Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3108, Jonathan Buck, Conn.
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Service Conn.
Buck, Jonathan
Number
S.3108
Carded
Contents
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22679
Ohio Pittsburgh
Nathan Buck
of Loraine Co in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Co commanded
by CaptainRogers of the Rat commanded
by Col. Enos in the Connecticut
line for 6 months & 7 days.
[illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. Pitt[illegible]
at the rate of 20 Dollars 78 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of Dec.
1833. and sent to E. Whiton
[illegible] Lorraine Co. Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of September. 1833  51.95
[illegible] allowance ending 4 Mar 34  10.39
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                                                               $63..34
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{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Wm R. Palmer Clerk,
Book E. Vol 8. Page 107.

Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of the 6 April 1838 from
the 4th March 1837. to the 4 Sept
1837. Agt holfield 22 June
1838.
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State of Ohio  || Court of Common Pleas [illegible] from
[illegible] County || 1833---

On the 15th day of Apr.
AD 1833 personally appeared in open Court before 
the Hon. Judges of said court, now sitting at Elyria
in said county. Jonathan Buck resident of [illegible]
township in the county of Sorain, & State of Ohio
aged eighty two years, who being duly sworn according to to law,
doth on his oath make the following
declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress ratified the 7th of June 1832 -- that he entered the
service of the United States under the following named
officers & served as herein stated -- viz that he enlisted
into a company of Militia commanded by Col.. Amos
Rogers in a Regiment commanded by Col. Eno [crossed out] viz.
in the year 1777 the day of month he does not exactly
recollect, he enlisted for nine months, that he served at
various places & stations, viz. at Rye Mamaroneck & [illegible]
in the state of New York, also on Long Island Sound in 
Connecticut, that after serving about six months of the time
for which he enlisted, he was taken sick with the measles
& having when subject to that disease, taken a violent
cold, he was obliged to return home to Sharon Connecticut
where he languished with the effects of said disease for 
more than three months, & was unable to do any labor for a 
greater length of time, that [crossed out] near as he recollects
it was in the month of June 1777 that he enlisted into the 
Service & continued six months, till taken sick as aforesaid
that in the year 1778 sometime in the month of July he volunteered
[illegible] & went to [illegible] & staid seven days, at which
times he served as near as he recollects six months &
seven days, that he lived in Sharon Conn. when he enlisted
that he has no documentary evidence relative to this
subject & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can 
procure, who can testify to his service ---
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Questions propounded by the court
Question 1st
Where & in what year were you born?
Ans. I was born in Sharon Conn in the year 1751
Q. 2 Have you any record of you age & if so
where is it?
Ans. I have no record of my age
Q. 3 Where were you living when called into service
Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War
& where do you now live?
Ans. I was living in Sharon Conn. Have resided
times in the [illegible] in Marmount, New York, & this is where
I now reside ---
4th How were you called into service, [crossed out]] you
drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute
& if so substitute for whom?
Ans. I was a volunteer ---
5th State the names of some of the regular officers
who served with the troops where you served, such [illegible]
[illegible] Regiments as you can recollect & the
general circumstances of your service ---
Ans. Col. Eno. Cast. Rogers, Gen. Parsons
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the
service & if so [crossed out] by whom was it given
& what has become of it --
Ans. Received no written discharge
7th State the names of persons to whom you are
known in your present neighborhood who
can testify to your character for veracity & their
belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution ---
Ans. Rev. Caleb [illegible]

[facing page]

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
[illegible] Except [illegible] & declares that his name is not on the 
pension roll of the agency of any state --

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year
aforesaid --

Before me Eben. Whiton Clk [illegible]

Mr. Caleb O[illegible] a clergyman residing in the 
township of Amherst (being the present clergyman) & Lewis
D. Boynton residing in Russia township hereby certify that 
we are well acquainted with Jonathan Buck, who
has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration &
we believe him to be eighty two years of age, that 
he is reported & believed in the neighborhood where he
resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution -- & that
we concur in [illegible] in opinion.

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Before me Eben. Wh[illgible] Clk 

[signatures] Caleb O[illegible]
Lewis D. Boynton

And the said court do hereby declare this
opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting
the interrogations provided by the War Department, that the
above named application was a Revolutionary soldier &
served as he states, And in the court further certified, And it
appears to them that Caleb [illegible], who has signed the
preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Amherst
township, & that Lewis D. Boynton who has also signed the
same is a resident in the town of [illegible] county are said
& is [crossed out] a credible person & that their statement is
entitled to credit --


I Ebenezer Whiton Clerk of the Court of 
Common Please of the county of Loraine do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said court in the matter of the
application of Jonathan Buck for a pension
in testimony whereof I have hereto put my hand
& seal of office this 20th day of April A.D. 1833

Eben Whiton clerk
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Personally appeared before me the undersigned a
Justice of the Peace for the town of Russia Jonathan
Buck who, being duly sworn deposeth & saith, that by
reason of old age & 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 in
the following grades - For six months I served
as a private under Capt. Amos Rogers in the
regiment commanded by Col Enos my service commenced
in the month of June A. 1777 & in the month of July 1778
I served seven days more as a volunteer & private for
such service I claim a pension
sworn & subscribed to this 28th day
of October AD. 1833 before me
Lewis Boynton                          Jonathan Buck
Justice Peace

State of Ohio
Lorain County Ss  I Ebenezer Whiton Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas of Lorain
County and State aforesaid
do hereby certify the Lewis
Boynton is a Justice of the Peace
in and for the County aforesaid
duly commissioned & qualified
that his commission was dated on the 19th day of February
A. D. 1833 & will expire on the 19th day of February
1836 and that his signature above written is genuine
Given under my hand and seal of said County this
19th day of November 1833-
Eben Whiton Clerk
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22.679.
Jonathan Buck
Ohio
20.78
2 
41.56
10.39
____
51.93
---
Adm 6 Mo 7 days

E Whiton Esq
Elyria
Lorain County
Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
16 August 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, showing the service of Jonathan Buck
Period when the service was rendered.
1777
July 1778

Duration of the claimant's service.
6 months
7 days

Rank of the claimant.
priv
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cap Amos Rogers
Col Enoch

Age at present, and place of abode  when he entered the service.
82 years
Sharon Cont

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS.
Commissioner of Pensions.
the service is only for six months & seven day in the whole
the affidavit on the last page ---- of the paper containing statement 
of the applicant
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 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: 1. The Regular Troops. 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, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance , 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. DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory District of County of On this ---day of --- personally appeared (a) before ----- A. B. a resident (b) of ----- in the county of ---- and State, Territory or District of ----- aged (c) --- 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 pension 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 ---- line, under the following named officers (Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under 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 entered 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. [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. I -------------------- 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. I, -----------Clerk of the Court of ---------------- do hereby certify 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, this --- of ---- & 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 substitute?
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?
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
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.
If 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.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
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 before
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.
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.

{a] 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 rules laid down for his guidance
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county were he resides. If he should fail to do so he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] the declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served
[e] Every Continental officer or soldier must give the name of the colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every clamant must state, 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. 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 worn, deposes 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 persons mentioned below, and in the following grades: For --- years ---- months, and -----days, I served as a . For months and days, I served as a ----- for ----- months ----days, I served as a ----- and for such service I claim a pension."
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 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 miliia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a 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 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,
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which in can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

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 once, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] 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 credibly of the witnesses and
the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

the notes [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of militia men, volunteers, and state troops The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensible in militia cases
[l] if a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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Rev. & 1812 War Section
December 1, 1927
Mrs. G. W. Palmiter
120 Melrose Ave.
Utica, N. Y.

Madam
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 3108, it appears that JONATHAN BUCK was born
in 1751 in Sharon, Connecticut.
While a resident of said place he enlisted and served as a
private with the Connecticut troops as follows:
From June, 1777, he served six months in Captain Amos Rogers'
Company in Colonel Enos Regiment.
In July, 1778, he served seven days and was stationed at Horseneck,
officers not stated.
After the Revolution he lived in Vermont, New York and Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 15,
1833, at which time he was living in Russia Township, Lorain County,
Ohio.
There are no data on file relative to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 16. 1838
Sir,
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the
Treasury of the United States, Jonathan Buck
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg Agency, at
the rate of twenty Dollars and seventy eight cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1
to the 4th of September 1837
Respectfully yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.
Present.
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1909 [illegible] of Hist to
Flora Maynard & [illegible].
1909 Feb. 4 Hist to Mrs. E. H.
Buck. V.L.M.
1922 Dec. 22 to Belle B. Stephen esq
1927 Dec 1 hist to
G. W. Palmiter WCS

Rev War
3108
INVALID.
File No. 3108
Jonathan Buck
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Frankfort N Y
Nov 17- 08
Commissioner of Pensions
Will you please send me
papers showing that
Jonathan Buck was a
soldier in the revolutionary
War he was from N. Y. state
Hoping to hear soon
I am
Respectfully
Mrs Flora Maynard
Frankfort NY
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Exeter Neb
Jan 25-09
Dept of Interior
Will you send me
papers showing that
Jonathan Buck was
a Revolutionary soldier
He enlisted in June 1777
Respectfully
E H Buck
Exeter
Neb

[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
A JAN 26 1909
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sion on file in this Bureau. Jonathan Bull S 3108
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
June 1777
July 1778.
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
6 mos
7 days
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Amos Rogers
Stationed at Horseneck
COLONEL.
Enos
STATE.
Conn
Battles engaged in, None
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sharon Conn
Date of application for pension, Apr. 15 1833 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Russia Twp. Lorain Co Ohio
Age at date of application, born at Sharon Connt 1737 
Remarks: After the said soldier lived in Vt. New York & Ohio
No data as to family
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120 Melrose Ave.
Utica, N.Y
June 16. 1927
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
Sirs, as a member of
the D. A. R. Society I
am looking for information
concerning an ancestor
Jonathan Buck, I
wonder if you could
tell me in what
large battles he fought
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and where he is He is buried
He was born in Sharon,
Conn in 1751 that is all
the information I have
concerning him
If there is a charge in 
connection with this
service I will gladly send
it on to you
Thanking you for any
information you can give
me I am
Respectfully yours
Janet M. Palmeter
Mrs G. W. Palmeter
120 Melrose Ave
Utica
N.Y.
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[letterhead] 
Daughters of the American Revolution
NATHAN PERRY CHAPTER
LORAIN OHIO

Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear sir
.
I am writing for any information
you can give regarding Joshumy
Campbell who in 1840 was 78 years
of age also Jonathan Buck who
in 1840 was 90 years of age
Both lived in Russia Ohio at
that time. Any date will be appreciated.
Very respectfully
Belle B. Stephan
Cor. Sec.
1326 - 2nd St
Lorain, Ohio

[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
O NOV 29 1922