Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18313, Levi Buell, Conn Vt.
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Conn
Vt.
CONTENTS
Buell, Levi
NUMBER
S. 18313
carded
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18.612
Vermont
Levi Buell

Rutland Co in the State of Vermont
who was a Lt Sgt in the company commanded by
Captain Pray of the Regt commanded by Col Eus in the 
 connt line for 2 mo lieut 22 mo sgt  com & fr

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
the rate of 136 Dollars 66 Cents
per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21, day of Sept
1831 and sent
Temph
Rutland

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $341.06
Semi-ant. allowance ending March 3 68.33
$410.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
1832. ┃
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E Vol. 3
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Levi Buell
Rutland Co Verm
 
proof of service
reg

There is some proof in
this case
 
This applicant
procured all the additional proof he can
find; so he says

[illegible]
2 mo Lieut
22 mo Sergeant
---
26.66

110
2666
136.00
273.33
68.38
341.06
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
examined, and the papers are herewith returned.
The following is a statement of
case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
ary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of yours claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of Levi Buill
service.
[Chart]

 Period when the service was rendered.
May 1776
Spring 1777
Spring May 1778
Nov 1779
Sept 1779 substitute
1 May 1780

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years
Months
3
3
6
6
4
4
2
Days 

Rank of the claimant.
Sergt
Sergt
"
"
"
"

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capt Pay
Capt Rogers
Capt Belknap
Capt Pray
Capt Sibley
Cap Sawyer
same

Name and Rank of the General and Field Officers.
Major Smith
Col 6 mo
Col Jacobs
Gen Sullivan
Col Eno
Col Tyler
Mjr Allen
Officers

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.

Country through which he marched.
Marched to Nerell
neck & new Rochelle
Sullivans
White & Leland Nove Neck
to guard [illegible] stationed at the fort in Castleton

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period
72 years
Newalk Connect

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary
& living witness


respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions

'rec'd no commission"
some proof of service is expected
in claims of this character
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The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
2.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claimin
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
of
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Sate, Territy of
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with
and
---
served in the
(e) regiment of the
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he servunder
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
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 A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substi-
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.
{To a Soldier
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
one has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
In one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration be
fore required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
to
whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule
than the one he rollers should fall to us in me reason for not
The motion the period or periods of the war when he served.
very ill, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
apartment to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. 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 andavit in the following words:
ly annatred before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
that he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
in the periods mentioned below, and in the following grade your mouths, and
days, I served as a . For months and days, I served as and for such service I claim a pension
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 his 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 that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration in
qui spiques. It must, in every case be clearly shown under
what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular, and he that
s
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The option of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal
of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer should accompany the
papers.
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 papers 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 office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
or 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
he
not indispensable in militia cases.
in a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Levi Buell

2 mo Lt
28 mo Sgt
3 ' Corporate

ct per 
Lie to testimony

16503
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STATE OF VERMONT,
RUTLAND COUNTY, SS.
On this 10th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appear
in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Rutland Dist now sitting, Levi Buell
a resident of the County of Rutland and State of
Vermont, aged 72 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 act of Congress, passed June 7,
1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served
as herein stated. In 1776 he lived at Norwalk, Connecticut & in
May of that year he volunteered for 3 months & was appointed
corporal in Capt Pay Company, Lt. Clerk, Ensign Strong, Mary Smith
has forgotten names of other officers and marched to Horse Neck &
New Rochelle, & was dismissed at Horse Neck about the 1st Sept following. In the spring of 1777 he enlisted for eight months in
Capt Rogers Company St. Rascoe & Ensign Beebe, in Col. Enos'
Regr of state guards, & was appointed Sergeant marched to
Horseneck thence to the Highland & back to Horseneck
where he was discharged in Feb. 1778, having served 8 1/2 months
being half a month more than he engaged for. In the spring
1778, in May he thinks, he volunteered to serve 6 months in
Jacobs Regt May Wilson, Capt Belknap, In Ward,
was raised to go on the expedition to Rhode Island he was
appointed Sergeant & served under Genl Sullivan in his attempt
to take Newport & released across Bristol ferry to Providence
where he was dismissed at the end of six months in Nov.
Immediately after his time was out he again enlisted for
six months in Col. Enos Reg above mentioned & served as
Sergeant in Capt Ray Company, N. Hotchkiss & was
stationed at Horse Neck to guard the lines, where he was dismissed the latter part of May or June 1779. In September
1779 he engaged as a substitute for one Charles Johnson in
Col. Tyler, Regt Lt Col. Wade & served as meant in Capt
Sibley company four months at Providence R. Island in Guard
the heirs & stores, above he was discharged in January following
soon after this he moved to Vermont & about the 1 May
1780 he volunteered & served four months as sergeant in Cap Sawyers company at the Fort in Castleton under May Allen
who commanded & in scouting about Lake Champlain at the
and of which time he was appointed by Gov Chittenden and
Lieut in said corps & served as such, having the command of
a scouting party two months, but received no commission-
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being then taken sick with fever & age, he performed to
the services during the remainder of the war- he received
no written discharge from any of his services. He cannot
remember as to distinguish other troops with whom he
served. He knew Genl Washington, Putnam, Gates, Sullivan
Lafayette & Col Allen & Warner. He has no documentary
evidence & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure
who can testify to his services, except he thinks he can from
his services in Vermont. He was born at Norwalk, Connecticut
Sec. 6. 1760, his age is recorded there & in his Bible. He has
land in Verment ever since the revolutionary war, in Rupert
Pauler, Sharpley & Walls & for the last three years in the place
, he lives in a remote part of the town, where
there is no clergyman, but he is known to most of
the people in the neighbourhood
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.

Sworn to and subscribed the 
day and year aforesaid.
[signature] RC Royce Rign

[signature] Levi Buell

We James Long
Clergyman residing in Wells and Thomas Sprague residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with Levi Buell
who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; that we believe him to be 72 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.
Sworn and subscribed the 
day and year aforesaid.
[signature] RC Royce Regr

[signature] James Long
[signature] Tho. Sprague

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 James Long
who has signed the preceding
ted son
certificate, is a credible person in Wells
and that Thomas Sprague
who has also signed the same, is a resident in Wells
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Rodney C. Royce Regt Clerk of the Court of Probate
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of Levi Buell
for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office
day of Oct A.D. 1832
[signature] RC Royce Reg
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18313

INVALID

File No. 18,313
Levi Buell
Lieut Rev War

Act: June 7 ' 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 423
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Vermont
Rutland ss
On this 29th day of Oct. 1832, personally
came before the undersigned authority, John Fletcher
of Shereham, who being duly sworn doth depose & say,
that during the year 1780, he lived in Orwell, Vermont, &
was acquainted with Levi Buell, now of Wells, & has
Recently seen him since & kept up his acquainted with
him - that in the summer of 1780, the deponent
was at the Fort at Castleton 2 or 3 times & saw said
Bull there acting as sergeant, he thinks in Capt.
company and in the fall of that year said Buell
passed through Orwell he having as he understood just have appointed to that office - he with his [illegible] stated as the deponent; have over night, & went north the next morning - and further says not
know before me the day & year afosd and I hereby certify that said John Fletcher is a credible witness
[signature] R.Temple Just Peace
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Robert Pierpoint Clerk of the some of the County of Ruttland
in the State of Vermont do hereby certify that Robert Temple before
whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of Peace for the
said County, and duly empowered to administer oaths. And I believe his signature to be
genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
said Court, this 29th
day of October
in the
year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
R. Pierpoint
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State of Vermont
Rutland ss
On the 23d day of May 1833, personally came
before the undersigned Authority, William Donee of
said County, aged 73 & a credible witness, who being
duly sworn doth depose & say, that he was a
soldier in Capt Sawyer; company & served at the
Forts in Castleton & Pittsford & in country in 1780
1781, under Maj. Allen of the Vermont troops
that in 1780, in the spring & Farmer,
Levi Buell now of Wells, served he thinks four months
as Sergeant of said company, when about the
7th Sept. the deponent thinks, said Levi Buell was
appointed a Lieutenant & immediately took the
command of a scouting party & was out scouting
about two months, when he returned to Camplin
& soon after left the services 
before me the day & year aforesd
[signature] R. Russell Jus Peace

State of Vermont
Rutland ss
On this 25 day of May 1838 personally came
Peter Fox of said County, a credible witness,  who being
duly sworn depose & say, that in 1777 & 1778, he was
a soldier in the Revolutionary war, & served at Horse neck [illegible] served - there he was well acquainted with Levi Buell, they both being from [illegible] & about the same age, and there he served ad Levi served as Sergeant in Capt Rosses company & Col [illegible] regt eight months in the spring of 1777, to fall of 1778- the latter part of said time [illegible]
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State of Vermont
Rutland

I Robert Pierpoint clerk of Rutland county court do certify, 

Those whom the king
affidavits were taken, is a Justice of
of said County, duly commissioned
and that his name subscribed this
is in his hand writing
timony whereof I hereunto set my hand and
said Court this 25 day of May 1883
R Pierpoint