Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,315, Jonathan Buckland, Conn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                          NUMBER
Conn.   Buckland, Jonathan            W. 25,315
                              Laura    B. L. Wt 32,240-160-55
CONTENTS
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[on left side]
2d Apl 22 1855
Laura Buckland  dec'd 1784s
John H Brockway   [3 illegible]

[1 illegible]  Timothy Pittman
Phineas [1 illegible]

[on right side]
Connecticut. 17.728
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Jonathan Buckland
of Ellington in the State of Connect't
 who was a Private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Allyn of the Regt commanded 
by Col Canfield in the Connect't
 line for fourteen months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Connect't
at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Sept'r, 
1833 and sent to A. Willey Esq. Ellington, Con't
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33 -             116.65
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Mar 34  __23.33__
                                                            $139.98
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                                      {Revolutionary Claim,} 
                                           {Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm R Palmer Clerk, 
Book E Vol. three Page 6
[stamp}
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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[on left side]
5349 
Connecticut
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Laura Buckland
widow of Jonathan 
Con't          Buckland
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 46 dollars 66 
cents per annum, to commence on
[crossed out: 3rd February 1853] 22 April 1855.
      Apr 1855
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Certificate of Pension issued
 July 19th 1855 day of July 1855 
and sent to J. C. Brice
Rockville, Ct
[remainder is torn off]

[on right side]
[vertical]
Revy 3 mos 55 - 190762

[stamp}
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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Jonathan Buckland
Declaration

Service in French 
army disallowed.

Aom'd 
14 mo. pri 
___________
$46.66
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress
passed June 17th 1832
State of Connecticut}     District of Ellington
County of Tolland} ss      Probate Court August 21st 1832
On this 21st day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court
before said Court of Probate now sitting Jonathan Buckland
a resident of said Town of Ellington which was formerly part of
East Windsor in Hartford County in said State aged 66 years
who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make
the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
Act of Congress pased June 7th 1832. That on or about the last of
April or 1st of May 1781 I enlisted as an artillery driver under Capt
Wareham Porter then of East Windsor now called Ellington and
served 4 months we marched from East Windsor to Hartford
thence to Danbury in Connecticut from thence to White Plain
in the State of New York and then joined the French Army
at a place then called mile square the Business or service rendered
by me was to go out and out and procure forage for the horses
the Waggon Master General was a Frenchman his name I think
was  Cherrett as he was called by us we remained there
untill the Army marched for York Town in Virginia then
returned home, I had no written discharge. I know of no
person living who served with me this tour excepting William
Wallace when depontion accompanies this declaration
The French army at the time I was at mile square was commanded
by General La Fayette the American Army was West
of it near Wattles Ferry (so called). I was present when the Army 
marched for York Town. I further declare that on or about the 10th of Sept
1781 I entered into the service of the United States as a substitute
in the militia of the State of Connecticut and served under the
following named militia officers viz Capt Amasa Loomis of said East
Windsor Lieut Williams of East Hartford Ensign Taylor, Col
McLellan commanded the Regiment. I joined the company at 
Fort Trumbull at New London I serv'd at said New London
the term of 2 months as a private Soldier there was no higher
Officer there at that time than a Col and there were but a few
Troops stationed there the duty which we had to do as to [1 illegible]
the Guards and repair Fort Griswold on Groton side-- at the expiration
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of said 2 months Capt Loomis company was discharged and I among 
the rest I had no written discharge. I further declare that I 
entered the service of the United States under the following officers 
and served as herein stated. -The Col of the Regiment was Colonel
Samuel Canfield - Dana was Major. The Officers of the 
Company Capt Daniel Allen Lieut Russell Bissell Ensign Eber 
Robinson I served in the Connecticut State Troops I enlisted as a 
private for one year the 17th day of March 1782 & served out said 
term in said company in the service of the United States in
the Revolutionary War and was discharged the 1st of April 1783 
at Greenwich in this State near the City of New York that I  
resided when I enlisted and entered said service as aforesaid
in the same place where I now reside which was then called 
East Windsor but is now called Ellington & that when I entered 
service I marched through the Town of Hartford Wethersfield, 
Middletown, New Haven to Stamford in said State of 
Connecticut a part of which last mentioned town is now called
Greenwich. I was stationed at a Fort in that place. I have 
no documentary evidence and I know of no person living who 
is knowing to my service in this last Tour except Jabez
Brownson whose deposition accompanies this Declaration.
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 - 
Answers to the Questions proposed by the Court
I was Born in East Windsor now called Ellington in the year 1766
I have no record of my age.
When called into said service I resided & have ever since resided in 
East Windsor now called Ellington
I entered the said service one tour as a substitute & twice Enlisted
The names of the Officers under whom and with whom I served are 
those named in my Declaration,
I never received a written discharge
I am known to the following persons in my neighborhood Reve'd Dioah Brockway & Gordon Smith
                        [signed] Jonathan Buckland

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
                          [signed] Asa Willey Judge
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We Diodate Brockway a clergyman residing in the Town of
Ellington in the County of Tolland and State of Councticut
and Gordon Smith residing in said Ellington hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Buckland
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that
we believe him to be 66 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.
                       [signed] Diodate Brockway
                       [signed] Gordon Smith

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
                              [signed] Asa Willey Judge

And the 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
Soldier of the Revolution and served as he states. And the Court
further certifies that it appears to them that Diodate Brockway
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident
in the said Town of Ellington and that Gordon Smith who
has also signed the same is a resident in s'd Town of Ellington
and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled
to credit. And the Court further certifies that it appears to
them that Elijah Sadd, Jabez Bronson and William Wallace
who have subscribed the depontions enclosed herewith and
accompaning this declaration sustain fair character for truth
and that their statements are entitled to credit.
                        [signed] Asa Willey Judge

I Moses B Bull Clerk of the Court of of Probate for the District
of Ellington in the County of Tolland & State of Connecticut do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains a true copy of the original
procedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
Jonathan Buckland for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of
Office this 21st day of August 1832.
                 [signed] Moses B Bull Clerk
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4.564
Jonathan Buckland

aom'd

A. Willey Esqr
Ellington Con
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                  WAR DEPARTMENT, 
                                Pension Office,
                                      April 15 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

|A Statement, shewing the service of Jonathan Buchland [Buckland] |
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| Period When the Service Was Rendered. | Duration of the Claimants Service. | Rank of the Claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Place of abode when he entered the service and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported. |
|           | Years. | Months. | Days. |            |          |                                 
            |           |          |          |          |
|[end of April]-or 1" of May 1781 |          |  4  |        |Ar'y Pri | Cap Foster | none mentioned | White Plains | Ellington to White Plains | Ellington    66 | one wittness |
|      |    (|This| servi|ce in the|Frence| army is| not w|ithin th|e act) |
| Sept 10 1781 |  1  |     |     | Pri | Capt Allen | Col Canfield | Ellington to Greenwich |        | one wittness |
                 I am, respectfully,
                       Your obedient servant, 
                           J. L. Edwards
                                 Commissioner of Pensions
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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.
Stat, Territory, or District of}
County of                             }ss.
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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)           , with           and
served in the                          (e) regiment of the                 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. [hand with index finger pointing to the right] 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                        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              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
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
[brackets around above 2 paragraphs starting with "Every applicant....]
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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 Solder. }Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given nd what has become of it?
     {To an Officer: {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what as 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.
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     [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 rule laid down for his guidance.
     [b]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.
    [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 claimant 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 sworn, deposeth 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 periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For______year____months, and ____days,  I served as a _________. For ____ months and ____ 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 militia, &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 he 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
     [f] The law makes the relinquishment indipesable.
     [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 it can be distinguished from any other seal for 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 officer, 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 claimant's 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 credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be
certified by the proper side, under his seal of office.
      Pointing finger The notes from [a] to [i] are all 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 indispensable 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.


The youth of the claimant presents a strong
presumption against this claim, which cannot be allowed [?]established


Pensioner: Laura Buckland
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Bounty Land Claim 
of Jonathan Buckland 
for Revolutionary Service 
under the Act 3 March 1833

Henry Fowler
Hartford
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State of Connecticut}
County of Tolland} ss Ellington
      On this 19th day of March AD One thousand eight hundred and fifty five before me a Justice of the Peace in and  
for the County aforesaid personally appeared
                   Jonathan Buckland
Aged ninety two years a resident of Ellington in the County of Tolland in the State of Connecticut, who being 
duly sworn according to law Declares that he is 
the identical Jonathan Buckland to whom a certificate 
of Pension was issued on the 17" day of September 
1833 under the Act of June 7 1832 at the rate of 
Forty six dollars 66 Cents per annum for services 
in the Connecticut troops in the War of the
Revolution. that he refers to his application
for a pension now on file in the Pension Office
at Washington for proof of his services.
     He makes this declaration for the purpose of
obtaining the Bounty land to which he may be entitled 
under the Act approved third March 1853.
      He also declares that he has not received a
Warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application 
therefor.
                [signed] Jonathan Buckland 92 years

We Sabra Smith and Loren Buckland residents
of Ellington in the County of Tolland State of Connecticut 
upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was 
signed and acknowledged by Jonathan Buckland in our presence 
and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the
applicant that he is the identical person he represents himself 
to be .
                               [signed] Sabra Smith
                               [signed] Loren Buckland
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The foregoing declaration and affidavit were 
sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and 
year above written: And I certify that I know 
the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant 
is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have 
no interest in this claim.
            [signed]  Joel W. Smith  Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut.
     I, Oliver H Perry - Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and
Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That Joel W. Smith was, from the fourth day of July, A.D.
1854, to the fourth day of July A. D. 1856, a Justice of the Peace within and
for the County of Tolland in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, having full
power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the 
same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give
Certificates 
thereof: and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I Further Certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said
[signed] Joel W Smith - to be genuine.
     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
     set my hand and affixed the Seal of said
     State, at Hartford, this 20th day of---
     March in the year of our Lord one
     thousand eight hundred and fifty five
           [signed] O H Perry  Secretary of State.
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Application 
      of 
Laura Buckland
For Pension

[very light pencil]
      1.50 paid
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State of Connecticut}   Ellington
County of Tolland }      Probate District
      On this 25th day of June AD 1855
Personally appeared before the Court of Probate 
for the District of Ellington in said County
 Laura Buckland a resident of Ellington in 
said County and State Aged ninety one years 
who first being duly sworn according to Law 
doth on her oath make the following declaration 
In order to obtain the pension to which she may 
be entitled, under the acts of Congress
in such cases made and provided. That
she is the Widow of Jonathan Buckland
who was a private in the Army of the
Revolution, and who was a pensioner of the
United States. That the following is a true
copy of his Pension Certificate, which she forwarded 
with the declaration (To wit)
             War Department
      Revolutionary Claim. I certify that 
in conformity with the Law of the United 
States
of the 7th June 1832, Jonathan Buckland
of the State of Connecticut who was a private
in the army of the Revolution, is entitled
to receive Forty six dollars and sixty six cents
per annum. during his natural life
commencing on the 4th of March 1831
and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year.
      Given at the War Office of the United States
this seventeenth day of September one thousand 
Eight Hundred and thirty three.
                      [signed] Lewis Cass
                                    Secretary of War
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And she further declares that she is
unable to state the tours of service performed
by her said husband, or under what Officers
he served but she refers to the evidence on
file in Washington filed by the said
Jonathan Buckland with his application
for a Pension for the particulars and length
of said service. She further declares that her
said husband Jonathan Buckland lived in
Ellington and died at said Ellington April
22nd 1855. That she was married to the said
Jonathan Buckland in November 1784 at
East Windsor By William Wolcott Esq a Justice
of the Peace and that she still remains the
widow of the said Jonathan Buckland
as will more fully appear by reference
to the proof hereto annexed - and she further states that she is unable to find any record evidence of her 
said marriage.
                        [signed] Laura Buckland

We John H Brockway of Ellington and B H Bill
of Vernon and both of the State of Connecticut
upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration 
was signed & acknowledged by the said Laura Buckland 
in our presence & that we believe from the appearance
& statements of the applicant that she is the identical person 
she represents herself to be.
                         [signed] John H. Brockway
                          [signed] Benezet H. Bill

The foregoing declaration & affidavit were subscribed and 
sworn to before me in open Court on the day and 
year above written; and I certify that I know the 
affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant 
is the person she represents herself to be and that 
I have no interest in this claim.
                    [signed] Dwight Loomis Judge

State of Connecticut}
Tolland County} I Benezet H. Bill Clerk of the Court 
of Probate for the District of Ellington in the County of Tolland 
do hereby certify that Dwight Loomis before whom
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the foregoing proceedings were had {sic] was at the time 
of execution Judge of Probate for the District 
of Ellington in said Tolland County duly commissioned 
and qualified and that the foregoing  
signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed
my seal of Office, and subscribed my name this
25th day of June AD 1855
                   [signed] Benezet H. Bill Clerk
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[bottom left side]
Vol. B _ 146

[on right side]
190762  Act March 3/55
July 17/55
___________________________________
Laura Buckland 
widow of Jonathan Buckland
dec'd       pens
__________________________
[angled}
322110 iss July 1st/56

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Rev War
__________________   
Pensioner
Conn [1 illegible] 53   5349
_______________________________
[1 illegible]: 160 Al [1 illegible] 27/56
                        [signed] Boynton

R
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[signed] J. C. Bruce
                      Rockville
                            Conn
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State of Connecticut}
County of Tolland } ss
        On this 27 day of June A.D. 1855
personally appeared Laura Buckland before me a Justice 
of the peace within and for the County of Tolland and
 State of Connecticut, aged Ninty one years, a resident 
of Ellington in said County and State, who being 
duly sworn according to law, declares that she is
the widow of Jonathan Buckland deceased, who 
served as a private in the army of the Revolution, 
and was entitled to, and did actually draw a pension 
of Forty Six Dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum 
during his natural life and that her said husband held
at his death a Pension Certificate given at the War Office 
of the United States on the 17th day of September One 
Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Three, Signed by 
Lewis Cass Secretary of War (with Seal) which Certificate 
is annexed to and forwarded with her declaration for 
a pension as the widow of said Jonathan Buckland 
dated the 25 day of June A.D. 1855 to which declaration
& Certificate annexed reference may be had.
      And She further States that her said Husband
served in said war and received an honorable discharge 
as will appear by the files, but she is unable 
to State in what regiment, or what tours of service he 
performed and under what  officers he served, but 
refers to the evidence on file at the War Department in
Washington contained in the application of said Jonathan 
Buckland for his said pension. She further States 
that she was married to the said Jonathan Buckland
 at East Windsor Connecticut in the month of
November 1784 By William Wolcott Esqr Justice of the 
Peace, and that her name before her said marriage 
Laura Ladd, that her said husband died at
Page 22

Ellington in this State on the 22nd day of April
A.D. 1855, and that she is now a widow.

     She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she
may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855. She also declares that she has
not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made
any other application therefor. and she further states that she is unable to find any record evidence of her marriage.
                       [sighed] Laura Buckland

      We, Timothy Pitkin and Milo D Smith 
residents of Ellington in the State of Connecticut, upon our oaths declare 
the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Laura Buckland 
in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person [s]he represents himself [herself] to be.
                               [signed] Timothy Pitkin
                               [signed] Milo D Smith

      The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the
day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons,
that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in 
this claim.
      [signed] John H. Brockway Justice of the Peace
Page 23

State of Connecticut,}
TOLLAND COUNTY,  } ss
County Clerks Office }
      I William Summer Clerk of the County 
Court, within and for the County of Tolland, and keeper of the Seal thereof, 
and of the Commissions of the Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby 
certify, that
                 John H. Brockway Esquire, 
was on the 22d day of April 1855, ever since has been, and now is, a Justice of the Peace  within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, with power by the laws of this State, to 
administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgement of DEEDS and other instruments; that I am acquainted with his 
hand-writing, and that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine, official signature.
      In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, at Tolland 
this 3d
day of July 1855
                   [signed] William Sumner Clerk
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                                           September 10, 1937
                                                 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

                              B A-J/EEL
                             Jonathan Buckland-W, 25315
                            Alexander Buckland-R.1404

Mr. Irving W. Howe
1825 N.E. 15" Street
Portland, Oregon

Dear Sir:
      The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file 
in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.25315, based upon the military 
service in that war of Jonathan Buckland.
       Jonathan Buckland was born June 8, 1764, at East Windsor (that 
part which was later Ellington) Connecticut. 
       The names of his
parents are not shown.
      While residing at said East Windsor, Jonathan Buckland enlisted 
about May 1, 1781, and served four months as an artillery 
driver under Captain Warham Foster, Connecticut troops, went to 
White Plains, where his company joined the French Army, under the 
command of General Lafayette and served under a French wagonmaster, 
his duties being to procure forage for the horses; he enlisted 
about September 10, 1781, served two months as a private in Captain 
Amasa Loomis' Company, under Colonel McLellan, Connecticut 
troops, and was stationed at Fort Griswold as a guard he enlisted 
March 17, 1782, served in Captain Daniel Allen's  Company, 
Colonel Samuel Canfield's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged 
April 1, 1783.

The witnesses in support of soldier's claim for pension were 
Diodate Brockway, a clergyman of Ellington, Connecticut, and Gordon 
Smith, also of Ellington, both of whom testified that he was said 
to have served in the Revolutionary War, and William Wallace, of
Ellington, Connecticut, Jabez Bronson, of Vernon, Connecticut, 
Elijah Ladd or Sadd, of East Windsor, Connecticut, and Hezekiah
Loomis, of Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, who made 
affidavits that they served with Jonathan Buckland in the Revolutionary 
War.
      Jonathan Buckland was allowed pension on his application 
executed August 21, 1833, while residing in Ellington, Connecticut.

[side note] Could not 
identify 
any of this 
service of 
Amasa Loomis 
was an of. in the 
Lex. alarm.  
Daniel Allen & 
the Colonels
 in [1illegible].
A Warham 
Forster in 
Conn book 
but not 
an officer
Page 25

      Jonathan Buckland died at Ellington, Connecticut, April 22,
1855.
      The soldier married in November, 1784, at East Windsor,
Connecticut, Laura Ladd or Sadd, date and place of her birth and
names of her parents not stated. They were married by William
Wolcott, a Justice of the Peace.
      Soldier's widow, Laura, was allowed pension on her application 
executed June 25, 1855, at which time she was aged ninety-
one years and resided in Ellington, Connecticut.
      June 27, 1855, Laura Buckland, then a resident of Ellington,
Connecticut, applied for the bounty land which was due on account
of the service of her husband, Jonathan Buckland, in the Revolutionary 
War.   She was granted one hundred sixty acres of bounty
land on Warrant No. 32240, under the Act of March 3, 1855.
      In order to obtain information in regard to the location of
the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the
General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish
that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and the act
under which said warrant was issued.
      The witnesses in support of the widow's claims for pension
and bounty land were John H. Brockway, of Ellington, Connecticut,
Bezenes [Benezet] H. Bill, Vernon, Connecticut, Timothy Pitkin, Phineas
Grover and Milo D. Smith, all of Ellington, Connecticut.
      No reference was made to children.
      In 1855, one Loren Buckland lived in Ellington, Connecticut
no relationship to the soldier or his wife was stated.
      In 1833, Alexander Buckland, a resident of Ellington, Connecticut, 
made affidavit that he was born July 24, 1761, and was
the son of Alexander Buckland, a brother of Jonathan Buckland
the Revolutionary War soldier.
     It is not stated whether or not Elijah Ladd or Sadd, who
served with the soldier, and resided in East Windsor, Connecticut,
in 1832, was a relative of the widow, Laura.
      In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the

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name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death
of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Laura Buckland, widow of
Jonathan Buckland (W. 25815), you should address The Comptroller
General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city,
and cite the following data:

     Laura Buckland, widow of Jonathan Buckland
     Certificate No. 5340
     Issued July 19, 1855
     Rate $68.66 per annum
     Commenced April 22, 1855
     Act February 2, 1853
        Connecticut Agency.
* * * * * * *
Alexander Buckland
R. 1404

      The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.1404, based upon the military
service in that war of Alexander Buckland.
     Alexander Buckland, the son of Alexander, was born in 1761,
at East Windsor (that part which was later Ellington) Connecticut.
The name of his mother is not shown.
      Alexander Buckland married January 10, 1783, Lois, the daughter
of Ephraim Parker, date and place of her birth and name of her
mother not stated. They were married at her father's home in
Ellington, Connecticut, by the Reverend Mr. Davenport, the Congregational
minister of said Ellington.
     After the Revolution, soldier lived in Vermont and Massachusetts,  
then in Ellington, Connecticut.
      While residing in said Ellington, Alexander Buckland applied
for pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War.
     He died October 6, 1836, place not stated, before final action
was taken on his claim for pension.

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Page 27

      September 2, 1846, Lois Buckland applied for the pension
that might have been due on account of the service of her husband, 
Alexander Buckland, in the Revolutionary War. She was 
then aged eighty-four years and a resident of Ellington, Connecticut.  
      In the claims for pension it was stated that while living at
East Windsor, Connecticut, Alexander Buckland enlisted about
April, 1777, served as a substitute for his father, as a private
in Captain Hezekiah Parsons' Company, under Major Ripley
in the Connecticut troops, marched to Rhode Island and acted
as a guard at Bristol, that state; length of this service a
little over two months; that he enlisted early in September,
1777, served as a substitute for Ebenezer Hovey, of East Windsor, 
Connecticut, as a private in Captain David Johnson's Company, 
Colonel Newbury's Connecticut Regiment; length of service,
three months; that in the spring or summer of 1778, while residing
at Granville, Massachusetts, he volunteered and served
eighteen months as a driver of a Continental team under Captain
William Marvin and was engaged in transporting provisions and
ammunition for the army: that in September, 1782, he volunteered
and served as an artillery driver under Captain John Lyon, Connecticut
troops; length of this service, four months.
      The witnesses in support of the soldier's claim for pension
were Diodate Brockway, a clergyman of Ellington, Connecticut; and
Charles Sexton, also of said Ellington, who testified that he was
said to have served in the Revolutionary War, and Roswell Smith,
of Vernon, Connecticut, John McKnight, of Ellington, Connecticut,
Moses Allen of Vernon, Connecticut, and James Thompson, of East
Windsor, Connecticut, who made affidavits that they served with
the soldier, Alexander Buckland, in the Revolution. Leonard
Loomis, of Tolland, Connecticut, made affidavit in support of the
widow's claim for pension.
      The claims for pension were not allowed as proof of actual
military service was not furnished in accordance with the requirements 
of the pension laws.
     Five children of Alexander and Lois Buckland were referred 
to: In 1846, four were deceased and one daughter, then aged fifty-
four years, was living in East Windsor, Connecticut.  Her name 
and the names of the other four are not stated, nor is the date
of death of the widow shown.

                          -4-
Page 28

     In 1846, Ashbel Buckland, then aged seventy-five years and
a resident of East Windsor, Connecticut, stated that he was a 
younger  brother of the soldier, Alexander Buckland.  In same 
year, Jonathan Buckland, aged eighty-two years, resided in Ellington, 
Connecticut; his relationship to Alexander Buckland
was not shown.
                          Very truly yours

                           A. D. HILLER
                           Executive Assistant
                          to the Administrator.
Page 29

[on left side]
Hubbard Calif. - 
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Hist,  [1illegible]
Rockville Conn
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Sunbury Pa.
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11
Hartford Conn.

[center ]
 25-315
Revy
WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 25315
Laura Buckland
     wid of
Jonathan Buckland
Pri Rev War
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Act Feb 3rd, 53
Index Vol A, Page 108

[Arrangement of 1870]

[on right side}
Jan. 29-98. A.S.
San Francisco
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Nov. 14 - 1900
Mrs. C. L. Chapman
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July 2 1901
Rev. Frank Gardner
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Oct. 30. 19[[2 nos. cut off]
S. M. Merwin
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1937 - Sept 10, Hist to
Irving W. [1 illegible]  ES
Page 30

32.240

[2 illegible]
Page 31

I Jonathan Buckland of Ellington in the county of 
Tolland and state of Connecticut declare & say that 
from the best information I can obtain from my 
acquaintance and relatives and from an ancient 
Family Record kept by an older brother of mine 
(who is now dead) and of which I had no knowledge 
till within a few [1 illegible] -I verily believe that I was 
under a mistake in stating my age to be 66 years 
in my declaration, that I ought to have stated therein 
my age to have been 68 years instead of 66 -
Ellington, May 13th 1833
                       [signed] Jonathan Buckland

Tolland county of Ellington, May 13th 1833
Personally appeared Jonathan Buckland also subscribed 
the forgoing statement and made solemn oath that 
the [illegible] in the foregoing statement was true.
Before me [signed] Asa Willey Justice of Peace
Page 32

[on left side]
St: to [crossed out: Henry Fowler, May 10/55}
1832 -- 17728
not here

[on right side]
6752 Act 3 March 1855
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March 22, 1856
Jonathan Buckland
     Pri   [1 illegible]
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Revolutionary War
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17th Sept. '33 - a pensioner
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Boynton
53-5349
Ad 160 A [1 illegible]
Rejected
__________________
Henry Fowler
Hartford
Conn.

{vertical word is illegible]
Page 33

I Alexander Buckland of Ellington in the County 
of Tolland and state of Connecticut aged seventy one 
years the 21st day of July 1832 Depose and say that 
I have been acquainted with Jonathan Buckland 
of Ellington in Tolland county which was formerly 
Hartford county from his birth to this present  time 
and know from my own best recollection and from the 
Record kept by my father in his family Bible he 
my father being brother of the s'd Jonathan Buckland 
that the said Jonathan is two years and eleven 
months younger than myself -and that the s'd 
Jonathan Buckland was on the 8th day of June 
1832 sixty eight years old, and that he must have 
been under a mistake in stating his age in his 
declaration to be 66 years old - all of which will appear 
from the family Record which was kept by my 
father, Alexander Buckland now deceased and 
further this Deponent saith not.
Ellington, May 10th 1833
                    [signed]Alexander Buckland

Tolland county ss  Ellington, May 10th 1833
Personally appeared Alexander Buckland the subscriber 
of the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath that 
said Deposition contains the truth and nothing but the 
truth before me Asa Willey, Justice of Peace -
I also certify that Alexander Buckland the Deponent 
sustains a fair character for truth.
               [signed] Asa Willey Justice of Peace
Page 34

I Timothy Pitkin of Ellington in Tolland county and 
State of Connecticut, being of the age of sixty three years 
and duly sworn do depose and say that I have 
lived in the town of Ellington for more than forty 
years last past that during all that time I have been 
well acquainted with Jonathan Buckland of said 
Ellington a United States pensioner who died in 
this town in the month of April last past and 
also with Laura Buckland his late wife a lady of 
great age who now survives him as his widow.
I further depose and say that living all that 
period in which I have lived in said Ellington 
said Jonathan and Laura have lived together 
as husband and wife and have so been respected and 
esteemed in this community and have ever been treated 
as such & I have no doubt and have never 
heard it doubted but that they were lawfully 
married and further deponent saith not.
                [signed] Timothy Pitkin

State of Connecticut ss   Tolland county, Ellington, June 27 AD 1855.
Personally appeared before me Timothy Pitkin signer of the foregoing
deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of same 
and I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with deponent 
and that he is a gentleman of undoubted truth [1 illegible].
      [signed]  John H. Brockway Justice of peace
Page 35

I Phineas Grover of Ellington in Tolland County and 
State of Connecticut being of the age of fifty eight years 
and sworn do depose and say that I was born in Ellington and 
have always lived in said Ellington with the exception 
of about eleven years. That all my life I have been 
acquainted with Jonathan Buckland of said 
Ellington a United States Pensioner who died on the 
twenty second day of April in the year of our Lord 
one thousand eight hundred and fifty five being more 
than ninety years old leaving a widow Laura Buckland 
a lady of great age. I was present at the funeral of 
said Buckland and assisted in his burial being one 
of the bearers of said Bucklands body to his burial. 
I have always known since I can remember anything 
that said Jonathan and Laura Buckland have lived 
together as man and wife and have been esteemed 
and treated in and by the community as husband 
and wife and I have no doubt that they were although 
it was before my birth lawfully married. I further 
depose and say that the said Laura Buckland now 
survives as the widow of said Jonathan Buckland 
& further deponent saith not.
                  [signed] Phineas Grover

State of Connecticut ss     Tolland County Ellington June 27 AD 1853
personally appeared Phineas Grover signer of foregoing deposition 
and made solemn oath to truth of same & I hereby certify that 
I am well acquainted with deponent & that he is a person 
of most undoubted veracity.
       [signed] John H. Brockway Justice of Peace
Page 36

Pen Off. July, 17 1855
Sir
Please inform me when Jonathan Buckland of Ct act '32 at $46.66 was last paid,
                                   Very Respectful
                                  S. Cole [signed]
R J Atkinson Esq [signed]   
3d Auditor

[vertical]
[very light pencil]
May 55

[1 illegible]

Jonathan Buckland paid to 4 Mar 1855
July 17/55
                       [signed] Rob J Atkinson
                                     Auditor
Page 37

[black blob with no visible writing]
Page 38

[envelope]
17728     Conn
Laura Buckland
wid
Jonathan

FREE

to be [1 illegible]
send to [1 illegible]
[3-4 illegible]

[1 illegible]

[postmark]
ROCKVILLE
    JUL
     12
      CT

[vertical]
Confidential

Hon. L. P. Waldo
     Commissioner of Pensions
           Washington 
                        D. C.
Page 39

Mr. Waldo.
      Please forward as soon as convenient and
direct to T.C. Bruce Rockville Coun.
Page 40

William Wallace Depe-
for Jon'n Buckland
A. Willey Justice
Page 41

I William Wallace of Ellington in the county of Tolland 
and state of Connecticut aged 77 years Depose & say 
That Jonathan Buckland of Ellington in Tolland 
County with whom I have long been acquainted enlisted 
on or about the last of of April or first 
of May 1781 according to my best recollection as an Artillery 
driver under Capt. Wareham Foster then of East Windham 
now called Ellington and served according to my recollection
 about 4 months. We marched from East Windham 
to Hartford thence to Danbury Connecticut and from 
thence to White Plains in the state of New York and
 joined the French Army at a place then called Mile Square.
The business or service rendered by said Buckland 
was to go out to cut and procure forage for the 
Horses. The Waggon [sic] Master Generals name was Chevette 
as he was called by us. We remained there till the 
Army marched for Yorktown in Virginia then the 
said Buckland returned home. There were no written 
discharges given the means of my knowledge 
are that 
I enlisted under the said Capt. Foster at the same 
time with the said Buckland, marched with him 
to said White Plains, served with him rendering the 
same kind of service with him to the Army and 
left the Army at the same time and further the 
deponent saith not. Dated at Ellington this 14th 
day of August 1832.
                          [signed] William Wallace

State of Connecticut, Tolland County ss. Ellington August 14th 1832. Personally appeared William Wallace 
the above named Deponent and made Solemn Oath 
to the truth of the facts stated in the above Deposition by
 him subscribed Before me
               [signed] Asa Willey Justice of Peace
Page 42

I also certify that I am acquainted with William
Wallace who signed this Deposition and that
he sustains a fair character for truth & is
entitled to full credit
            [signed] Asa Willey Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut}
County of Tolland     } ss         Clerks office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court
do hereby certify that Asa Willey Esq before
whom on the 14th day of August 1832 the within
named William Wallaces deposition was taken and
sworn was at that time a Justice of Peace in
& for the County of Tolland legally appointed
and authorized to administer oaths & take depositions
and that the signatures to the foregoing certificates
purporting to be his I believe are genuine--
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this 22nd
day of August AD 1832
             [signed] Jeremiah Parish Clerk
Page 43

Jabez Bronsons Dep.
for Jon'n Buckland
[signed] E Stearns Justice
Page 44

I Jabez Brownson of Vernon in the 
county of Tolland & state of Connecticut
aged 67 years depose & say that Jonathan Buckland was residing in Ellington 
in said county inlisted in a company 
of State Troops in the service of the United 
States in the Revolutionary War. That he inlisted
in the same place where he now resides 
which was then called East Windsor for the term of one year as a private 
soldier in a company company [sic]  commanded by Capt. Daniel Allen, Lieut Russell Bissell & Ensign Eber 
Robinson the regiment was commanded 
by Col. Samuel Canfield. That he inlisted 
& entered said service in March 1781 and 
was discharged the first of April 1782. I 
was drummer in the same company 
& knew that s'd Buckland served out said 
term as afors'd & was [1 illegible] discharged 
at Greenwich in this State. That he 
marched through the towns named in 
his declaration.
              [signed] Jabez Brownson

State of Connecticut}
Tolland County} ss  Tolland Aug't 7 1832
Personally appeared Jabez Brownson the above 
named deponent and made solemn oath 
[cut off] deposition by him [cut off]
Page 45

I Jabez Brownson of Vernon in the 
county of Tolland & state of Connecticut
aged 67 years depose & say that Jonathan Buckland was residing in Ellington 
in said county inlisted in a company 
of State Troops in the service of the United 
States in the Revolutionary War. That he inlisted
in the same place where he now resides 
which was then called East Windsor for the term of one year as a private 
soldier in a company company [sic]  commanded by Capt. Daniel Allen, Lieut Russell Bissell & Ensign Eber 
Robinson the regiment was commanded 
by Col. Samuel Canfield. That he inlisted 
& entered said service in March 1781 and 
was discharged the first of April 1782. I 
was drummer in the same company 
& knew that s'd Buckland served out said 
term as afors'd & was [1 illegible] discharged 
at Greenwich in this State. That he 
marched through the towns named in 
his declaration.
              [signed] Jabez Brownson

State of Connecticut}
Tolland County} ss  Tolland Aug't 7 1832
Personally appeared Jabez Brownson the above 
named deponent and made solemn oath 
to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. Before me
                [signed] Elisha Stearns Justice Peace
Page 46

I also certify that the said Jabez Brownson 
sustains a fair character for truth
& is entitled to full credit.
                  [signed] Elisha Stearns Justice Peace

State of Connecticut}
County of Tolland}ss      Clerk's office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court 
do hereby certify that Elisha Stearns Esq before 
whom the within Deposition of Jabez Brownson on 
the 7th day of August was taken and authenticated was 
at that time a Justice of Peace within and for the  
[cou]nty of Tolland legally appointed and authorized 
[to adm]inister oaths and take depositions and that the 
[signat]ures to the foregoing certificate purporting to be his I believe are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this 22nd day of August AD 1832.
                       [signed] Jeremiah Parish Clerk
Page 47

Elijah Ladd, Dep.
for Jon'n Buckland
A. Will Justice
                     C
Page 48

I Elijah Ladd of East Windsor in Hartford County & 
State of Connecticut aged 65 years Depose and say 
That for many years I have been well acquainted with 
Jonathan Buckland of Ellington in Tolland County 
that said Jonathan Buckland as a substitute in the 
militia of the State of Connecticut entered into the service 
of the United States on or about the 10th of September 
1781 according to my best recollection and served 
under the following named officers viz Cap Amasa Loomis 
of said East Windsor, Lieut William of East Hartford, Ensign Taylor, Col. McLellen commanded the regiment. That the said Buckland joined Capt. Loomis company at Fort Trumbull at New London. That he served at said New London the term of 2 months. There was no higher officer there at that time than a colonel and but few troops stationed there. The duty which we had to do was to keep up the Guards & repair Fort Griswold at the expiration of 2 months Capt Loomis company was discharged and said Jonathan Buckland among the rest. There were no written discharges given the means of my knowledge of said Bucklands services are that I enlisted at the same time into the same company with the said Jonathan Buckland as a substitute for Asahel Bedsill and that I served with him in Capt. Loomis company at New London during the whole period of 2 months and was discharged there at the same time and further the deponent saith not. Dated at Ellington this 15th day of August 1832.
                                 [signed] Elijah Judd
Page 49

State of Connecticut} 
   Tolland County     } ss     Ellington
August 15th 1832 Personally appeared Elijah Ladd
the afore named Deponent and made Solemn
Oath that the aforesaid Deposition by him
subscribed contain the truth-
  Before me Asa Willey Justice of Peace [signed]
I also certify the said Elijah Ladd who subscribed
the aforesaid Deposition sustains a fair character
for truth and is entitled to full credit.
                [signed] Asa Willey Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut}   
  County of Tolland  } ss Clerks office---
      I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County
Court do hereby certify that Asa Willey Esquire
before whom on the 15th day of August 1832 the
deposition of the within named Elijah Ladd was
taken and sworn to was at that time &
still is a Justice of Peace within and for the
County of Tolland aforesaid and that the signatures 
to the above certificates purporting to be
the signatures of the said Justice Willey I believe
are true and genuine
      In testimony whereof I have here
      unto set my hand and seal of office
      this 22nd day of August AD 1832
                          [signed] Jeremiah Parish Clerk
Page 50

Hezekiah Loomis
     Deposition
Page 51

I Hezekiah Loomis of Springfield County
of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
being of Lawful age do testify and say
      That in the year 1782 I was a soldier of the revolution
and served in the company commanded by Cap't Samuel [Daniel]
Allen attached to Col Canfield Regiment of 
Infantry
 of the Connecticut State troops-
     That in the said year 1782, I was with said
Allens company at Greenwich near horse
Neck in the State of Connecticut.
      That I was well acquainted with Jonathan
Buckland of Ellington then County of Hartford
and State of Connecticut, and that said
Jona [Jonathan] Buckland belonged to the same company
with myself, and after serving a year at said
Greenwich was duly discharged 7th day of April
1783 when the troops were discharged.
Further the Deponent saith not
                   [signed] Hezekiah Loomis
Page 52

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss.       May 7 1833
      Then Hezekiah Loomis within
named personally appearing made
oath to the within deposition that that
the contents by him subscribed were true.
        Before Me
              David M Bryant [signed]
                        Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss.      I John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common 
Pleas being a Court of Record in the 
County of Hampden do hereby certify that David 
M. Bryant Esqr. before whom the within deposition 
was verified is a Justice of the Peace for the County 
of Hampden and that his name above subscribed 
is his true & genuine signature.
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto
     set my hand & affixed the seal of the
     said Common Pleas Court of Springfield
     on this seventh day of May in the year
     of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
     thirty three.
                [signed] John Ingersoll Clerk
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            Ellington May 13th 1833
Honorable Lewis Cass
                             Secretary of War
Sir as there is no one of our present Delegates                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              in
Congress residing in this vicinity, to certify to the
hand writing of Moses B Bull the Clerk of the
Court of Probate for Ellington District- the
Applicant requested the Hon. C. Willey late Senator
in Congress to give his certificate to that [1 illegible]-
which I hope will be satisfactory to you-
The seal which the clerk made use of in all
the applications for Pensions which I have
transmitted to your Department, is the only
seal that has ever been made use of in
the District of Ellington, since it was made a
District. Moses B Bull has been the Clerk of the
Court of Probate in this District for the
last six years.
                            yours very Respectfully
                                      [signed] Asa Willey
Page 54

I Timothy Pitkin of Ellington in Tolland County & State 
of Connecticut being of the age of sixty three years and duly
sworn do depose and say that I have lived in the town 
of Ellington for more than forty years last past that during
all that time I have been well acquainted with Jonathan
Buckland Buckland [sic] of Said Ellington a United 
States pensioner who died in this town in the month
of April last and also with Laura Buckland his late
wife a lady of great age who now survives him as
his widow. I further depose and say that during
all the period aforesaid in which I have lived in
said Ellington said Jonathan and Laura have
lived together as husband and wife and have so
been reputed and esteemed in this community and
have ever been treated as such and I have no doubt
& have never heard it doubted but that they were
lawfully married and further, deponent saith not.
                             [signed] Timothy Pitkin

State of Connecticut ss Tolland County Ellington June 27 AD 1833
Personally appeared before me Timothy Pitkin signer of the
foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the 
same and I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
deponent and that he is a person of unquestioned veracity
      [signed] John H. Brockway Justice of Peace
Page 55

[The text at the top is from a previous document and will not be repeated here. The document "State of Connecticut" was poorly placed and what was under it peeked out.]

State of Connecticut}
TOLLAND COUNTY. }  ss.
County Clerk's Office,
[illegible seal]
    I William Sumner Clerk of the County  
Court within and for the County of Tolland, and keeper of the Seal thereof; 
and the Commissions of the Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby
certify that
                   John H Brockway Esquire,
was on the 27th day of June 1855, ever since has been, and now is, a Justice of the Peace 
within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn with power by the laws of this State, to 
administer OATHS, and take acknowledgement of DEEDS and other Instruments; that I am acquainted with his
 hand-writing, and that  the signature to the instrument hereunto annexed, purporting to be his is his genuine signature. 
      In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, at Tolland this 3d day of July 1855.
                    [signed] William Sumner   Clerk.
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I Phineas Grovers of Ellington in Tolland County and state of 
Connecticut being of the age of fifty eight years and [illegible] to depose and say
 that I was born in Ellington and have always lived in said Ellington 
with the exception of about eleven years that all my life I have 
been acquainted with Jonathan Buckland of said Ellington 
a United States pensioner who died on the twenty second day of 
April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
fifty five being more than ninety years old leaving a widow 
Laura Buckland a lady of great age.  I was present at the 
funeral of said Jonathan Buckland and assisted in his burial 
being one of the bearers of said Bucklands body to his burial.  
I have always known since I can remember things that 
the said Jonathan and Laura Buckland have lived together 
as man and wife and ever been esteemed and treated by this 
the community as husband and wife and I have no doubt 
that they were although it was before my birth lawfully 
married.  I further depose and say that the said Laura Buckland 
now survives the widow of said Jonathan Buckland deceased
 and further deponent saith not.
              [signed] Phineas Grovers

State of Connecticut ss  Tolland County Ellington June 27 AD 1855
Personally appeared before me Phineas Grovers signer of forgoing 
 deposition and made solemn oath to truth of same. I hereby certify 
that I am well acquainted with deponent that he is [1 illegible].
        [signed] John H Brockway Justice of Peace
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                   Tolland May 14 1833.
Honorable Lewis Cass,
                             Secretary of War
Dear 
     Sir     At the request of Captain Jonathan 
Buckland of Ellington Connecticut whose Declaration 
accompanies this letter, I with great pleasure State 
that I am well acquainted with him, that his signature 
is good and I have no doubt but his statement is 
true.  I am also well acquainted with Moses B. Bull 
Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Ellington 
and with his hand writing, and I know him to 
be such Clerk and that the signature of said Bull 
to said Declaration is his hand writing, and that 
his [1 illegible] is all in due form according to the laws 
of this State and that the seal affixed to said Declaration 
as the official seal of the Clerk of said Court of 
Probate is genuine the reason why I am so well acquainted with the facts 
above stated is that the Judge of said Court is my 
Brother and lives near me.  I hope this statement may be 
satisfactory to the Department & trust a pension 
Certificate may be forwarded to Capt Buckland as I have no 
doubt he is well deserving
                                   Very respectfully
                              [signed] Calvin Willey
Page 58

Payments to be made 
at Hartford
by  J. W. Br. Banter
Agent for paying Pensioners,  
is the Agency of 
Connect't


Recorded in the Pension Office, 
in Book E Vol. three.
Page 6 by Wm. R. Palmer
                           Clerk.
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                       WAR DEPARTMENT.
                 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

     I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United 
States of the 7th June, 1832, Jonathan Buckland, 
of the State of Connecticut, 
who was a Private in the Army 
of the Revolution 
is entitled to receive Forty-six dollars and 
Sixty-six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing 
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
     Given at the War Office of the United 
     States, this Seventeenth day of 
     September one thousand eight 
     hundred and thirty-three.
                      [signed] Lew Cass
                               Secretary of War.
Examined and }
Countersigned.}
                      J L Edwards [signed]
                       Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 60

Brief in the case of Laura Buckland widow of Jonathan
County and State of Connecticut
act 3d Feby 1853
================
Claim, ("original" [crossed out: or "for increase")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
      Her husband was a pensioner under the Act of June 7 
1832 at $46.66 a year
----------------------------
Marriage, identity, his death  The present widow [1 illegible]
proof by 4 credible witnesses

Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?
Page 61

Laura Buckland
widow of Jonathan
Con't
admd 3d Feby 1853
14 mos pr $46.66
per annum from
22d April 1853 -
when her husband
 died.

Cert to
T. C. Brice Esq
Rockville Cont.
Page 62

                       Hartford March 20, 1855.
Sir
      I transmit herewith the application 
of Jonathan Buckland a revolutionary pensioner 
under Act June 7, 1832, for Bounty Land under the Act approved March 3, 1833
         please make returns to me
                         I am Very Respectfully 
                              Your Ob. Servt.
                                  Henry Fowler [signed]

L P Waldo Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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                       [center]
                  Board of Managers
          SIDNEY M. SMITH, PRESIDENT,
                   125 Market Street.
                 CALIFORNIA SOCIEY

      [on right side]
EDWIN BONNELL, SECRETARY,
     101 Montgomery Street.
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         1800 Broadway.
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          322 California Street.
Wm. Schuyler Moses, Marshal
         Masonic Temple
ROBERTS VANDERCOOK,
        26 Turk Street.

[on left side]
COL. A. S. HUBBARD, REGISTRAR,
          1170 Market Street,                      [very large B in margin]
           California Historical Society.
W. M. BUNKER, 
           238 Montgomery Street.
Z. U. DODGE,
           508 California Street.
M. L. REQUA,
         79 Nevada Block,
DR. C. J. BURNHAM,
         936 Haight Street.
A. B. PAUL,
         1032 Broadway.
                                   
                                                  [center]
                                   [large crest with banner reading]
                               SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Instituted October 22, 1875          Constitution Adopted August 7, 1876

"The first body inception, institution and organization, to unite the descendants of Revolutionary patriots and perpetuate the memory of all those who took part in the American Revolution and maintained the Independence of the United States of America."
San Francisco, Jany 13th 1898
Hon H Clay Evans
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir
Will you please furnish for the use of this society the Revolutionary war record of Jonathan Buckland as appears from his application for a pension on file in your office.  Jonathan Buckland was probably stationed at Long Island and Roxbury Mass
Respectfully
A S. Hubbard
Registrar
1170 Market St.

Stamped:
OLD WAR & NAVY
JAN 22 1898
FILES.

Stamped:
PENSION U. S. OFFICE.
JAN 20 1898
Page 64

        [Stamp]  
O. W. & N. DIVISION
     NOV 14 1900
         RECEIVED

Pension Office Dept. U. S. A.
I find on Page 665 
of the Conn. Men in the 
War of the Revolution, that 
Jonathan Buckland 
of Ellington was a pensioner.  
Can you find record of 
his birth and birth place 
and also names of his 
children.
I also find on Page

 [stamp]  
PENSION
    NOV 
U   12    S
    1900
  OFFICE
Page 65

58 of the "Conn Men 
in the War of the Revolution"
that Sylvanus Snow 
fought under Gen Putnam in the Battle 
of Bunker Hill, and 
find the same name 
in several other places.
Have you any record 
as to where he came from 
birth, death, & birthplace, 
also did he marry daughter
Page 66

of Jonathan Buckland.
Thanking you for
your kindness, I am
     Respectfully yours
     Mrs. C.L.  Chapman [signed]

Rockville
Conn
Nov 10-1900
Page 67

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH                           aw
        Sunbury, Pa.
  Frank Gardner, - Pastor.
Parsonage, 119 South 4th Street.
                                                    June 24, 1901.
                    Commissioner of Pensions,                                                         
              Washington, D. C
           Dear Sir:-
      In compiling a family record I would like a little information 
that perhaps your office could give me.
1.  War of the Revolution:
      Jonathan Buckland
        Enlisted July 9, 1775, Eighth Regiment, Col. Jedediah Huntington.  
Regiment reorganized under Col. Huntington for service 1776.  
This was in Connecticut.
      I believe Jonathan Buckland was a pensioner from Hartford 
County, Conn. in 1832 and from Ellington, Conn. in 1840.
      Have you any record of him as a pensioner?  If so any other information  
concerning him such as age, birth, death, marriage, wife's
 name.
   2.   War of 1812            
             Timothy P. Gardner.
             In 1812 living in Auburn, New York. Drafted in Militia service 
for term of six months.  Joined army in August of 1812 on Niagara 
frontier in Company commanded by Capt. Daniel Eldridge of 
Col. Henry Blooms's Reg't. N. Y. State Militia under command of 
Gen'l Van Renssellaer.  Taken prisoner at battle of Queenstown heights 
Oct. 13, 1812.  Exchanged.
      Believe he was a pensioner about 1850 or 1851.
      Have you any record of him as such?  Or, additional information
to above concerning him?
  3.  War of 1812.
            Timothy Bowens.
     Any record of him as pensioner or otherwise?  Believed to 
be in the war of 1812 from either New York State or Connecticut.

      Any information along above lines will be greatly appreciated by
           Yours Respectfully,
                    Frank Gardner. [signed]

  [Stamp]
PENSION 
        I
      JUN    
U.   26    S.
    1901
  OFFICE
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                     State of Connecticut.
                  MILITARY DEPARTMENT,
        QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE,
                          HARTFORD.
                                                     Oct. 26, 1901.
Department of Interior,
   Old War and Navy Division,
      Bureau of Pensions,
         Washington, D. C.
Sir:-
      Please send me the record of one Jonathan Buckland, private, 
5th Company, Connecticut Continental regiment, Capt. Ellsworth, Comd'g 
Buckland enlisted from either East Windsor or Ellington, Conn., 
July 9, 1775.  I wish to learn the date of his discharge, and also 
his age at the time of enlistment.
                 An early reply will greatly oblige,
                             Yours very truly,
                                      S. M. Merwin [signed]
                                           Clerk, Q. M. Dep't
Address. S. M. Merwin,
   Q. M. Department, State Capitol,
       Hartford, Conn.
                                                 [Stamp]  
                                                PENSION 
                                                    OCT 
                                                U   28   S 
                                                    1901
                                                   OFFICE
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[slanted at top]
[1illegible] gone
when rec. in                         
Rev 1781 ~ Name              
Dect                               
                                         
IRVING W. HOWE                 [stamp]
1825 N. E. 15th                    RECEIVED
PORTLAND, ORE.             JULY 30, 1937
                                           [illegible]
Secretary of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
      Re:  Laura Buckland, Pensioner, 
             Widow of Jonathan Buckland 
             Act of Feb. 3 1853 
             Page 197, Vol H (?)

I have before me a photostatic copy of Widow's 
Pension granted to Laura Buckland, wife of Jonathan 
Buckland, a private in the Revolutionary War.

I would like to obtain copies of all possible 
records of both to assist me in tracing both families, 
as well as the war record of Jonathan.

I am informed that Alexander Buckland, related to 
Jonathan, possibly father, was also in the war.  If 
so I wish to obtain similar records for him.

May I be advised what will be necessary to obtain this data.
                                                Yours very truly,
                                                I. W. Howe [signed]
Page 70

                                                         [top right]
                                                           L. W. B.
                                                         W. 25315
          [in a box in upper left corner]
      This Bureau can furnish the military 
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers 
as were pensioned or whose widows were 
pensioned for their services.
      Such of the original muster and pay 
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the 
War of 1812 as are now in the possession 
of the Government are on file in the 
Record and Pension Office, War Department. 
Original rolls and other records 
pertaining to service in the Revolutionary 
War may also be found on file in the 
archives of many of the original States.

[below the box]   
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

                                      [center]
                    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                           BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
                                   WASHINGTON, D. C.,
                                              January 29, 1898.
Sir:-
       Replying to your request for information concerning Jonathan 
Buckland, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he 
made an application for pension on August 21, 1832, at which time 
he was 66 years of age and residing at Ellington, Conn., and his pension 
was allowed for fourteen months' actual service as a private in the 
Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under 
Capt. Allen and Col. Canfield.  He enlisted at Ellington, Conn.
      His widow, Laura, made application and received a pension for the 
service of her husband as above set forth.
                                Very respectfully,

                                           Commissioner.
Mr. A. S. Hubbard,
       1170 Market St., 
               San Francisco, California.
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                                          September 10, 1937

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                                               BA-J/MMHF/sel
Mr. Irving W. Howe
1825 N. E. 15" Street
Portland, Oregon

Dear Sir:
     Reference is made to your letter in which you request all 
possible data in regard to Jonathan Buckland whose widow, Laura, 
received a pension, also, in regard to her and to Alexander 
Buckland, perhaps a relative of Jonathan.
       All papers in the Revolutionary War pension claims of Jonathan 
and Laura Buckland, on file under W.25315, have been examined 
very carefully and the data found in regard to family, residences, 
service, supporting affidavits, etc., have been incorporated in a 
report herewith.  The pension record has been found of only one 
Alexander Buckland, Revolutionary War, and a like report in regard 
to him and his widow is enclosed, also.  These official reports 
have been accepted as authentic by various genealogical, patriotic 
and historical societies.
                                        Very truly yours

                                         A. D. HILLER
                                         Executive Assistant
                                         to the Administrator.