phinehas White of Putney, in the County of Windham and State of Vermont Judge of all the Courts for for said County of Windham and the Return from war Department was lack of evidence and said paper being mislaid or lost cannot be found
[signed] Elijah Buck
Sworn to and declared at Keene in said county at October Term of said Superior Court of Jurisdiction before
Levi Woodbury
Samuel Green 
Justices
Attest [signed] S. Hale Clerk

I Salma Hale Clerk of the Superior Court Judistory for the County of Cheshire, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the 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 in the aforesaid schedule, is eleven dollars and seventy cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 22 day of October A.D. 1822
[signed] S. Hale Clerk of the said Court.
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.

State of New York

County of Washington

On this third day of April 18xx

before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Washington personally appeared Elijah Buck who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to Company commanded by Captain William Warner in the Regiment commanded by Colonel (illegible) in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Vermont from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of New York Washington county where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Brattleborough State of Vermont to Kingsbury Washington county State of New York

He has herefore (illegible) with Betsey Bemus his daughter and Sanford Buck his son who reside in Kingsbury aforesaid having invited them to come to Kingsbury and spend the remainder of his days with the (illegible) he has (illegible) from (illegible) aforesaid to Kingsbury Washington County aforesaid with the (illegible) of completing (illegible) that said (illegible) Pension (illegible) in dated March (illegible) 1835 (illegible) "18506"

Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid, Signature: Elijah Buck
Henry B Northup
Justice of the Peace

The other to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the other is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his genuine.

The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate  of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers-In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of paper or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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State of New York
Washington County 

On this third day of April 1841 before me the (illegible) a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Washington aforesaid personally appeared Sanford Buck of Kingsley in said County and being by me first duly sworn saith that he is the (illegible) of the son of the within named pensioner Elijah Buck and (illegible)that the (illegible) Elijah Buck who has (illegible) and (illegible) the within Oath is the (illegible) pensioner Elijah Buck mentioned and described in said oath or affidavit sworn and (illegible) to before me the day and (illegible) aforesaid

Signature: Sanford Buck
Signature: Henry B Northup
Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am well acquainted with Sanford Buck (illegible) he made the above affidavit before me as to the identity of Elijah Buck the Pensioner within named and that (illegible) of truth and sincerity and whose statement is entitled to full belief and credit.

Signature: Henry B Northup
Justice of the Peace

State of New York
County of Washington I Edward Dodd clerk of the said county hereby certify that Henry B Northup Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace
as above and within and that the foregoing signatures (illegible) to be his are genuine

Given under my hand and the seal of the said county this 5th day of April 1841

Edward Dodd Clerk
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Rev. War Section.

November 23, 1912.

Mr. L. U. Buck
42 Forest Street, Detroit, Michigan.

Sir:

In response to your letter dated the 19th and received the 20th instant, you are advised that from the papers in the pension claim of Elijah Buck, Sur. File No. 12,387, Rev. War, it appears that he was born April 14, 1760, at Summers, Connecticut, and resided at Petersham, Massachusetts, where he enlisted in March 1776, as Private in Captain William Warner's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment, and served eight months.

Enlisted at Petersham, in December 1776. in Captain Asa Howe's company, Colonel Sparhawk's regiment, and served three months.

He then returned to Connecticut and enlisted at Tolland, in May, 1777 in Captain Elijah Robinson's company, Colonel Roger Enos' regiment, and served one year.

Enlisted in the Fall of 1778, and served in Captain Johnson's company, Colonel not recollected; two months.

Enlisted in the Summer of 1779, in Captain Parsons' company, Colonel Sherman's regiment, served five months, and was
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Sur. File No.12, 387-2

discharged in January, 1780 at Morristown, New Jersey.
His claim was allowed.
After the War, he resided at Chesterfield, New Hampshire, for twenty years, in Hinsdale, New Hampshire for five years. Where he referred to his wife Lois aged sixty-two years in 1822, next in Dummerston, Vermont. with his daughter Betsey Bemus, and in 1841, he removed Kinsgury, New York, to reside with his son Sanford Buck. There is no other family data on file.

For the date of last payment of pension and to whom paid, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department, giving him all of the following data: "Elijah Buck, Certificate No.18, 506. issued September 7, 1833 at the Albany, New York Agency Act of June 7 1832.

Very respectfully, 
J L Davenport.
Commissioner.
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Rejected Ocr 31-1822-fee letter to Elijah Buck
1393
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18,619

Elijah Buck
Cheshire Co
Rufus Barton
Ludlow, VT
Recd 29 Oct. 1822

Side handwriting:
(illegible)
Department of War Pension Office Washington
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Pension agency
(illegible) April 30 1841
(illegible) to inform you that Elijah Buck under act of 7 June 1832 at 80$ (illegible) has been paid to the 4th Sept 1840


I am very (illegible)
(illegible)
H Lowry Pension Agt
By Chas F Warner

J.L. Edwards (James L Edwards) (illegible)
Commissioner of Pensions Washington
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Elijah Buck

Admin
(illegible) years
$80
P.White Esq.
Putney (illegible)
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Elijah Buck (cursive/signature) which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?

VI. Has he given the name of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulation?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not 
obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI.++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Non Quesn 16
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For__________
year_______________ months, and _________ days, I served as a _________ For____________ months
and ____________ days, I served as a __________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served several years in the militia, &c, without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

Quere XIV. Proof of Service

In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 

QUERE XVI. Mode of Authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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(illegible) 1841
(illegible) Evans

Side handwriting:

J.L.Edwards
Commisioner of Pensions
Washington DC
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Sandyhill April 7th 1841

(illegible)

I return the appreciation for transfer together with the certificate of Mr Buck. This I no from the fact of not knowing in what manner you transact such hardship further than you informed me. While you make the repay arrangements and return it to me as soon as possible that Mr Buck may receive his money-This I am more (illegible) to urge as the old (illegible) is in a (illegible) (illegible) whom his (illegible) for daily (illegible)

Yours,

Henry B. Northup

To J L Edwards
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May 19 1841
(illegible)

Side handwriting:

J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Sandy Hill N.Y. May 15th 1841

Dr sir:

I received a letter from your (illegible) same time since informing me that as soon as the Agency at (illegible) would be heard from the (illegible) arrangements would he (illegible) for the transfer of Elijah Buck from The Agency of Vermont to that of New York-As some time has (illegible) that communication you will (illegible) me for again bringing this matter to your mind. Then which I am (illegible) to do from the (illegible) of the case, which I hope it is only (illegible) to make you aware of (illegible) with prompt action-

Your (illegible)-

A B Northup
(illegible) Clerk

To J L Edwards (illegible)
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(illegible)

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commisioner of Pensions
Washington City

Side handwriting:
(illegible)
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Dummerston March 17-1835

Dear Sir,

Mr Elijah Buck of Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont, some time since had his Pension Certificate returned with the State of A + R (illegible) in this town, He requested me to (illegible) of the fact and (illegible) application from him, to your department, for another Certificate, which (illegible) and (illegible) to his request-Buck informs me that he's heard nothing resulting the (illegible) from you-I write at his request;he wishes to be informed whether the cause (illegible) was the proper one to enable him to obtain another certificate; if it is not, he wishes you to suggest what measures he must pursue, and he will comply with such directions as you may give and Buck is a poor man, relies (illegible) his Pension for support and feels anxious to hear from you from the subjects 

I am respectfully your (illegible)
J L Edwards Esq               M.Miller
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(illegible) 2

Elijah Buck
(illegible)
(illegible)

Hon. H Hall
HR
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I Roger Bichard of Dummerston in the county of Windham and state of Vermont of lawful age depose and say, that about the 25th day of November now last past Elijah Buck of said Dummerston, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, left with me his original pension certificate- that I put said certificate into a trust with the same papers of mine and it remained there until Sunday the first day of February instant, that on said first day of February the State of A & R Bichard in said documentation was burnt with most the goods in said Store, that I am one of  partners of said firm, and had the care and charge of said Store, that said Pension Certificate was, with my private papers burnt with said store. Dummerston February 9, 1835.

Roger Birchard

State of Vermont
Windham County
Dummerston Feb 9, 1835

Personally appeared Roger Birchard and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed, before me Marshall Miller Justice Peace. I hereby certify that the above named Roger Birchard is a credible witness. 

Before me,
Marshall Miller Justice of the Peace

I Luther Allyn of Dummerston in the county of Windham and State of Vermont of lawful age depose and say, that I knew the store of A & R Richards in said Dummerston burnt on Sunday the first day of February instant, that said Store was situate within  a few [unk] of my dwelling-[unk] in said documentation of that Roger Birchard one of the form of A & R Birchard had the charge of care of said Store.
Dummerston February 9, 1835

Luther Allyn

State of Vermont
Windham County
Dummerston February 9, 1835

personally appeared the above named Luther Allyn and made oath to the truth f the above affidavit by him subscribed. Before me Marshall Miller Justice of the Peace. I certify that the above named Luther Allyn is a credible witness.

Marshall Miller Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont

Windham County Court Clerk's Office
February 10-(illegible) 1835-
I certify that (illegible) Miller is a justice of the peace (illegible) and for the county of Windham aforesaid, and that the within are his signatures-
(illegible) testimony whereof I have (illegible)my hand, (illegible) the seal of the said County Court, the day and year above written

James Elliot, Clerk.
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To the Pension Department of the United States

The undersigned would respectfully represent that on or about the 25th day of November now last he put into the hands of Roger Birchard of Dummerston in the county of Windham, State of Vermont, his original pension certificate which he attained under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832 by which he was entitled to $80 per year that on the first day of February instant the Store of A & R Birchard in said Dummerston was burned & consumed by fore, & that said pension certificate was bunt with said Store, he therefore prays said Deponent to transmit to him another certificate that he may be thereby entitled to obtain his pension or grant him some relief in the premises.
Dummerston February 9, 1835

Elijah Buck
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I John Nichols of Chesterfield in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire aged sixty three years & upwards, on oath say, that in May 1776 I enlisted into Capt William Warner's Company in Col Josiah Whitney's Regiment of the Massachusetts forces, & served in said company six months, I further say that at the time I enlisted into said company I found Elijah Buck in said company, I know that he served as a private in said company for six months, from the time I enlisted as he was discharged & left the service at the same time I did, how long he had served in said company when I enlisted I cannot say said Buck at that time belonged to Petersham in Massachusetts as I then understood, & now loves in Hindsdale in said County of Cheshire. I further say that I am in no were interested in what I have above stated.

John Nichols

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire 
August 13, 1819

The said John Nichols personally appeared & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him signed contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth. I further say that the character of said Nichols for truth is good, and in my opinion he has no interest in what he has testified on. Taken & sworn to before me.

Phins Handerson Just Peace
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Cheshire
June 15, 1833

I Salner Hale Clerk of the Judicial Court, in said County certify that Phinehas Handerson was on the 19th day of August 1819 & ever since hes been a Justice of the Peace in aforesaid county, and I believe that the official signature on the opposite side is in his own hand writing. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said Superior Court for [unk].

S Hale Clerk
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Deposition in favor of
E. Buck
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Cheshire
Aug 4, 1832

I Salma Hale clerk of the Judicial Courts in said county certify that Phinehas Handerson is & on this 13th Aug 1819 was a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that the foregoing signature of his name is in his own hand writing. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Supreme Court of [unk].
S Hale Clerk
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Mar 20 41
W Evans


J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Sandy Hill Washington County, New York
March 14, 1841

Dear Sir,

Elijah Buck a pensioner of the United States and who till of late has resided in the state of Vermont, having changed his residence and became a citizen of this town, is desirous of having his name transferred from the Pension Roll of that State, where it is inscribed to the Agency of this State that he may here after receive his pension in Albany. Will you acquaint me with the proceedings, necessary to such an arrangement.

If any Blanks are necessary please have the goodness to forward them, and much oblige me.

Respectfully yours

Henry B Northup

To JL Edwards Esq
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I John Miller of Dummerston in the county of Windham and state of Vermont aged seventy five years and upwards on oath say that on or about the 16 of December AD 1776 I was detached from the militia in the town of Petersham Massachusetts to serve in the Massachusetts forces for the term of three months and that I was acquainted and ever have been with one Elijah Buck then of Petersham Mass, but now of Dummerston aforesaid to serve in the Massachusetts forces for three months and that I was in said forces three months with the said Buck in the same company and Asu How then of Petersham aforesaid was captain of the company in which we both served and Colon [Colonel] Sparnawhawk was commander of the regiment and Gen. [General] Warner commander of the brigade and that we marched from Massachusetts to Peekskill New York and from thence to Barndknaak New Jerseyaid where we staid [stayed] untill we were both discharged from said [illegible] on or about the 16 of March 1777 and came home together most of the way and that the said Buck has lived in New Hampshire and Vermont most of the time  since. I further say that I am in no wise interested in [illegible] I have above stated.
John Miller
State of Vermont New Hav
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State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerks Office,
New (illegible) June 11. A.D. 1833_
I certify that Asa Knight, (illegible)
and was on the 12th July 1832, a Justice of the Peace for (Illegible) County of Windham and that the within is his signature. Witness my hand and the Seal of (illegible) Court-
James Elliot Clerk.

Side handwriting:

Elijah Bucks evidence of (illegible)
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I John Miller of Dummerston in the county of Windham and state of Vermont aged seventy five years and upwards on oath say that on or about the 16 of December AD 1776 I was detached from the militia in the town of Petersham Massachusetts to serve in the Massachusetts forces for the term of three months and that I was acquainted and ever have been with one Elijah Buck then of Petersham Mass, but now of Dummerston aforesaid to serve in the Massachusetts forces for three months and that I was in said forces three months with the said Buck in the same company and Asu How then of Petersham aforesaid was captain of the company in which we both served and Colon [Colonel] Sparnawhawk was commander of the regiment and Gen. [General] Warner commander of the brigade and that we marched from Massachusetts to Peekskill New York and from thence to Barndknaak New Jerseyaid where we staid [stayed] untill we were both discharged from said [illegible] on or about the 16 of March 1777 and came home together most of the way and that the said Buck has lived in New Hampshire and Vermont most of the time  since. I further say that I am in no wise interested in [illegible] I have above stated.
John Miller
State of Vermont New Hav
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I Adoniram Benton of Surry in Cheshire County and State of New Hampshire of lawful age do testify and say that while I was in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war under the Continental Establishment that I became acquainted with one Elijah Buck a private [illegible] belonged to Colonel Hayet regiment in Connecticut [illegible] in General Huntington brigade that I first saw him at west point in July in the year 1779 and was nowing [knowing] to sd [said] Buck doing actual service for one year I belonged myself to the same regiment we went from west point to Hans Neck and wintered and I further testify and say that I am in no 
way interested in the event of his application for a pension.
Adoniram Benton
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County
Surry June the 17th 1822
Personally appeared Adoniram Benton of Surry in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth before me
Sam'l Hills Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Cheshire 
I here certify that the above named Adoniram Benton is a credible witness
Sam'l Hills
Cheshire ss October 22 1822 I Salma Hale clerk of the Superior Court of [illegible] for said county certify that Samuel Hills is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that the foregoing is his signature.
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said court.
S. Hale clerk
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1912 Nov. 23. History to L.M.Buck

(illegible)

12387

Invalid.

File No. 12,387

Elljah Buck

(illegible) Rev War

Act: June (illegible) 1832

Index:- Vol. A Page 52

Arrangement of 1870
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REJECTED (stamp)
1393
P.O. Elijah Buck
Service: (blank)
Date: July 14 xxxx and (illegible)
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(illegible) Rev. War Section.

November 14, 1912

Miss L.M.Buck,
#42 Forest Avenue, West,
Detroit, Michigan

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the 11th and received the 13th instant, you are advised that in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Elijah Buck, Sur. File No. 12, 387, it is not stated that he had a brother, hence this Bureau is unable to aid you in identifying your ancestor unless you can furnish his full name and some sort of the following data: names of some officers under whom he served, places of residence at enlistment and discharge, approximate dates of birth and death, given name of his widow.

Very respectfully,

J L Davenport.

Commissioner.
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RECORD DIVISION.

3-525.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D. C.

In reply to your request of____________, received__________for a statement of the military history of Elijah Buck a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contatined in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this bureau.

(Columns are across document)
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
March 1776
Dec 1776
May 1777
Fall 1778
Summer 1779-January 1780

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
8 mos.
3 mos.
1 year
2 mos.
5 mos.

RANK.
Private
(Blank)
(Blank)
(Blank)
(Blank)

OFFICE OF WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.

(CAPTAIN)
William Warner
Asa Howe
Elijah Robinson
Johnson
Parsons

(COLONEL.)
Josiah Whitney
Sparkhawk
Roger Enos
(checkmark)
Sherman

STATE.
Mass
(blank)
Conn
(blank)
(blank)
(blank)

Battles engaged in________ (checkmark)

Residence of soldier at enlistments: Petersham, Mass afterwards Tolland, Conn

Date of application for pension: 
October 17, 1822

Residence at date of application: 
Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH

Age at date of application: 
(illegible) April 14, 1760 at summers, Conn(Somers, Conn)

Remarks: 
1822 wife Lois (illegible) at 62 yrs.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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November 19, 1912

J. L. Davenport, Commissioner,
Rev. War Section,
Department of the Interior, Bureau Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

I am very pleased to acknowledge receipt of your kind favor of the 14th and beg to state that the party therein mentioned, Elijah Buck, is my own Great Great Grandfather, which I have just found out to my surprise. May I ask if you will be kind enough to furnish me with all information and data regarding his service in the Revolutionary War, in what capacity he served, what war, and if he were a minute man or not, etc.

Will you also furnish me data regarding his life after the War, his business, where lived, dates of berth and death, how old when died, etc., etc. Can you give me Mrs. Buck's full name also. I believe he had four sons and two daughters, one son, Sanford Buck, who is my Great Grandfather, and who settled in Onnersburg, N.Y.

Thank you kindly for all you may do for me, and trusting an early reply, I am,

Very sincerely,

L. W. Bucks
42 Forestwest, Detroit [illegible]

Stamped with U.S. Pension Office Nov 20 1912
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The National Archives, Form VAM-51, 12-5-41.
Bounty Land Warrant Record Card
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name: Buck, Francis. Grade: Private. Line: Connecticut

Warrant Number: 5514. Acreage: 100. Issued: Aug. 7, 1789 to Richard Platt

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.