Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16675, James Buzzell, Mass.
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SERVICE Mass.
Buzzell, James
NUMBER S. 16675
Contents CARDED.
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[Left side:]
DEAD
Letter to Honorable A. Clifford and
3rd Auditor 23 January 1843
Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6th April 1838
from 4 March 1838 to 23 August 1838
the day of his death. Agents
notified 2 March 1940

[Right side:]
Maine 21.248
James Buzzell
of York County in the state of Maine
who was a Drummer in the Company commanded
by Captain Littlefield of the Regiment. commanded
by [blank] in the Massachusetts
line for 8 month

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the date of 29 Dollars 33 cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of September
1833 and sent I.S. Kimball Lebanon, Maine

Arrears to the 4th of September 1833              $73.33
Semi-annual. allowance ending 4 March 1834  14.67
                                                                 $88.00
                                                        Revolutionary Claim,
                                                        Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D.D. Addison clerk,
Book E Volume 1st page 5
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James Buzzel.
12.625.
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State of Maine.
COUNTY OF YORK, SS.
On this twenty second day of August AD 1832
personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate now sitting at Alfred in and for he county of York
and State of Maine James Buzzell
aged seventy four 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 the year 1775 in the month
of April or May of said year I the said James
Buzzell enlisted in the War of the Revolution
as a drummer under Captain Noah Littlefield of
Wells in the County of York and District of Maine
for six months to guard the sea coast, the were
stationed the most of our campaign at said the
but a part of the time, we were at Kittery Point
building forts. Daniel Wheel right of said Wells was
first Lieutenant of our Company. Our second Lieutenant 
was a Walker from Arrundel. I served as a
drummer during said six months, and had I think
eight dollars and sixty seven cents per month.
I was dismissed at said Wells of which I was an inhabitant in a notice by my Captain in the fall of said
year hW had no field officers. I was a Militia man
In the month of January 1776 I enlisted in service 
in the war of the Revolution under Captain Daniel Littlefield of
Said Wells. The last of January of said  year 2 months.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to pension or annuity except the present, and declares
that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency
of the State of___
SWORN TO, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid 
James Buzzell X his mark
We William Goding a clergyman, residing in the town of Acton
and John Bodwell Esquire residing in the town of Acton
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with James Buzzell, who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four
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.
to
SWORN to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Wm. Goding
Before me
William Goding
John Bodwell
Inman S. Kimball Justice of the peace
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
William Goding
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a
clergyman, resident in the town of Acton, Maine, and that John Bodwell,
who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Acton, Maine
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. William B. Hayes Judge of said Court
I, William Cutter Allen, Register of the court of probate aforesaid 
Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of James Buzzell for a pension: and that Inman S. Kimball is a justice of the peace as above stated and that the above signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and eat of office this twenty-second day of August, AD. 1832
William Cutter Allen
Register of Probate
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From said Wells to Cambridge in Massachusetts where we were stationed during two months the term for which I enlisted. when I was dismissed by my Captain in  the month of March the last of said month. On my last campaign [illegible] I served as a drummer and had eight dollars and sixty seven cents per month. I think Jonathan Hill was our first Lieutenant, Newman Perkins was our second Lieut. I was born in said Wells in the year 1758. where I lived till I was twenty two years old. I then moved to York in the County of York where I lived twelve years. I then moved from York to Shapleigh then , but now Acton, where I still reside.
I have no dockumentary [sic] evidence of my service in either campaign
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12.625. 
James Buzze 
Drummer 8 Months 
18. April 1833 
Obj 16. 
Page 343 
22. 
7.33 
29.332 
58.66 
14. 67
73.33
IS. Kimball Esquire
Lebanon Maine
E
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12625
BRIEF in the case of James Buzzel
County of York in the State of Maine
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 74
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
do.
[Table of four columns, headed:]
Period. || James Buzzel || Rank. || Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Enlisted In 1775 April || 6 month || Drummer || Captain N. Littlefield, Lieutenant D. Wheelright and Walker, “had no field officers “.
Enlisted 1776 January. || 2 months || Drummer || Captain D. Littlefield, Lieutenants Hill and Perkins.
5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wells, York 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  and two credible witnesses.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not attached to the seal as required.
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
F. Waugh examining Clerk
March 13, 1833.
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Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section 

February 15, 1924 

Winthrop Alexander 
3 Wabon St., 
Boston 21, Mass.

Sir: 
I have to] advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 18695 it appears that James Buzzell was born in 1758 in Wells, York County, District of Maine. 

While living in said Wells he enlisted in April or May 1775 and served as a drummer for six months in Captain Noah Littlefield's Massachusetts Company, 

He enlisted in January 1776 and served two months as a drummer in Captain Daniel Littlefield's Massachusetts Company 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1832 while a resident of Acton, York County, Maine. He died August 23, 1838, leaving children whose names are not stated. No further family data on file. 
Respectfully,
[unsigned]
Commissioner.
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[Left side:]
16675
INVALID.
File Number 6675
James Buzzell
Drummer Revolutionary War
Act June 7" [18]32
Index: -- Volume 1
Page 53
(Arrangement of 1870.)

[Right side:]
May 17- 1902
Mrs Sylvanus Patt
Winchester Massachusetts
September 30-1903
Mrs. M.S. Patterson
Winchester Massachusetts
name of soldiers wife
of record
1910 August 18 History to
Lizzie T. Hussey VLM.
1920, March 18. History to
Frank M. Buzzell Esquire
-
4 February [19]15 - History to Winthrop
Alexander. see his letter in
[illegible] R 6977- Jonathan Wallingford
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
25 July [18]33
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 James Buzzell
[Table with no entries]
I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[A lengthy, standard, printed form with no entries. Extracted text copied but not corrected or edited.]
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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, mucicians 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, or District of } ss.
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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
with
and
(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 battle, 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
for a pension.
the application of
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 days 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.
1
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
day 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
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[continuation of standard, printed form with written notation below. Printed portion copied from extracted text, but not corrected or edited.]
3 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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. H 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 name 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. C. 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 To an Office 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 the 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 inquiry 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. 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 laid down for his guidance. The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 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 gallant the rent 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 by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersign Date of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months days, I served as a . For months andus , andis important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period at which each applicant served, and there to 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, all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. the mill without specifying the tours, the names of the office Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two yearsother  particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is 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 performs thorny, that he was either in the hold or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed at pursuit. The law makes the relinquishment he indispensable. The opinion of the Court is always required. The Clerk must give me certincate in every case. The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public sea papers. of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the 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 conin the other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must tice of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. Proof of Service. 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 RIC of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 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. 
[handwritten below printed section:]
One part of a declaration must not be refered to another-
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 25th 1840
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 children of James Buzzell, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maine
Agency, at
the rate of Twenty nine Dollars and thirty three cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, have been paid at this Department, from the
4th of March 1838
to the 23d August 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parr
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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I, Jesse Butland of Wells in the County of York 
of and State of Mare testify and declare that I
will accounted with James Russell of Acton
in the said County of York
the said Buzzell was a soldier in Captain David
Littlefields company raised for two months commencing
February in the year 1776 stationed at Prospect
Hill near Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts
As a drummer in said company, and served the whole
two months and was in this service
at the time the
British troops left Boston in
March 1776. I know
the facts here stated having been a member of the same company and served with the said Buzzell
I well recollect that the said James Buzzell
was also a Drummer in Captain Noah Littlefield’s
company raised for six months in the year 1775, being
the first year of the revolutionary war and stationed
principally within the limits of Wells between York
And Cape Porpoise in Maine - I was a substitute for
my Father in said Company. I knew the said Buzzell
the whole service he was then a neighbor to me
I have always known him he has resided in what
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in what is now called Acton in the County
of York thirty or forty years-
Jesse Butland
State of Maine
York Ss.
September 1832 Then personally
appeared Jesse Butland of Wells in the said
County of York and made oath to the truth
of the above deposition by him signed and
I certify that the said Butland is a credible
witness-
Before me in
Barnabas Palmer Justice
of the Peace
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I Benjamin Littlefield of Wells in the County of York
and State of Maine aged seventy four years testify and
declare that I am well acquainted with James Buzzell
formerly of Wells but now of Acton in the said County
of York
the said Jones Buzzell was
Drummer in Captain
Noah Littlefields company
for six months
year 1775 ending the last of November in said year is
being the first year of the war, said Buzzell served
the whole six months. The company was stationed on the sea
coast principally in Wells one of the guard houses of the
Said company was on the sea beach near the house
where I now reside. I know these facts having been
a soldier in the same company and served the whole of
Said time with the said Buzzell. I have known
said Buzzell from my boyhood he has resided in that
part of Shapleigh now called Acton more than thirty
Years.
the said James Buzzell also Marched from this place
in Captain Daniel Littlefields company in winter or spring of
the year 1776. The company was raised for two months and
were stationed at or near Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts
He was in this service of the time the British troops left 
Boston in March 1776. The company marched from Captain
David Sistiful house in this town. The said Russell
was
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was then a neighbor to me. I
was present the morning when the company commenced their march
The Captain was also a neighbor to me. I know the
said Buzzell was a member of the company and
was a Drummer I took leave of him at Captain
Littlefields house, and I saw him when he commenced his march for Cambridge with the rest of the company.
the said Buzzell returned home with other members
I think some time in April of that year.
Benjamin Littlefield

State of Maine
York Ss.
September 3 1832. Then personally appeared 
Benjamin Littlefield of Wells in the county 
of York and made oath to the truth of the
above depodtion by him signed, and I certify
that the said Littlefield is a credible man
Barnabas Palmer
Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine. 
YORK, SS. 
I, WILLIAM CUTTER ALLEN, Register of Probate, for the County of York, hereby certify that Barnabas Palmer is a Justice of the Peace for said County of York as above stated, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine. annexed to the deposition of Jesse Butland and Benjamin Littlefield IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this twelfth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two Wm. Cutter Allen Register of Probate.
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Grand Rapids, Michigan. 
February Twenty - Eighth, 
Nineteen Twenty 
PENSION DEPARTMENT. 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
GENTLEMEN 
I am not certain whom to address, but respectfully request that this inquiry be referred to the proper department for reply. 
I wish to prove Military Service in the Revolution by my ancestor, James Buzzell, for the purpose of securing membership in the Sons of the Revolution, and also for the satisfaction of my family and myself. The information I now have secured through the courtesy and assistance of Rev. Herbert Leslie Buzzell, Bridgewater, Massachusetts is as follows ,- 
JAMES BUZZELL, son of Isaac and Hannah ( Eldredge ) Buzzell, born at Wells, Maine, June 2, 1759; died in Acton, Maine, August or September 23, 1838. He was a drummer in the Revolution, was at Valley Forge, December, 1777, throught the winter without shoes or stockings. He was in Captain John Hill's Company at Seavey's Island, November 5th, 1775. In his later days he was a pensioner. I hope this will enable you to give me the information I desire, and await with interest, you reply. I shall sincerely appreciate your assistance. 
Respectfully yours, 
Frank M. Buzzell 
Frank M. Buzzell, 
511 Benjamin Ave. S. E. 
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Skowhegan, Marie
August 10, 1910
Can you tell me if the
name of James Buswell
(or Buzzell) appears on
the pension list as
having served in the
Revolutionary War from
New Hampshire
An early reply will be appreciated
-
Lizzie T. Hussey
AUGUST  13 1910
Skowhegan
Marie
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[Stamp] Old war and navy files September 23, 1903

James Buswell
(Buzzell )
On return of Captain
John Bell's Company
Colonel Joshua Wingate's
Regiment. Defense of
Piscataqua Harbor
stationed on Seavey's
Island November 5, 1775
46 names on Roll
On Pay Roll of Captain
Daniel Gordon Company
Colonel David Gilman's
Regiment raised by the
State of New Hampshire
and sent to
reinforce
the Army at New York
December 1776.
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James Buzzell was a
drummer
in the
Revolution. He was at
Valley Forge. December
1777 and
was
all winter
without shoes or stocking
In
his last days he
was a pensioner. He died
in 1838
Please find as
soon as possible.
[stamp]
U.S. Pension office September 19, 1903
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September 16, 1903
Dear Sir
I wish to
find who the wife
of James Buzzell
was and would
like to know if you
have any thing
in regard to it.
I will send you
some notes I have 
on James Buzzell
Yours truly
Mrs M.S. Patterson
330 Main St
Winchester
Massachusetts
[stamp]
U.S. Pension office September 19, 1903
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[date stamp]
[OLD WAR & NAVY]
[MAY 5 1902]
[P.  FILES  B.]

Winchester, Mass.,
Apr. 30, 1902.
Pension Dept.,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen-
I wish to get all the information possible in regard to my ancestor, James Bussell.
The following is an abstract from the New Hampshire War Rolls;
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James Buswell  (Bussell)
On Return of Capt. John Hill's Company Col. Joshua Wingate's Regiment, Defence of Piscataqua Harbor, stationed on Seavey's Island
Nov. 5, 1775,
46 Names on Roll.
On Pay Roll of Capt. Daniel Gordon's Company, Col. David Gilman's Regiment raised by the state of New Hampshire and sent to reinforce the Army at New York in Dec 1776. 73 Names on Roll
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In his last days James Bussell was a penshioner. He died in 1838.
Respectfully,
M. S. Patterson.
Mrs. Sylvanus Patterson,
330 Main S6t.,
Winchester, Mass.

U. S. Pension Office (date stamp)
May 2, 1902
Page 28

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for
sion on file in this Bureau. James Buzzell Service File 16675
[Table of four columns, headed:]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. || LENGTH OF SERVICE. || RANK. || OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. || STATE.
April or May 1775 || 6 months || Drummer || Captain Noah Littlefield || Massachusetts.
January 1776. || 2 months || Drummer || Daniel Littlefield ||
Battles engaged in,___
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wells York District of Maine
Date of application for pension, August 22 1832 His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Acton, York County Maine
Age at date of application, born at Wells Maine in 1758
Remarks: Soldier died Aug 23, 1838 leaving children whose names
are not stated