Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1417, John Buie, N.C. S.C.
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N.C.          Buie, John           R1417
S.C.
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State of Tennessee Hardin County js 
On this the 7th day of March 1833 personally appeared before 
the worshipful Court of Pleas and quarter sefsions of said 
County John Buie a resident of the County of Hardin 
and State of Tennefsee aged Seventy six 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 prov-
isions of the act of Congrefs passed June 7th 1832. 
That he entered the Army of North Carolina State in the year 
1776 in February, in Cumberland County North Carolina under Capt 
Clark for the term of six months as a substitute for his
Father Duncan said they rendezvous at Fayetteville 
North Caroline then at a place called Crofs Creek, when 
Col Thaton took command of the Regiment to which 
this declarant belonged, and Israel Folias was U of ? 
& Thos Dottius Sicah. At the place of rendezvous
joined a Col Martin from South Carolina with an 
army of about two thousand men from Fayetteville 
we marched to Smith Ferry on Cape Fear River & encamp-
there for a short time then returned to Fayetteville with-
out any incident worthy of remark recurring. A short 
time after our regiment joined Col Martin he marched back 
to South Carolina. We remained at Fayetteville after our 
return from Smiths ferry, making that place our encamp- 
ment until the end of my term of six months; but 
during the time of our encampment at Fayetteville, Col 
Thaxton marched back again to Cape Fear River to follow
the Tories who were fleeing in that direction after their 
defeat by Govr Caswell at Moores Bridge;           we fell
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in with the Tories who submitted without any resistance 
to the number of about six hundred to think to best of 
his recollection, whom we made prisoners, & sent their 
officers as such to Halifax North Carolina. There was 
no other skirmish & nothing else done except training & 
& scouting parties occasionally scouring the country until 
my term of 6 months expired (during all which time 
this declarant states that he served) when he received his 
discharge from Capt Clark & went home. That he 
resided in Cumberland County North Carolina where he 
entered the service. There were regular officers with the troops
when he served. 
This declarant would further State that in the year 1779 he 
removed to 9th District in the State of South Carolina & about 
the last of March or first of April in 1779 he entered 
the service of the United States as a substitute for one 
George Chancy under Capt. Henry Foster and rende-
vous at a place called Colfies Indian land upon the 
Savannah River opposite the Town of Augusta, where 
& when he was under the command of Col Hammon
& Maj. Purvis and Genl Williams where we remained 
some time, the precise time he does not recollect but believes 
it was between two & three months; from there we marched to 
Purysbargh & remained there a short time, from 
there we marched to Pon Pon River & from there we 
marched to Governor Bulls at which place or at 
Pon Pon (he is not certain which) Genl Lincoln took 
command of the army, we remained in the vicinity of Gov.
Bulls several weeks, we had several encampments, in the
neighborhood the weather being hot, we changed for health 
& we encamped once near a Presbyterian Church 
in Govr Bulls neighborhood, from there we marched 
under the command of Genl. Lincoln Commander in
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Chief to Stono Ferry, when the Americans and British 
had a Battle on the 22nd June 1779 which began on 
Sunday morning a little after sun rise, in which battle 
the Americans were defeated, the Regiment in which 
this declarant was, was on the left wing of our army 
and after our defeat we retreated back to the neighbor 
hood of Govr. Bull and made a hospital of the Church 
above mentioned, where we remained several weeks, from 
there marched to Orangeburgh So. Ca. and remained there until 
his term of nine months expired where and when he got his
discharge from Captain Foster but my discharge from my last 
Term of Service as well as the first has been lost so that he does not know
any thing, what became of them. He has no documentary evidence 
nor does he know of any person by whom he can prove his services. 
This declarant was born in the 
year 1759 in Scotland according to the best information he has, but 
he has no record of his age. This declarant is known to the Revd 
Beny F. Liddon & Humphrey Wood of his neighborhood.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity in 
the present, and he declares his name is not on the pension roll of 
any Agency of any State.                                           John Buie 
Sworn to & Subscribed in open 
Court the day & year aforesaid 
John Houston Clk
by H Lasbet D. Clerk 
We Benjamin F Liddon a clergyman and Humphry Hood residing 
in the forty of Hardin and State of Tennefsee hereby certify 
that we are well acquainted with John Buie who has subscribed & sworn
to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six 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 to & subscribed the 17th March 1835   B. F Liddon  E. M. E. [illegible] 
                                                                          Humphrey Hoode
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investi-
gation of the matter and after putting the interrogators presented 
by the War Department, that the above named applicant was 
Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the court 
further certifies that it appears to them that Benjamin F. 
Liddon who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergy man 
resident in the County of Hardin and that Humphrey Hood 
who has also signed the same is a resident in said County of Hardin 
is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
                                                                 David Robinson J.P.    Seal
                                                                 Wm K. Blakely J.R.       Seal
                                                                 Wm Carter J.R.            Seal
I John Houston clerk of the court of Pleas and quarter 
Sefsions of Hardin County Tennefsee do hereby certify that 
the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said 
                          Court in the matters of the matter of the 
                          application of John Buie for a Pension. 
                          In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
                          my hand & seal of office this 17th day 
                          of March 1835 
                                                   John Houston Clk 
                                                   Bg Her Lasbet D Clk 

Vertically, down right side:
              33.130 
              John Buie
              Tennessee
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                                                                                 October 3, 1932 

                                                                                  XXXXX XXXXXX

                                                                                  JOHN BUIE 
Honorable Morris Sheppard                                     R. 1417 
                                                                                  BA-J/AMIF: MIB
United States Senate 

My dear Senator: 

     Your letter of October 3, addressed to Hon. E. W. Morgan, 
Director of Pensions, has been referred to this office for 
consideration and reply relative to the Revolutionary War 
records of Rosa, Rezin (or Reason), John and David Bowie, of
South Carolina or Georgia. 

     A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has 
been made and no claim for pension found based upon service of 
any soldier with surname Bowie of South Carolina or Georgia. 
Other spellings of the name were searched and the only record 
found is that of a John Buie. It is given below as found in 
the papers on file in his claim for pension, R. 1417. 

     John Buie, son of Duncan Buie, was born in 1759 in Scotland, 
the place not designated. 

       He applied for pension March 17, 1833, at which time he 
was a resident of Hardin County, Tennessee. He stated that 
while a resident of Cumberland County, North Carolina, he 
enlisted in February, 1776, as a substitute for his father, and 
served six months in Captain Clark's company, Colonel Thackston's 
North Carolina regiment; that in 1779, he moved to Ninety Six 
District, South Carolina, enlisted in March or April, 1779, served 
nine months in Captain Henry Foster's company, Colonel 
Hammond's South Carolina regiment, and was in the battle of 
Stono. 

       The claim was not allowed as the soldier did not furnish proof of service as required by the pension law.
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      The name of soldier's mother is not stated and there is 
no reference to wife or children. The date of his death is
not given.

                       Very truly yours


                                    A. D. HILLER
                                    Assistant to Administrator






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Mar. 17 '40
                 OC
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                                                            War Dept (scratched out) Pen Office
                                                            March 17 1840 

I herewith return the 
letter of John Buie and have
to inform you that it is probable 
that some proof of his service in the 
South Carolina Militia may be 
found in the office of W. E. Wayne 
Esq Comptroller Genl of South Carolina
at Columbia. The applicant 
alleges [als struck out] besides the service as a 
militia man of South Carolina in 1779 
a tour as a militia man of North Carolina
in 1776, of six month duration against 
the tories. Much of the service in 1776 
as alleged was performed in 
tours not exceeding one month. There 
was no such service as alleged for six months, 
Hon. Aaron V. Brown        (O. C.
        N. R.                                ents)
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N. C. Act 1836___5290 
Nancy Newton ___ Benjm 
Let to A. Ferguson 20 Feby
1849.

List to Hon D. M. Barringer 
Dec 12th 44 


John Buire 
Suspended 
Se Letter 23rd
June 1835 to James 
Scott - not found. 
let 17 Oct 1837.  Hon
Z. J. Shields, ltrs 6th 
Dec 37
Let. 19 March 1840 Hon
A.V. Brown 
    1417 
Act 7 June 1832
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Left Side:
1929 May 21
Hist to Mrs. J.
D. Runnels aves[?]
1932 - Oct 3. Hist to 
Hon. Morris Sheppard 

Right Side:   Stamped REJECTED
          1417
P. O.  [blank]
        John Buice
Service [blank]

Enlisted: [blank], 18

Discharged: [blank], 18

Application filed: [blank], 18

Alleges: List of suspended claims, 
printed in 1852 shows cause 
Re-enlisted:  of suspension as follows:
For proof from the South Carolina 
records and more precise 
specification 
Attorney: [blank]
P.O. [blank]
[blank] Recognized.   [blank] Contract
Cert. of Dis. [blank]  Searched for [blank], 18
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Hon. E. J. Shields
Dec 6, 1837

Tenn
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                         War Dept. Pen. Office 
                                      Dec. 6. 1836 

Sir,
                    The letter from the office 
of the Comptroller Genl of South 
Carolina at Columbia has been
filed with the papers of
John Buie. It will be necefses 
to prove the applicant alleges 
service under Col Hammond by the 
testimony of at least one credible 
witnefs who had a personal knowledge 
of his service

Hon E. J. Shield,
             H. R
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                                       Washington March 1st 1840 
Sir
                I enclose the letter from one of my 
constituents, whose claim it seems has herefore been 
filed in your office. His name is one susceptible 
of being spelt in a variety of ways & I should be glad 
to learn if it can be found on the army rolls in any 
of the ways mentiond. If not please say if there is 
any likelehood of getting such information from 
S. Carolina as he mentions
                   very respectfully 
                                    A.V. Brown 

Hon J L Edwards 
Comr of Pensions
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Letters written to Mr Buie by me EJ. S
Pension office 
                          Stamped   FREE [postage]
                    Hon. E J Shields 
                                 Washington City 
Stamped:                                       D C
  Columbia
  Nov                                                     


Along the right side (inverted) is written:
Hon E. J. Shields  H R
Pension Office
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                                                                  Comptrollers Office 
                                                                  Columbia 30th Oct 1837

Dear Sir,

     Agreeable to your forms of 
the 19th Inst. I have made a careful 
examination, and the name of John Buie 
does not appear on the files of this 
Office. 
                         Respectfully,
                           Yr. Obt. Sevt.
                           John T. Seibels
                               for 
                          William Laval 
                           Compt Genl 

Hon. E. J. Shields
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 Copy                                      War Dept. Pen Office, 
                                               Oct. 17, 1837 

Sir:          x         x        x        x       x       x       x       x

                     The claim of John Buie was 
suspended for further proof &c, as 
required in the enclosed extract
from a letter dated 23d June, 1835
to James Scott, Esq. 
                     The enclosed copy of a letter 
to E. W. M. King, Esq. of the 30th July, 
1836 will &c.  x    x    x    x    x
x      x      x     x      x      x     x

Hon. E. J. Shields, 
Member of Congress
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  Stamped Pension Office Dec 20 1928
                                                                   Clinton, Miss.,
                                                                   Dec. 6, 1928. 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington D.C. 

Dear Sirs:
                Please give me any
information on record 
where John Buie (only), of Maury 
County, Rutherford Creek 
Tenn. received pension 
for Revolutionary services. 
   I am asking this in-
formation to complete my 
papers for D.A.R. membership
 Thanking you, I am 
        Mrs. J. D. Runnels
        Clinton Mississippi
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Form 3229
15-465                                  VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 

MEMORANDUM 
                                                                  Date October 3, 1932
From Director of Pensions
To Mr. Hiller, Executive Assistant               MB
Subject. BOWIE, Rand, Rezin, John, and David 
              Revolutionary War 
                                                                     Attention: Mrs. Finch

     The attached communication from Senator Morris Sheppard 
regarding information as to whether Revolutionary pensions were 
applied for or granted to the above named person, is referred for 
your prompt consideration and reply.
                                                                   E. W. MORGAN
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       JOHN THOMAS, IDAHO CHAIRMAN 
WESLEY L. JONES, WASH.            MORRIS SHEPPARD, TEX.
CHARLES L. MCNARY, OREG.       THOMAS J. WALSH, MONT. 
SAMUEL M. SHORTRIDGE, CALIF JOHN S. KENDRICK, WYO.                           Miss Lubke
HIRAM W. JOHNSON, , CALIF       KEY PITTMAN, NEV                         UNITED STATES SENATE
ROBERT D. HOWELL, NEBR.          CLARENCE C. DILL, WASH.                      COMMITTEE ON
JOHN G. TOWSEND, JR DEL         HENRY F. ASHURST, ARIZ           IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION
TASKER faded out, NEV.               SAM G. BRATTON, N. MEX. 
Faded out IMAN S. ADKISON, CLERK                                                             3 October 1932.
Faded out SCHE STAFFORD, ASST CLERK 

Dear Mr. Morgan: 

     I have a request from a constituent,
a prominent D.A.R. reading in part as follows: 

            “Please find out if Revolutionary pensions 
  were applied for or granted Resa, Rezin, (or Reason) 
John, and David Bowie of South Carolina or Georgia, 
and let me have all available data concerning them. 
Resa, and Rezin Bowie were twins, and Rezin was the 
father of our Alamo hero, James Bowie….” 

My constituent is very anxious to 
have this information by Thursday, October 6, and if 
you can have it sent me before your office closes 
this afternoon, I will appreciate it very much indeed. 

                                 Yours very sincerely, 
                                  Millis Sheppard 

Hon. Edw. Morgan, 
        Director of Pensions, 
        Washington, D.C.
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                                                                                October 3, 1932
Director of Pensions 
Mr. Hiller, Executive Assistant                                  MB
BOWIE, Rosa, Rezin, John, and David 
Revolutionary War                                                 Attention: Mrs. Finch 

           The attached communication from Senator Morris Sheppard 
regarding information as to whether Revolutionary pensions were 
applied for or granted to the above named person, is referred for 
your prompt consideration and reply. 




                                                      E. W. MORGAN
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                                                                             October 3, 1932
                                                                                                          
                                                                                                           MB

Hon. Morris Sheppard 

United States Senate 

My dear Mr. Sheppard: 

               Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of October 3, 1932 
regarding information as to whether Revolutionary pensions were 
applied for or granted Resa, Rezin, (or Reason), John, and David 
Bowie. 

      Your communication has been referred to the proper Service 
for prompt attention and reply. 
                                              
                                               Very truly yours, 


E. W. MORGAN 
Director of Pensions
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Rev. and 1812 
Wars Section 

                                                                                           May 22, 1929

Mrs. J. D. Runnels 
Clinton 
Mississippi 

Madam:

      I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary 
War pension claim, R.1417, it appears that John Buie was 
born in 1759 in Scotland. 

      He applied for pension March 17, 1835, while residing 
in Hardin County, Tennessee, and alleged that while living 
in Cumberland County, North Carolina, he enlisted in Feb-
ruary, 1776, and served six months as a substitute for his 
father Duncan Buie, in Captain Clark's Company, Colonel 
Thackston’s North Carolina Regiment, and in 1779, moved to 
Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, enlisted in March or
April, 1779, served nine months in Captain Henry Foster's 
Company, Colonel Hammond's South Carolina Regiment and was 
in the battle of Stono. 
     The claim was not allowed as he did not furnish proof 
of service as required by the pension law. 
      It is not stated that the soldier was ever married.
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            The above noted John Buie is the only soldier of that 
name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau. 

                                             Respectfully, 


                                             E. W. MORGAN 
                                            Acting Commissioner.