Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28,662, Isaac Buck, Vt.
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8-1776
SERVICE|               |NUMBER
Vt. |Buck, Isaac| S.28,662
CONTENTS
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(right)3243 New York  Isaac Buck of Potsdam in the State of New York who was a Private in the compny commanded by Captain Hutching of the Regt. commanded by Col. Allen in the (crossed out- Connecticut) Vermont line for 10 months- Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of Dec 1832 and surro J. L. Rupeer Canton Arrears to 4th of Sep 1832 $50.00 Semi=anl. allowance ending 4? '33 16.00 =   $66.66 {Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by Geo.C. Stiles Clerk Book D. Vol. 5. Page 156
 (left) Dead Paid at the Treasury under the act of April  6th 1838 from Sept 4th 1839 to  4th March 1840 and from 4th Sept to the 27th Oct 1841. Agent notified July 23 1842.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 State of New York County of St Lawrence Ss: On this twenty fourth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of St Lawrence, now sitting Isaac Buck a resident of the Town of Potsdam in the County of St Lawrence and State of New York, aged sixty nine 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. He was born on the 23d day of May 1763 in the Town of New Milford, in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut; Has no record of his age; his birth is recorded in the town books of New Milford. on or about the 1st day of February 1780, at the Town of Shaftsbury in the County of Bennington State of Vermont he enlisted as a private in a company of State Troops The officers of the Company were Captain William Hutchins, Lieut. Brookings; and Ensign Ochoves Fish, He was attached to a corps under Major Ebenezer Allen commonly called the Rangers. Gen. Ethan Allen commanded all the Troops in that Quarter. His company  was stationed at Pittsford in Vermont, ten months being the time of his inlistment, and he did constant duty for that time and was discharged by Major Allen at Pitsford aforesaid on or about the first day of December 1780, not received no written discharge. Pittsford was a military station where one or more companies were stationed a great part of the time during the Revolutionary war. Since the Revolutionary war he has resided in Rutland and Addison Counties in the State of Vermont, the most of the time in the Town of Addison in the latter County, until about twenty seven years ago, when he removed to the town of Potsdam in the County of St Lawrence and State of New York where he has ever resided and now resides. John Rice being of Orwell in office of Pittsford
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He has no documentary or written evidence what ever of his services. James born a resident of the said Town of Madrid and James West a resident of the Town of Stockholm in the aforesaid County of St Lawrence, the latter of whom served with him the whole service can testify to his said services. He is acquainted with Minet Freison one of the Judges of the said Court and with Stillman Foot Esquer of Canton in the aforesaid  County, who can testify to his character and a belief of his services. 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 Isaac Buck Sworn  to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Sworn to and executed A C Low Clk  James Weston a resident of the Town of Stockholm in the aforesaid County of St Lawrence being first duly sworn, on the day and year aforesaid before the Judges of the said Court, deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Isaac Buck also has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration; and that he the said James Weston served as a private in the same company with the said Isaac Buck at Pittsford aforesaid ten months from the first of February 1780, to the first day of December following and that the said Buck to the knowledge of the said Weston did serve the same term of ten months in the same company, commanded by William Hutchins Captain. There are several other companies Captain Sawyer's Captain Allen's and Capt Safford at Pitsford aforesaid, all under the command of Major Ebenezer Allen. The deponent did not receive any written discharge and he believes the said Buck did not receive any. All the company was discharged together on the 1st day of December 1780. James Westo Sworn to  and subscribed the day and year aforesaid A C Low Clk
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11 821 Isaac Buck  admitted 2/2775 /1666 John Leslie Russell Canton NY
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BRIEF in the case of Isaac Buck of Potsdam in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 3. How old is he? Sixty nine years 4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. Period.| Duration of Service.|In 17  |Years, Months, Days, | Rank | As a |Name of General and Field Officers under whom he served |Den.
 In 1780 Feby 1 \ 10 (under months)| (blank) | Gen. E. Allen Capt Wm Hutchins. Maj Allen 
5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Shaftsbury County 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? James Weston, living witness proving the 10 mos service James Cory also proving the 10 mos service - Jabez Willes, certify to applicants credibility. 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. D Kuch Examining Clerk.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MEE/sal
 March 26, 1929 
Mrs. Mary K. Foster 330 West 5th Street Loveland, Colorado Madam: I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.28662, it appears that Isaac Buck was born, May 23, 1763, in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut. He enlisted at Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont, February 1, 1780, served as a private in Captain William Hutchins' Company under Major Ebenezer Allen in the Vermont Troops and was discharged, December 1, 1780, After the war, he lived in Rutland County and in Addison, Addison County, Vermont. He was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832, while residing in Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York, where he had lived for twenty-seven years. He died, October 27, 1841, leaving a widow, her name is not shown and there are no further data concerning his family.  S67:
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Due to the very large number of inquiries similar to yours and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, the bureau is unable to make immediate reply to each request pertaining to soldiers of the Revolution. Letters are being answered as rapidly as possible in order of receipt. Respectfully, E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
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(left) 28662 NY Revy INVALID. File No. 28,662 Isaac Buck Pri Rev War  Act: June 7th 32 Index: --Vol. 2, Page 59 [Arrangement of 1870,] 
(right)  June 29 96 said pursd to Hon  Curtis H. & R. L B
1929 - Mar. 26, Hist to Mrs. Mary K Foster, M. E. E. 1929, Apr. 6- Hist to Cong Richard Freeman for Miss Mary B. Bishop, A?
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On the matter of Isaac Buck} Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 11821 admitted 10 mo - $33.33
( perpendicular to above)  hand and seal of my Office this 26th day of September 1832 A C Low Clk
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the and James Cory a resident of the town of Madrid in the  aforesaid County of St Lawrence being first duly sworn in open Court before the Judges of the said Court deposes and says that he is well acquainted with the said Isaac Buck who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration; that he knew him well in the time of the revolutionary and whilst he was serving as a soldier in the fort at Pitsford in the State of Vermont in the year 1780. that he served at the same place in Captain Jesse Sawyer's company nine months from the first day of March 1780 to the first day of December 1780, in the Vermont State troops. when the deponent first entered the service the said Buck was then serving as a private in Captain Hutchins company, and the deponent understood from the said Buck and the other soldiers that the said Buck and other soldiers that the said Buck had then been in the service about a month previously. The said Buck's company were ten months more and his company nine months more. The said Brick to the knowledge of the deponent served in Captain Hutchins Company from the first of March 1780, to the first of December 1780, and was discharged with his company at the last mentioned time. The deponent has no doubt, but that the said Buck served ten months. The deponent has been acquainted with the said Buck from that time to the present & further that the deponent unable to write James his X mark Corey Sworn to and  subscribed the day and year aforesaid A C Low Clk
 I Jabez Willes one of the Judges of the aforesaid Court, a resident of the said Town of Potsdam do certify that I am well acquainted with the said Isaac Buck, and that he is an honest upright  man, and in my opinion his statement is entitled to full credit. Given the day & year aforesaid Jabez Willes
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and the said court do hereby declare their opinions 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 Westurn who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing statement is a resident of the Town of Stockholm in the aforesaid County of St Lawrence and is a credible person, and that the said James Corey who has subscribed and sworn to the preceeding statement is a resident of the Town of Madrid in the aforesaid County of St Lawrence and is also a credible person, and that their testimony is intitled to credit, and further that the preceding certificate of Tobey Willes one of the lodgers of the said county is genuine.
(sunburst type stamp) (name partially covered by stamp illegible - Abraham?) C Low  Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the aforesaid County of St Lawrence do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original application of Isaac Buck for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my Office this 26th day of September 1832.

A C Low Clk

In the matter of Isaac Buck
Declaration in order to attain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832

11821
admitted 10 mo
_________
$33.33
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MADISONIAN OFFICE.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 6th, 1842

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,"
The widow of Isaac Buck,
deceased, late --
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N. York
Agency, at the rate of thirty three - Dollars and
33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June
1832, has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of Sept. 1839 to the 4th March 1840 &
from 4th Sept. to the 27th October 1841.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion I E. Parri
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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House of Representatives U.S.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS-FREE
( round postmark) WASHINGTON D.C. APR 4 12:30 PM 1929 (rectangular postmark) LET'S GO! CITIZEN'S MILITARY TRAINING CAMPS
(overwritten) Richard P. Freeman
Pension Bureau, Revolutionary War Division. Interior Department. Washington, D.C.
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This envelope contained
a little from Mary B.
Bishop - 142 Grove St. Putnam
Conn. addressed to Cong.
Richard Freeman--asking
for Isaac Buck S.28662.
Isaac Buck S.34136 -- 
Christpher Crandall S.15269
for a David Short Vermont
Service d.1837
Miss Bishop's letter was
returned to Cong Freeman
at the time I ans. the
letter-- all correspondence
through Cong. Freeman
Apr. 6. 1929 [illegible]
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Loveland Colo 3/16/29
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, DC.
Dear Sir: I wish a sum the
pension record, if there is one, of
Isaac Buck who served
in the Revolutionary War.
Nov. 16, 1786 he married at
Alstead, N.H. went to Williamstown
Vermont in 1786-7, and had
children:
[curly brackets on both sides of the list from top to bottom]
1 Lucinda
2. William
3 Ira
4. Ira
5 Isaac Fellows
6. Stephen
7. Philena
8. Henry

I wish to establish eligibility to the DAR.
Thank you.
Very truly
S. Henry
Mrs. Mary K Foster,
330 W 5th St
Loveland

[stamp] 
PENSION
  MAR
U.  23  S.
   1929
OFFICE
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Loveland, Colorado 1/8/29 (**January 8, 1929)
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C

Dear Sir,

      Is there a record of a pension granted to Isaac Buck?  He is said to have gone from New Haven, Connecticut and been with Arnold (**Benedict Arnold**) in invasion of Canada.  He married Sarbonis (??) Wilson in Alshead N.H. 11-16/1786 moved (?) to Williamstown Vermont where Lucinda, William Ira (?) 1st, Ira (?) 2nd, Isaac, Stephen, Phineas (?) and Harvey were born to him.

      This information is sought to serve (?) admission to the "DCR" (?)

Yours truly,

Nmra (?) Mary K. (?) Foster
330 Nlas (?) 5th St.
Loveland (?) , Colorado

*Only of Vt* is written diagonally upwards to the right of signature

*Pension of Jan 10, 1929 U.S. office* is stamped to the left of signature
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF / eel

                                                       
                                                       April 6, 1929


Honorable Richard P. Freeman
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.


My dear Mr. Freeman :


      In response to Mrs. Mary B. Bishop's letter addressed to you and forwarded by you to this bureau, I have the honor to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary war pension claim S.28662, it appears that Isaac Buck was born, May 23, 1763, in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut.


      He enlisted at Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont, February 1, 1780, served as a private in Captain William Hutchins' Company under Major Ebenezer Allen in the Vermont Troops and was discharged, December 1, 1780.

      After the war, he lived in Rutland County and in Addison, Addison County, Vermont.

      He was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832, while residing in Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York, where he had lived for twenty-seven years.

      He died, October 27, 1841, leaving a widow, her name is not shown and there are no further data concerning his family.

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Handwritten annotations on right side of page are as follows :

The rest of this letter on Isaac Buck S34136
& Christopher Crandall S 15269 [illegible]