Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25411, William Buck, Penn. Va.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Penn. Buck, William [handwritten]
Ua. Christian, Phebe [handwritten]

NUMBER
W. 25411
B.L.Wt. 26976-160-55

Former widow [handwritten]

CONTENTS
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Not on rolls
Further evidence of service warranted 
Admitted
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State of Ohio
Athens County

On this twenty third day of April 1818 before me Robert Linzee one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County personally appeared William Buck of said County aged seventy three years who being by me duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service in the Revolutionary War". 

That he the said William Buck on the eleventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand and seven hundred seventy two he enlisted as a Private Soldier in the Company of Captain Samuel Miller of the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Colonel Daniel McCoy and went with him to the Kittanning(?) Town where he continued about three months there to Philadelphia from there to Mount Pleasant in the State of New Jersey there to Sandy Hook(?) in the State of New Jersey worked(?) the latter part of the Summer of 1777 then passed over into Pennsylvania & was at & in the Battles of Brandy Wine & German Town and was attended(https://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.png?) with Captain Daniel Clark to whose Company he belonged at the taking of Lord Cornwallis at York Town that he continued in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War against the Common Enemy of the Term of Four Years and Six months & that at the expiration of the Term had an honorable written discharge from Colonel Vance of the Virginia Riflemen and that ?????? thereto to will at the expiration of the Term of his First enlistment which even for three years he received also a Written discharge from Colonel Daniel Broadhead of the Pennsylvania line both of which discharges are now lost - That here in reduced indigent(?) circumstances and stands in need of the aid of his Country that no pension hath been heretofore allowed to or received by him and that he doth relinquish(?) all claim to every pension heretofore allowed(?) by the Laws of the United States.

Declared & sworn to before on this 23rd day of April 1818.

Robt. Linzee associate Judge
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State of Ohio }
Athens County Js}
I Robert Linzee Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County Aforsaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Buck did serve in the Revolutionary War in the Continental Establishment against the common Enemy for the period of four years &  six months as within stated and that he now is in reduced & indigent circumstances and stands in need of the aid of his County and I now transmit the proceedings had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress. Athens April 23, 1818
Robot. Linzee Associate Judge
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Said March 10, 1837
12.751
Notification sent Nov 20, 1820 to Henry Bartell,
Athens, Ohio
Ohio R
William Buck of Athens Cty in the state of Ohio
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Col Brodhead of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the roll of Ohio at  the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 23 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of July 1819 and sent to Robert Linzee Athens Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1819 10 80/30 83.10
Semi-anl all'ce 4 September 1819 40
 $131.10
{Revoluntionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
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Wm Buck.
12751
June 19
Sept 19


Con -
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Pleas at Athens in the County of Athens and State of Ohio, on the twenty third day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & twenty, before the Honorable Ezra Osborn Esquire Pre'd (presiding) Ebenezer Currier, Silvanus Ames & Rbt Linzee Esquires his Associates Judges of our Court of Comon Pleas of said County.

Wm Buck, Pensioner
District of Ohio, Athens County ss.   On this 25th day of October 1820 personally  appeared in open Court being a Court of Record of said County William Buck, aged 76 years, who at the last Term of the said  Court, to wit, in July 1820, made his declaration under oath in said Court, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress of the United States entitled "an act to provide for certain person engaged int he land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed March 18th 1818 as well as the act passed May the 1st 1820, and now further on oath declares.

That the family of the said William Buck consists of a Wife 40 years old very infirm of body and seven children Viz  Hannah aged 19 years who is married and lives at a distance from me.  John aged 17 robust and active.  Enock 10 years week (sic) & sickly.  Jesse nearly 14 years tollerable (sic) healthy and active; Samuel 8 years old very sickly, and has been constantly expensive to me for nursing & medicine.  Charlotte  six years old of good health.  James 3 years old, the said William Buck further saith that his said Wife is far advanced in pregnancy and from a would in his leg received at Germantown battle he suffers great pain and is rendered unable to labour (sic). 
(Signed) Wm Buck

Sworn to and declared on the 25th day of October 1820 before the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Athens
(Signed) H. Bartlett Clerk
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The State of Ohio Athens County ss.
I Henry Bartlett Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio, Do certify that the foregoing additional application of Wm Buck with the oath thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court.
in Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of our said Court at Athens this 4th day of November AD 1820
(Signed) Henry Bartlett Clerk
of Athens Com. Pleas
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Left side


3628
Michigan (crossed out)   Ilinois
Phebe Christian former
widow of William Buck
Penn
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
96 Dollars  00 Cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued
9th day of Feby 1854
and sent to Charles Jewett
Niles Mich


Right side

1854, Sept 12, (illegible) (illegible)
 "          "     25, Transferred from Detroit to Springfield from 4 March 1854.
Note to S. Starbuck 
1855 March 10 Duplicate issued and sent to F. P. Vedder  Carrolton (illeglible)

Geo W. Overmyer June 26  / 57

Date of widows death not on A. B.
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D Vedder Gary 31/56

122.834
Mrch. 3 / 55
May 7/55

Phebe C Christian
formerly widow of William Buck
private
Capt
Col.

Eul,
Dec
Revolutionary War

CW: 16 OACM 23756

(?)235

R

Isaac D. Vedder
Whitehall
Ills.

Vol. B2_143_
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Phebe Christain widow 
of William Buck
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State of Michigan }
County of Cass  ss}   On this twenty-fifth day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared before the Probate Court of Cass County in the State of Michigan Phebe Christian a resident of Pokagon in said county and state aforesaid aged seventy six years, who being first sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of William Buck, who according to her best knowledge and belief was a Captain in General Broadhead's Regiment for about one year & six months and afterwards as a private and spy in Colonel Morgan's Regiment in said war, he was enlisted at or near the commencement of said war and remained in the service until the close of the war, he resided in Pennsylvania when he enlisted and died at Saint Mary's in the County of Mercer in the State of Ohio in the year AD 1838.
That she was lawfully married to hi near Chilicothe (sic) Ohio in the year AD 1806, that she was not married to hi prior to the second day of January eighteen hundred and she further declares that she is now a widow.
She further states that her said husband received a pension and began to draw his pay about AD 1819 or 1820 as well as she can now state, that he drew a pension for several years thereafter, and down to the tie of his death, at the Agency for paying pensions at Cincinnati in the State of Ohio
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Deponent can not state under what Act of Congress he was pensioned.

She further states that since the death of her aforesaid husband she intermarried with Nicholas Christian at Whitehall, Greene County in the State of Illinois and in the fall of AD 1844 & lived and cohabited with him at Whitehall about two years, and then she and her husband moved to & resided at Pokagon Cass County in the State of Michigan until his death, which happened about the 15th day of November 1853.  Deponent is unable to write that there is no record, public or privat (sic) of her marriage or of the death of either of her husbands as she verily believes.
(Signed) Phebe (her x mark) Christian

Test. (Signed) C. Shanahan
(Signed) Enoch Buck

Cass County Probate Court

I, Clifford Shannahan Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Cass and State of Michigan do hereby certify that the above named Phebe Christian, known to e to be the individual who subscribed the forgoing declaration, personally came and made solemn oath thereto before e.
And I further certify that said Court is Court of record having an official Seal, and that I a authorized by the laws of Michigan to administer oaths and certify the same.
Done in open Court before e at Cassapolis, Cass County Michigan this the 25th day of January 1854 as witness by hand and official seal of the Court of Probate.
(Signed)  C. Shanahan Judge of the Probate Court for Cass County Michigan

has no clerk
(Seal)
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State of Michigan  }
Cass County ss  }    On this 25th day of January 1854 Personally came before the Probate Court for the County of Cass and State of Michigan Enoch Buck of Pokagon in said County who being sworn according to law depose and says that he was born in the State of Ohio in the year AD 1810, and that he is the second child of the within mentioned William Buck and Phebe Buck now Phebe Christian.
That said William and Phebe, deponents parents, cohabited together until his said father died, which was in March 1838 according to deponents best recollection.
Deponent further says that his aforesaid parent drew a pension for Revolutionary services (illegible) on about the year AD 1819 until his death.
As agent of deponents said father, the deponent has drawn his pension money at the Pension Agency at Cincinnati in Ohio.  Deponent further says that his mother, who makes the annexed declaration, intermarried with Nicholas Christian about the year 1844 and that his said other and her said husband Nicholas lived as man and wife with deponent from 1847 until November last past when said Nicholas Christian died.  That his said other now resides with deponent at Pokagon in said Cass County and is a widow.
(Signed) Enoch Buck

[ Seal ]   Subscribed and Sworn to in open court before me this 25th day of January in the year AD 1854 as witness my hand and the official seal of the Court of Probate for Cass County in the State of Michigan.
(Signed) C. Shanahan, Judge of the 
Probate Court for Cass County Michigan
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Bounty Land
Claim of Mrs.
Phebe Christian
widow of William
Buck Dec'd a
private in the
Revolutionary War
under Act of 
March 2d 1855



Isaac D Vedder
Whitehall
Ill.
Atty
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State of Illinois }
County of Greene} ss
On this 12th day of March AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for the  county and state aforesaid Phebe Christian aged about 80 years a resident of Greene county in the State of Illinois, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she was the widow of the identicle (sic) William Buck Dec'd  late of the county of   (blank)  and State of Ohio who was a private soldier and activelly (sic) served in the Revolutionary War.  She further states that she was married to the said William Buck at Pickaway County in the state of Ohio on or about the (blank) of August A.D. 18(blank) by one of Bennett a Justice of the peace and that her name before her said marriage was Phebe Sith she further states that her said husband died at St. Marys in the state of Ohio on or about the 1st day of March A.D. 1837 and that she is now a widow.  She further states that she applied for and received a Pension certificate or allowance of $96 yearly under the act of February 3d 1853 on account of the service of her said husband.  She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining whatever Bounty Land may be coming to her under the act in addition to certain previous acts granting Bounty Land to certain officers and
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soldiers who have performed military service in the United States passed the 2d day of March A.D. 1855.
(Signed) Phebe (her X mark) Christian

Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year before written and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the aforesaid Phebe Christian and that she is a resident of Greene county in the state of Illinois.  And I further certify that I am disinterested in this matter
(Signed) John Wyatt  J.P. 

State of Illinois }
County of Greene } ss    Personally appeared before the aforesaid Justice of the Peace Ann Jones and Ransom Davis of lawful age residents of Greene County in the State of Illinois, who being duly sworn according to law state that they are personally acquainted with the aforesaid Phebe Christian and that she resides in the County of Greene and State of Illinois.  Deponents further state they saw and witnessed her sign her name to by making her mark and make the foregoing affidavit as application for Bounty Land under Act of the 2d of March 1855.  Deponents further state that she the said Phebe Christian is now a widow and that they are disinterested in this matter.
(Signed) Ann (her X mark) Jones
(Signed) Ransom Davis

Subscribed and sworn to before me
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this 12th day of March A.D. 1855.  And I certify that I am personally acquainted with the aforesaid Anne Jones and Ransom Davis and that they reside in Greene County State of Illinois, and I further certify that they are credible witnesses.
(Signed) John Wyatt J. P. 


State of Illinois }
Greene County } ss    I, Francis P Vedder Clerk of the County Court and Exofficio Recorder of Civil Commissions in and for said County do hereby certify that John Wyatt Esqr, whose genuine Signature appears to the foregoing certificates and before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were made was at the time of so doing an acting Justice of the Peace in and foresaid County duly Elected commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit is and of right ought to be given to all his official acts as such.  Also certify that said applicant resides in the County and State aforesaid. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Carrolton this 114th day of March A.D. 1855
(Signed) Francis P Vedder Clerk

Whitehall Ill  April 30th 1855
Sir:  You will please file the foregoing claim of Phebe Christian who was widow of William Buck Dec'd private in Revolutionary War for bounty land under act of March 3, 1855.  She draws a Pension on account of said service & I would respectfully refer you to the proofs on file in said court to establish her said marriage with William Buck she is
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verry (sic) old and in verry (sic) feeble health and will not be able in all probability to return to Michigan where most of the proof in support of her claim are to be found.  Respectfully your obt sevt. (Signed) I. D. Vedder

Hon. L. P. Waldo
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington, D. C.


Bounty Land 
Claim of Mrs
Phebe Christian
widow of William
Buck  Dec'd a
private in the
Revolutionary War
Under Act of
March 2d 1855


Isaac D. Veddar
Whitehall, Ill
Atty
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March 14, 1940

XXXXXXXXX XXXX

WILLIAM BUCK
W. 25411
BA-J/MLB

Mr. William Garwood
Brighton
Michigan

Dear Sir:

You are furnished herein the record of William Buck as found in the papers of the claims for pension and bounty land under File, W. 25411, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of his parents were not stated.

William Buck, while residing in Pennsylvania, enlisted in Westmoreland County, that state, August 11, 1776, served as private in Captain  Samuel Miller's company, Colonels Mackey's and Daniel Brodhead's 8th Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine, and Germantown in which he was wounded in his leg, and was discharged after having served three years.  He served afterwards in Captain Daniel Clark's company, date of enlistment not stated, and in Colonel Morgan's regiment and Colonel Vance's Virginia regiment of riflemen and was at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, length of service one year six months.

It was stated that the soldier had resided at one time in Indiana and in Allen County, Ohio, dates of residence in those places not stated. 

William Buck was allowed pension on his application executed April 23, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-three years and a resident of Athens County, Ohio.  In 1820, he was residing in Athens Township, in that county.

The soldier married in Pickaway County, Ohio, but near Chillicothe, in August or September, 1798, Phebe Smith; the date and
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place of her birth and names of parents are not shown.  William Buck died March 10, 1837 in Saint Marys, Mercer County, Ohio.

Phebe Buck, widow of William, married one Nicholas Christian in the fall of 1844, in White Hall, Green Countyj, Illinois, where they resided until 1847 when they moved to Pokagon, Cass County, Michigan, and lived there with Phebe's son, Enoch Buck.  Nicholas Christian died in the home of Enoch Buck in Pokagon, November 15, 1853.  No further details in regard to Nicholas Christian were given.

Phebe Christian, while residing with her son, Enoch Buck, in Pokagon, Michigan, aged seventy-six years, applied January 25,1854, for pension due her as former widow of the soldier, William Buck.  Her claim was allowed.

September 5, 1854, Phebe Christian was living in Grundy County, Illinois, with her son, Enoch Buck, who had moved there from Pokagon, Michigan, an while living there, was allowed bounty land, also, for the service of her former husband, William Buck, she was granted one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant 26876 under the Act of March 3, 1855.

The following names of children of William Buck and his wife, Phebe, are shown in the claim:
Hannah,  in 1820, aged nineteen years, married but husband's name not given.

John,     in 1820, aged seventeen years

Jesse,     "     "        "     nearly fourteen years

Enoch,    born in 1810 in the State of Ohio.

Samuel,  in 1820, aged eight years

Charlotte,  "   "       "       six years

In order obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Phebe Christian, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:  Phebe Christian, former widow of William Buck, certificate #3638, issued February j, 1854, rate $96 per annum, commenced February 3, 1854, Act of February 3, 1853, Michigan Agency, and transferred to Illinois Agency. 


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If you desire information relative to the location of the bounty land granted Phebe Christian, for the service of her former husband, William  Buck, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of the act under which issued. 

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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P Christian
Phebe Christian

Transfer to Ill.
when cir ans'd



C, S. Starbuck
Morris
Grundy Co
Ill.
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State of Illinois, }
Grundy County, } ss      I, Perry A Armstrong Clerk of the County Court, in and for said County, do hereby certify that Boaz M Atherton Esquire whose name is subscribed to the annexed Instrument of writing was, at the time of taking & certifying the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned, sworn and authorized to take the same; and full faith and credit is due to all his official acts. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said County Court, this Fifth day of September A.D. 1854
(Signed) Perry A Armstrong  Clerk of the County Court.
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Application for a transfer

State of Illinois  }
County of Grundy  ss}  

On the fifth day of September AD 1854 before me, the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County personally appeared Phebe Christian formerly the widow of William Buck a revolutionary pensioner, who on her oath declares that she is the same person whose name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Michigan, from whence she has lately removed, that she now resides in the State of Illinois, where she intends to remain, and wishes her pension to be there payable, in future.  The following are her reasons for removing from the State of Michigan to Illinois, viz:  She resides with her son, Enoch Buck and he having removed from Michigan to Illinois, she was obliged to remove with him. 
(Signed) Phebe (her  X  mark) Christian
Witness Signature }  

Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid 
(Signed) B. M. Atherton 
Justice of the Peace
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State of Illinois  }
County of Grundy ss}

Enoch Buck of said County being duly sworn deposes and says that Phebe Christian, who makes the within affidavit, is deponents mother and, deponent knows, that she is the identical person described in said deposition and who draws a pension for his late father's Williams Buck's services in the revolutionary War.
(Signed) Enoch Buck


Sworn and Subscribed to 
before me this the fifth day of
September A.D. 1854.   And I
certify that said witness
Enoch Buck is a person of
veracity & truth

(signed) B. M. Atherton
Justice of the Peace
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State of Illinois
Grundy County ⎬ SS
Enoch Buck of full age
being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is
a son of Phebe Christian now an applicant
for Bounty Land. That he is now forty five years
of age and is intimately acquainted with the
affairs & history of his said Mothers family
That he has frequently seen the Family Record
containing the Record of the Marriage of his said
Father William Buck deceased by which record
it appeared his said Father & Mother were married
in the year Seventeen Hundred & Ninety Eight in September
and said deponent saith that he has always understood
and verily believe that his said Father & Mother were
married in Pickaway County Ohio at the time mentioned in said Record. That said Record was 
accidentally destroyed in the burning of the House of the
said William Buck in the State of Indiana some
years since. I further saith not.
Enoch Buck

Sworn & subscribed
this 15th day of April AD
1855 before me
E. P. Seeley
Justice of the Peace

State of Illinois
Grundy County ss: We James N Reading & John W Woodrow
residents of Morris in the County of Grundy aforesaid
upon our oaths declare that the foregoing affidavit
was signed & sworn to in our presence by the said
Enoch Buck and that we are well acquainted 
with said Enoch Buck and that we believe
from the appearance & Statements of the said
Enoch Buck that he is the identical person he
represents himself to be. May 15th 1855
James N Reading
J. W. Woodrow

The foregoing affidavits were sworn to & subscribed
before me on the day & year above written and I
certify that I know the affiants to be credible
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persons, and that the said Enoch Buck is the
person he represents himself to be and that I
have no interest in this claim
E. P. Seeley
Justice of the Peace

Certificate of Magistracy. -- S. P. Rounds, Printer, 161 Lake Street.

STATE OF ILLINOIS,}
GRUNDY COUNTY,} SS.

I, PERRY A. ARMSTRONG, Clerk of the County Court, in and for said County,
do hereby certify, that E P Seeley
whose name is subscribed to the
annexed Affidavit was at the time
of
signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly
commissioned, sworn and authorized to take the same; and full faith and credit is due to all his official acts.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said County Court, this Fifteenth
day of May A. D. 1855

Perry A Armstrong Clerk of the County Court
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Whitehall Ill May 24th 1855
Sir:
I herewithin forward additional evidence
in the case of the claim of Phebe Christian
who widow of William Buck did Soldier
in the Revolution for bounty land under 
the act approved March 3, 1855 which it 
is sincerely hoped may be deemed sufficient
to answer the purpose I forward the declared [illegible] sometime since which I
presume
is now on file

Very Respectfully
Your Most Obt Svt
I.D.  Vedder

Hon L. P. Waldo
Commis of Pension
Washington
D.C.
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State of Illinois 
Greene County ss:
Phebe Christian formerly widow of William Buck who was a Private in the Revolutionary War being duly sworn on her oath saith.  That a Pension was allowed to her by the government of the United States at the Rate of Ninety six Dollars per annum, a certificate for which bearing date on the Ninth day of February in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty four was Issued to her by the Department of  the Interior of the United States and that she has been transferred for payment of the same from the Roll of Michigan to that of Illinois Springfield to take Effect after the 4th of March A D 1854.  That about the tenth or Twelfth day of October last she placed said Certificate in the hands of one J N Reading an Attorney at Law of Morris in the County of Greene & State of Illinois and procured him to make out a Power of Attorney for her to one Isaac S Britton of Springfield Illinois to draw for her said Pension for the half year due 4th September A D 1854. That she has been informed & verily believes that said Reading enclosed said Certificate together with said Power of Attorney Directed to the said Isaac S Britton at Springfield Illinois and placed the same in the Post office at Morris on or about the Thirteenth day of October last, since which time said Deponent has heard no tidings of the same.  that she has been informed and believes that said said Britton has never recieved said Certificate of Power of Attorney and that she has caused inquiry to be made at the Post office and can hear nothing from them or Either of them and said Deponent believes the same to be lost.  She therefore applies to said Department for
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a New certificate to Enable her to draw her paid Pension.
Phebe Christian {X is her mark}
Sworn & subscribed this 27th day of February A D 1855 before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace of said County and I {illegible} that I am disinterested in this matter
John Wyatt
Justice of the Peace

State of Illinois 
Greene County ss
I, Francis P Vedder Clerk of the County Court and Exofficio Recorder of civil commissions in and for Said County do hereby certify that John Wyatt Esq whose genuine Signature appears to the foregoing certificate and before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the time of so doing an acting Justice of the Peace duly Elected commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit is, and of right ought to be given to all his official acts as Such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Carrollton this 28th day of February A. D. 1855
Francis P Vedder Clerk
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William Buck
No 12751
July 1818

The ages & names of
the Pensioner's children
required
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Pleas at Athens in the County of Athens and State of Ohio, on the third day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & twenty before the Honorable Ezra Osborn Esquire, President, Ebenezer Currier Silvanus Ames and Robert Linzee Esquires his Associate Judges of our Court of Common Pleas of the County of Athens aforesaid.
William Buck Pensioner 
District of Ohio, Athens County fs Court of Common Pleas.
On this fourth day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for said County William Buck aged 76 years, resident in Athens Township in the County aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows,  I the said William Buck on the year 1776, I think about the last of July, in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania enlisted in the 8th Pennsylvania regiment commanded by Col. McCoy, in Samuel Millers Company as a private for the term of three years, after my enlistment I served with the said regiment about four months on the Allegany River, near Pittsburgh, afterward in the Jersies and Pennsylvania, and was present in the battle of Brandywine, and afterward in the Battle of Germantown, with my said Company, and soon after retreated to the West and completed my time of service being three years at Pittsburgh and received an honorable written discharge signed by Col. Daniel Broadhead.  I have obtained a Pension from the Government under the act of 1818, the Certificate of which is numbered 12751 and have also received the amount of it to March 4th 1820.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner, disposed of my property or of any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of "an act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of March 1818"  And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me other than which is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed --
Over
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Schedule of property

Real Estate none. One Horse, Two Calves, Five
Swine grown, Two Cows, one sow & eight Pigs, One Rifle Gun, one Plough, Three Hoes, Two Iron Kettles, Two Vols (Iron) One Oven (Iron) Three Chairs, Four Plates (Earthen) One Pewter dish, One Wooden Tub, Two Buckets, One Barrel, one Set of Horse Gears, one axe, one Bible, one Set knives & forks.

My occupation is that of a labouring farmer, my health is of the years impaired, and I am not able by my labour, and do not support my family. My wife is 40 years old infirm of body, I have seven children, the eldest a daughter of 19 years of good constitution.  I have one son of 17 years active & serviceable to me, my other children can do but little to assist in getting a living

Wm Buck

Sworn to and declared on the 4th day of July 1820 before the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Athens 

I Henry Bartlett Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court: and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is ninety Dollars & fifty cents.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 15 day of July 1820

Henry Bartlett Clk
of the Court of Common Pleas
of Athens County Ohio
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1935 Feb. 21 - Hist to Blanche L Walden - {illegible}
Soldier Ohio
Revy
Widow, &c.
File No. 25.411
Phebe Christian formerly wid of William Buck
Pri Rev War
Act Feb 3d 53
Index:  Vol ...., Page .....
{Arrangement of 1870.}
Mch 31 Hist. to W. C. Buck
{number illegible} Sept. 21 - Hisst. to Blanche L Walden -- {initials illegible}
{number illegible} Mar. 14 - Hist to Wm Garwood {initials illegible}
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Brief in the case of Phebe Christian widow Wm Buck
County and State of Illinois
2d Section act 3 February 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

For Duplicate

Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Original pension certificate lost
Duplicate now issued

Name and residence of Agent
Francis P. Vedder
Clerk Greene Co. Ct
Carrollton Illinois

R. McRae Examining Clerk.
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Pension officer
February 3/54
Sir

Please report time
of last payment to
or, death of within named
pensioner

Respectfully
F. Burt Esqr
and
Present

J. Cole
for Commr

William Buck Act 1818
Died 10 March 1837. Paid

F. Burt
Auditor
Feb 4
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26,976

Rev Army [?]
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Phebe Christian
122834

Please change
direction and
Agents names
in above case
to Hon Thos L Harris
Thos L. Harris
Present
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868
Boynton
May 31st 1855
Phebe Christian wid of Wm Buck dec'd
Illinois

{written at 90 degrees to above}
Additional Evidence Bounty Land Claim act 1855
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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[Page completely illegible]
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{illegible} June 17th /57
To the Commission Pensions Washinton D. C.
Sir
I wish to ascertain how William Bucks account Stands on the pension Books he Serve in the Revolution War, went from Westmoreland Co Pa. and drew Some pension. he has only one Heir Living who thinks there is Something due for his fathers Services.
I am Respectfully Your {illegible}
George W Overmyer
Acadia Allen Co Ohio
William Buck drew Some pension Money after he Remove to Allen Co Ohio
G. M. O
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Phebe Christian
wid of
Wm Buck

122834
26976
160
Revolutionary
B Land
Examiner
I D. Vedder
Whitehall
Illinois
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Morris Grundy Co Ills
Sept. 4th 1854
Dear Sir -
I herewith transmit you the affidavits of Phebe Christian and Enoch Buck for the transfer of Mrs. Christians Pension payment to the agency of this state
Please let this matter be attended to and give me notice at this place at your earliest convenience
Resptectfully
Your Obt Serv't
C. S. Starbuck
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Brief in the case of Phebe Christian widow of William Buck
Cass County and State of Michigan 
act of February 3 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of 1818 at $96 per annum & paid to his death
Allowed $96 per annum to {illegible} Feb 3 1853
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?
Marriage proved by credible witnesses
Death of Husband proved by Aud'r report
Identity of Widowhood proved by credible Witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
Charles Jewett Esq'r
Niles
Berrien Co Michigan.
Examining Clerk.
I L Gray
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Niles, Berrien County, Michigan 
Jany 27 1854
Hon L. P Waldo
Com'r of Pensions
Sir,
Enclosed is declaration of Phebe Christian widow of the late William Buck a Revolutionary Pensioner, She makes declaration to avail herself of the Act of February 1853 granting pensions to the widow of Revolutionary Soldiers &c &c
As her first husband drew a pension the evidence of service is on file.
Probate Courts in Michigan are "Courts of Record", and it is presumed that there can be no question about the certifying evidence in the court, brings it within the Rules & Regulations of the Department.
When Genl Cass was Secretary of War declarations to obtain pensions for Revolutionary soldiers were made before the Probate Courts of Vermont and approved of by the Department as coming on the rule of being a "Court of record".  Respectfully Yours
Charles Jewett
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Phebe Christian
2d Section Act 1853

Duplicate to

Francis P. Vedder
Clk Greene Co
Carrollton
Ill
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Morris Dec. 23d 1854
Joshua Jones Esq
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send an Affidavit for Mrs. Phebe Christian to testify to & return to me as soon as possible.  I know that all the facts set forth in it are true.  Her Pension certificate was miscarried by mail and is lost.  I happen to have a copy of it from which I have taken the Dates &c included in the affidavit. as also a Notice from the Department of the Transfer mentioned in the affidavit so that all the facts are right.  I am applying for a new certificate for her.  After I get her affidavit returned, it will be necessary to affix my own affidavit & that of Mr. Britton & then send on the Papers to Washington.  Mr. Buck directs me to enclose this to you & request you to aid the old lady in getting the Affidavit made & Certified & returned to me
You will please have the Certificate of your County Clerk that the magistrate who administers the oath to her is a Justice of the Peace, under his seal of the County Court.  I will oblige Mr. Buck to have this attended to and returned as soon as practicable.
very respectfully yours &c
J Reading
P S. Let the Clerk either certify & seal on the back of the affidavit or if he puts his certificate on a seperate piece of Paper, let him {illegible} tape through both & pass the ends under the Seal
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Dear Sir You will please enclose the certificate to
my address Carrollton Greene County Illinois which is
the request of Mrs Phebe Christian who is now residing
in this County
Francis P. Vedder
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Pension Agency
Detroit Sept 18. 1854

Sir
Yours of the 12th inst is recd.
Phebe Christian formerly widow of Wm
Buck was last paid at this Agency up
to March 4, 1854.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sevt
Elisha Taylor
Pension Agent

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
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State of Ohio
Washington county ss
On this fourth Day of June in the year of our Lord 1819, Before me Henry Jolly, a Judge of the court in & for Said county, personally appeared Thomas Dickerson, who being by me duly Sworn deposeth, and Sayeth, that he was acquainted with William Buck, a private Soldier in the eighth Regiment of the Pennsylvania line, in the revolutionary war comanded first by Col. McCoy, and afterward by Col. Danl Brodhead, and that that the Said Buck Served in the Said Regt. for the term of three years Commencing in August in the year 1776, and farther this Deponent Sayeth not
Thos. F Dickerson {X is his mark}
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I do certify that Thomas Dickerson is a man of undoubted truth and varasity. . .
Henry Jolly {illegible} Judge
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State of Ohio
Washington County ss
On this day before me, Moses Williamson a Justice of the Peace for said County Henry Jolly of Said county, who being legally sworn, Deposeth and Sayeth, that he was Well acquainted with William Buck, a private Soldier in Capt. Thom. Millers Company, in the eighth Regiment of the Pennsylvania line, raised in the year 1776, at that time commanded by Colonel McCoy of Pittsburgh, afterward by Colonel Danl. Brodhead - -
And this deponant farther Sayeth that he the Said Buck Continued to perform the duty of a Soldier in Said Regt. untill Some time in the month of August in the year 1779 and farther this Deponant Sayeth not
Henry Jolly
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this fourth day of June in the year of our Lord 1819 - Given under my hand at Grandview
Moses Williamson Jus peace
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The State of Ohio
Washington County ss:
As Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County I do Certify that Moses Williamson, Esquire, who hath signed his name to the within Certificate was at that time and now is an acting Justice of the peace within and for said County, duly elected, Commissioned and qualified agreeable to the laws of said State.  And that full faith and Credit is & ought to be given to all things by him thus Certified as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix my official seal at Marietta in said County this Twenty first day of June Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred nineteen. -
Geo. Dunlevy Clerk
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The State of Ohio
Washington County

As Clerk of the Cout of Common Pleas within and for said County I do Certify that the Honorable Henry MJolly ewquire who hat signed his name to the within Certificate was at that time and now is an associate Judge of said Court, duly appointed Commissioned and qualified agreeable to the offices of said state, And that full faith and fact is and ought to be given to all things by him.  Thus Certified as well in Court of Justice as elsewhere.

In testimony whereby I do hereunto set my hand and affix my official seal at Marietta in said County this Twenty First day of June Anno Domiani One Thousand Eight Hundred Nineteen.

Geo Dunleavy, Clerk
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ATHENS
OHIO
AUG 5 1935

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
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Dear Sirs,

3 Vets

I should like to have data relative to the families and service of the following Revolutionary pensioners

1. Daniel Anderson - Lieut. 7th Regt Pa. line Served three years.  Lived in Athens Co. Ill - in 1822.

2. Wm. Buck - Westmoreland Co. Pa. 7th Pa. Rgt.
#12751 - lived in Athens Co. Ill.

3. Wm Bodwell - Probably from Mass.
#9334  Lived in Athens Co. Ill in 1820.

Thanking you,
Blanche L. Walden
Box 284, Athens, Ohio
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RECEIVED 
FEB 14 1940
MAIL SUB
Reader 
VETS ADM

Brighton, Michigan,
February 11 th, 1940

Washington Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary Department,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

I am writing this in order to ascertain whether
my ancestor was a soldier in the Revolution.

Do you have any record of application for pension of Andrew Buck or Andreas Bock as he was called in Pennsylvania.

If you have will you kindly state what branch of service and etc.

The name may not be Andrew or Andreas but please let me know what Buck's or Bock's that drew pension, from Pennsylvania.

This may cause you some trouble and I really think that the name is Andrew but I am not sure.

Thanking you in advance for any help you can be.

Is there any charge for copy of Application?

Very Truly Yours,
William Garwood
William Garwood
Brighton, Michigan
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ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY

Waverly, N.Y
March 20th, 1916

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

My dear Sir:

I am very anxious to accertain relative the revolutionary history, if there is any of William Beck, my great, great grandfather, who was
from Milford, Conn, but emigrated to West Moreland, Penn.

His son, Elijah Buck, was a soldier in Colonel Rogers Race's regiment of Connecticut,
also Captain David Parson's Co., second Connecticut regiment under Colonel Zebulon Butler.

I have always thought that William Buck was also a revolutionary soldier and would greatly appreciate any information you may give.

Most respectfully yours,

WC Buck

U.S. PENSION OFFICE
MAR 21 1916

Form 85 B -- 12-15 -- 500M
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September 21, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Blanche L. Walden
Box 234
Athens, Ohio

Daniel Anderson, S. 44302
William Buck,
BA - J/MLB
W. 25411

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your communication in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Daniel Anderson, Lieutenant, 7th
Regiment, Pennsylvania Line, who lived in Athens County, Ohio, in 1822; William Buck (#12751) who served from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and later lived in Athens County, Ohio; also, of William Bodwell (#9334), probably from Massachusetts and in 1820
living in Athens County, Ohio.

Because of the large number of requests for records of Revolutionary War soldiers, and the lack of a clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has been impossible to make a series of investigations and reports pertaining to soldiers of that war, for one person.

The records of Daniel Anderson and William Buck are furnished herewith.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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September 21, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Blanche L. Walden
Box 236
Athens, Ohio

WILLIAM BUCK
W. 25411
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 25411, based upon service in the Revolutionary Ware of William Buck.

The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.

William Buck enlisted in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, August 11, 1776, served as private in Captain Samuel Miller's company, Colonels Mackey's and Daniel Brodhead's 8th Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, in which he was wounded in his leg, and was discharged after having served three years. He served afterwards in Captain Daniel Clark's company, date of enlistment not stated, and in Colonel Morgan's regiment and Colonel Vance's Virginia regiment of riflemen and was
at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, length of service one year six months.

It was stated that the soldier had resided at one time in Indiana and in Allen County, Ohio, dates of residence in those places not stated.

William Buck was allowed pension on his application executed April 23, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-three years and
a resident of Athens County, Ohio. In 1820, he was residing in Athens Township, in that county.

William Buck married in Pickaway County, Ohio, in September, 1798, Phebe Smith, date and place of her birth and names of parents
are not given.

The soldier died March 10, 1837, in Saint Marys, Mercer County,
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William Buck's widow, Phebe, married one Nicholas Christian in the fall of 1844, in White Hall, Greene County, Illinois, where they resided until 1847 when they moved to Pokagon, Cass County, Michigan, and lived there with Phebe's son, Enoch Buck.  Nicholas Christian died November 15, 1853, in Pokagon, Michigan, in the home of Enoch Buck. The date and place of birth and names of parents of Nicholas Christian were not stated.

Phebe Christian, while residing with her son, Enoch Buck, in Pokagon, Michigan, aged seventy-six years, applied January 25,
1854, for pension due her as former widow of the soldier, William Buck. Her claim was allowed.

On September 5, 1854, soldier's widow, Phebe Christian, was living in Grundy County, Illinois, with her son, Enoch Buck, who had moved there from Paragon, Michigan. On March 12, 1835, she was living in Greene County, Illinois.

The following names of children of William Buck and his wife, Phebe, are shown in the claim:

Hannah, in 1820, aged nineteen years, married but name of husband not given.

John, " " " seventeen "

Jesse, " " " nearly fourteen years

Enoch, born in 1810 in the State of Ohio,

Samuel, in 1820, aged eight years

Charlotte, " " " six years

James, " " " three years.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. , ............, 19....
W.F. 25411

In reply to your request of ___ , received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Buck soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Aug. 1776

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
4 Yrs & 6 mos.

RANK,
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Samuel Miller
Daniel Clerk
COLONEL.
Daniel Mackay
Daniel Brodhead ... Morgan

STATE.
Penn.

Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Germantown - where he was wounded in the Capture of Cornwalis.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Westmorland Co. Penn

Date of application for pension, Apr 8 1818. His (cl?) was allowed

Residence at date of application, thens Co. Ohio.

Age at date of application, 73 yrs Died Mch 10 1837 at St. Mary Mercer Co, Ohio.

Remarks: Soldier Mar to Sept 1798 in Pickaway Co. Ohio. Phebe Smith. She mar. at Whitehall Green Co. Ill. in the fall of 1844 Nicholas
Christian who died Nov. 15. 1853. She was al. pension on ac. of the service of Mr. Buck on an app of January 25, 1854.  While a res. of Pokagon Cass Co. Mich. aged 76 years.  ^ In Sept 1854 she had moved to Guandy Co. Ill.  Children in 1820 were Hannah 19. John 17. Enock 10, Jesse nearly 14. Samuel 8, Charlotte 6, James 3

 Respectfully,

Commissioner.

I have not included "Col Vance" as apparently there was no Col. by that name in 1781, and Morgan was a General so I omitted him.
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March 14, 1940
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/AMLFEMB

Mr. William Garwood
Brighton
Michigan

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of your ancestor with surname Bock or Buck, given name Andrew or Andreas, perhaps, or some other given name of the State of Pennsylvania.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Andrew or Andreas Bock(s) or Buck(s). Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans Administration.

The records are furnished you herewith of a John and a William Buck, both of Pennsylvania, which may aid you in your research.

If these are not the records of your ancestors, and you can ascertain the full name of another, the name of the county in Pennsylvania in which he resided, and the names of the states in which he resided after service, another effort will be made to locate a definite record.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator