Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1536, Samuel Bushnell, Md.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Md Bushnell, Samuel R. 1536
CONTENTS

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State of New York
Green County} Ss
Samuel Bushnell of the Town of
Roxbury in the County of Delaware and
State of New York deposeth and saith that
he [illegible] an old and infirm man of the age of
Eighty years Last June that when he made his
application for a pention [pension] In his declaration
he stated that he was In Colonel Sheldons
Regiment when In fact he was mistaken It 
was In Colonel Milands Regiment In Captain
[illegible] Company - that he Inlisted [enlisted] In Baltimore
in the State of Maryland that through
the Infirmity of old age and want of Recollection
he was mistaken - that he Is a poor [illegible]
person unable to do any kind of Labour that
he received a wound in his arm at the battle
of Monmoth [Monmouth] and I very same that he has
made an application to the selectmen of the 
Town for support of himself and family
and further saith not
Samuel + ^his mark^ Bushnell

Sworn before
me Minmos Basil
one of the Judges of the Court
of Common pleas in and for
the County of Green State
of New York February the
4th day of 1820
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Samuel Bushnell,
private
Colo. Sheldon's drags:
20. April, 1818

Returned for further
evidence of Service
The Judge's certificate
as to circumstances wanting
in this case

If Bushnell served as he states,
let him obtain proof from
Col. Tallmadge of Litchfield
Con. who was a Major in
Sheldon's Dragoons

Munson Buel, Esq;
Judge
Lexington, Greene Co:
New - York.
Recd. 27. May, 1818.
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State of New York
Green County Ss

on the Twentieth day of April In the year one thousand
Eight Hundred and eighteen before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court
of Common pleas in and for the County of Green and State of New York personally appeared
Samuel Bushnel Resident of the town of Roxbury in the County Delaware aged eighty years
State aforesaid who being by my first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath
make the following declarations In order to obtain the  provisions made by the
Late act of Congress Entitled and Act to provide for Certain persons engaged In the 
Land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war the
said Samuel Bushnell Inlisted [enlisted] in the spring in the year one thousand
Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight in the State of Maryland In the Company
Commanded by Captain Plunkett in the Regiment of Light [illegible] Commanded
by Colonel Shelden that he continued to serve in the said [illegible; page torn here]
Horie or Corsn [rest of this line is crossed out; illegible]
battle at Monmoth [Monmouth] In which Battle he was
wounded by the Cut of a broad sword from one of the British horsemen
which disenabled him from service continued to stay with the
Army about six months after being wounded when he was discharged
from the service on account of being a Cripple discharged in the State of New
Jersey and has ever since been a Cripple in consequence of the said wound
and has never had any pension altho a great Cripple - that he was In the 
Battle at Monmoth [Monmouth] and [illegible] at Horseneck and that he
Is now in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance
of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in
his power of his said Service - 

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year
aforesaid
Munson Buel

I Munson Buel one of the judges of the Court of Common pleas
In and for the County of Green and State of New York aforesaid do Certify that
It appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Bushnell did serve In
the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the
Common Enemy and I have examined the proceedings and Testimony taken
and had before me to the Secretary of the department of War pursuant to the
directions of the aforementioned act of Congress given under my hand
and the seal of the Court the twentieth day of April one thousand eight
Hundred and Eighteen and [illegible] the State that the
Munson Buel
I do further state that the said Bushnell
Is a very poor man
Munson Buel

[written vertically up the left margin of this page, follows]

Mr Bushnel being a very old man perhaps ^80 years though mistaken^ said Sheldon when It was Milens Regiment he being a just distance from home [illegible] to [illegible]
The last [illegible] I was a Marlaton [illegible]
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I William Van Bergan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
of the County of Greene and State of New York Do certify that
Munson Buel was a Judge of Said Court on the Twentieth
Day of April 1818 That I am well acquainted with his Hand
Writing and that the Signature of the Said Judge to the
above affidavit or Decleration [Declaration]of Samuel Bushnel is
Genuine In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand
and Affixed the Seal of the Court aforesaid this 21st Day of May
1818
[illegible]
as aforesaid.

[vertically in left margin next to above declaration: Sami Bushnel]
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1536
REJECTED
P.O. Samuel Bushnell

Service: _____

Enlisted: _____ , 18__ ,
Discharged: _____ , 18 __ ,

Application filed: _____ , 18 __ ,

Alleges: _____

Re-enlisted: _____

Attorney: _____
P.O. _____

_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____ , 18__.
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Case of Samuel
Bushnell - Suspd.
Oct. 9. 1820.
1536
[page cut off]de letter to Munion Buel Esq
[page cut off]exington, Greene Co. N. Y.-
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[looks like an envelope that has been torn in half with both pieces scanned here]

War Dept

Sir Informa[page torn here]
Office, in relation to the[page torn here]
Semuel French[page torn here]
revolutionary services, y[page torn here]
payment of his pension[page torn here]
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Litchfield Conn. June 10th 1820

Sir
I have perused S. Bushnells papers, I am 
very sure that he never served in the 2d Regt L. D.
I remember an officer by the name of Plunket
who served in Col. Moylon's Regt., & if any collateral
Evidence was offered to prove that Bushnell served
in the Revolutionary war, I should be rejoiced to know
that he was placed on the pension Roll.It seems
almost too lax a made of doing this business to
leave it dependant [dependent] wholly on the Declaration of the
Party in Interest.

I do not remember any surviving Officers
of Maylon's Regt. except Capt. Hopkins, who was at
Washington three years ago, while I was a Member
of the House of Representatives. He lived only [illegible]
Point, & occasionally called on my. He was then from
Maryland & was called Genl. Hopkins, & I think was a
Candidate for the [illegible] appointment
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old case. 460
Samuel Bushnel

[vertically on the page, follows]
Honl John C Calhoun Esq
Sixty war
City
Washington
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Lexington Haights February 8. 1820

Honl. John C. Calhoun Esq -

Sir

Imperious duty compels me
bone more to solict your further attention to the cause of Samuel
Bushnell. In your last [hole in the page here] to me you refered [referred] me to Colonel
Talmage for proof, had you Examined my marginal note; on his
declaration made at the time he made his declaration you must
have been satisfied of his mistake. It is well known that Captain
Plunkett was an officer in Milans and not Sheldens Regiment
and as your [illegible] possesses the revolutionary Rolls must
know whether Mr Bushnell was not inrolled [enrolled] in Captain
Plunketts Company in Sol Milans Regiment - the old mans
duty an [illegible] of Commiseration he Has been under the Necessity
of Casting his lott upon the Charity of the Town for support Mr
Bushnell I called a very poor Hones old man a man of truth
and veracity. he has lost the use of one Leg and Is a cripple in his
arm from the wound he received in the battle of Monmouth-
your Honour must be satisfied that it is out of the power of this
poor old decriped [decrepit] man to go In search of Testimony his Evidence
must be In Maryland or In some other parts unknown to him
I hope your Honour will consult his particular situation and will
be satisfied with the oath of the old gentleman with the
other Testimony on you words and will immediately send
him relief - I have caused a Letter to be sent on to Baltimore
the place of his Inlistment [Enlistment] to produce Testimony with a request
that it be hammitted [submitted?]to you office but thus is little portent
that the Correspondent will produce any Testimony to prove
the Service as perhaps no one that knew him lives there
There remains no question here with the Inhabitants but 
that his honest and Is truly deserving of his pention [pension] If any
man is Intillled [entitled] to it under the Law of Congress May I be
Indulged the Liberty of asking your early attention to his case
from Your Sevt
Munson Buel
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Honbl John C. Calhoun Esqr
Sectr of the Department
of War
City of Washington
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Lesington Haights Green County September 15th 1820 -

Honbl John C, Calhoun Esqr.

Sir -

I have Inclosed and sent to your office six
applications for pensions - I Beg Leave further to Observe that one of the first applications 
which I sent to your department was old Mr Samuel Bushnells sometime after
It was returned to me for further Testimony as the old man Inlisted [enlisted] In the State of Maryland
of cause no Evidence can be procured of his Services in this region of Country some
time last spring I returned the proceeding to your Honour with some written remarks
relavant to  his case soon after your Honour Complimented me with some Instructions
advising me to call on Colonel Benjamin Talmage of Litchfield in  Connecticut for Information
on the subject I soon after transmitted to your Honour a letter Informing you
that there was a mistake agreeable to my marginal notes on his declaration That
He Inlisted [enlisted] In Maryland In Col. Milans Home Regiment In Captain Plinketts Comany
and did never belong to Sheldens Troop this you will discover from the place of his
Inlistment you Honour by turning to his declaration will see that he Is now a cripple by a
wound he received from a broad sword in the battle at Monmoth {Monmouth} there remains
with me no doubts of the facts stated In his declaration of his Services as he Is Esteemed
and considered by his neighbours to be a poor old Honest man at the request of some of
the most respectable Inhabitants of his Town I visited his Lonely Logg Cabin I three
found him a poor decriped old creature resting on his crutch he has a wife they
have no means of support live on the compassion of the Town he Is Eighty Two years of
age and apparently will soon tumble into the Earth, His neighbours are very solid
tours that your Honour review the subject and turn your attention to the Roll
of Captain Plinkett In Colonel Milans Regiment Troop of the Home and see If
there has such Evidence there accompanied with his that will give your Honour
satisfaction In a Case like his Mr. Bushnell does not know in what part of the
Southern States his officers or companions live If they are living I this Evidence
appears I hope your Honour will return to him a pledge of his Country
affections In almost the last moments of his life will your Honour Commenente
or send his certificate by the next mail after receipt if convenient 
gratefully and by the [illegible]
am respectfully your most
obedt SS [illegible]
[illegible]
Munson Buel
JB please to direct your letters to Lexington Haights post office as Lexington post
office is some distance from me