Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S.32149, Jacob Buzbee, S.C.
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( 3-1776 ) SERVICE S.C. Buzbee, Jacob NUMBER S, 32149  This envelope contains FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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( left page ) Alabama  26,110 Jacob Buzbee of St. Clair in the State of Al.  who was a pri. in the compy commanded by Captain Watson of the Reg't commanded by Col. Marion in the So. Carolina line for  1 yr 7 mos Pr $ 63.33 Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama  at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the  4th day of March 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of March  1834   and sent to  Hon C.C. Clay HR  . Arrears to the  4th  Apl 1834 $ 190. 00 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.  $ 31.66 1/2 ( total  $ 221.66 ) {Revolutionary Claim  Act June 7, 1832} Recorded by J T Sprague Clerk Book E Vol. 8 Page 43 ( right page ) let. 14 Feb. 1840 Hon. C.C. Clay
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Page 1 [ The State of Alabama St. Clair County ] January Term of the County Court of said County  On this the 20th day of January  in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty four  personally appeared   in open Court  before James Rogan  Judge of the County Court  of St. Clair  County now sitting , Jacob Buzbee  a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged about seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the  following declaration  in order to obtain the  benefit of an Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he is a native of South Carolina and that between the age of fourteen and fifteen he was keeping stock for his Father on the head waters of Edisto River in the District of Orangeburgh  in  South Carolina , when he was taken prisoner by one  Kit Neely a Tory Major  and detained as such for the  span of three weeks, when he made his escape. Being  afflicted withe small pox he reached a house of a  Whig, the lady furnished him with provisions and sent for a Captain William Watson a Militia Whig officer who came and kept a scouting party  around him until he recovered, and with whom as soon as well for the first time , he joined and took an active part  against , ( as a volunteer soldier ) the Tories and British and continued  with  Captain W. Watson for three months  keeping the Tories  & defeating a party of them  under  Capt. Williams near  Boggy Gully in Orangeburgh  Dist. somewhat in  awe, he then left  Warson and joined one Captain Tyler who was killed  in a skirmish with the Tories at Gregg's Ford on Broad River, then he joined   under  Captain Jacob Frazier  whose company acted in  concert  with Tyler's  and continued with Frazier a month  & until called off to meet  the British at Stono, being taken sick , he did not reach in time for the action. Upon his recovery  he  joined  General Francis Marion and with him they attacked and defeated a parcel of British cavalry , commanded by one Campbell at  Goose Creek in a short time thereafter we attacked one William Cunningham a Tory Captain on the same Goose Creek  and defeated him with great loss on his side, this fight  took place in the night having left Marion he rejoined  Frazier's  after staying two months
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2. with Marion  after rejoining Frazier we had one other skirmish with the tories between  Broad and Little River  & thence followed another tory party  to the Blue  ridge , but did now come up with them, thence returning to the old  shouting ground  . we went to the  this declarant  served  under said Frazier  at the  Battle of Eutaw Springs, where we were place and in the immediate command of Col. Washington who commanded the  American Horse. After the battle he remained with Frazier  for four months and during that  time often visited  General Lincoln  who was stationed on Beach Island in the Savannah River. He then left  Frazier and joined one Capt. James Turner with whom he remained four months & then being disabled  by his horse dashing him against  a ton  & breaking his leg which  caused both it and his thigh  to  push away , he was compelled to  abandon the service. He further  declares that the time of his actual service  under the above named  commissioned officers  including the  months  herein specified were nineteen in all . That himself  with others who were to receive eight dollars per month , were to have received that amount  in what was then called Indents. That when  Captain  Frazier returned after the  War he mad out for this  declarant his account, and estimated the time of service to be 19 months - That said account was sent  to the proper authority  for the Indents . That one  Col. Walker , had  through mistakes drawn  them out of office, that he informed this declarant ,  he  Walker had sent them back, but that the Indents never reached  the office, so that he,  this affiant,  never got anything for his services. He declares  his name is not on the pension  Roll of any   State or the  Agencies  thereof and relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension except the present. He further declares he does no know of any living witness by whom he can  establish  any facts relative to his service  as a volunteer militia soldier  believing all to be dead or removed beyond his reach. That he has written frequently to
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South Carolina and tried to find  some  aiding testimony  but has been able to obtain no satisfactory  information.  Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in  Court.  Jacob Buzbee ( his mark X ) Test Joshua W Hooper ( signed ) clk  I James L. Lewis an ordained clergyman  residing in the Town of Ashville , St. Clair  County  and State of Alabama  do hereby certify   that I have been well acquainted with Jacob Buzbee  who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration  , that I believe him to be about the age of seventy years or upwards, and that he is believed in the neighborhood to have been a militia soldier in the  Revolution . January 20, 1834. Jas. L . Lewis ( signed )  And the said Court  do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter  & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states, and the  Court further certifies  that it appears to them  that James L. Lewis who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of St. Clair & State of Alabama  & is a credible person  & that his statement is entitled to  credit. James Rogan ( signed ) J.C.C.  seal on page
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4th  [ State of  Ala St. Clair County ] I Joshua W Hooper  clerk of the County  Court of St. Clair County  in the  State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing   & following contains the original proceeding  of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Buzbee for a pension. In testimony whereof I have set my hand  & seal of office this 20th day of January. 1834. Joshua W. Hooper ( signed / sealed ) Clerk  [ State of Alabama St. Clair County ] January  Term 1834 . Appeared in open Court  Archibald Sloan  and Plydore  Naylor  &  certifies that they  have been  some years acquainted with  Jacob Buzbee  and  believe him to be a man of veracity and that they believe him to have been a volunteer soldier of the revolutionary war in  the militia of South Carolina  and that he is  reputed as such  in the neighborhood  and that they concur in that opinion.  Sworn to  & subscribed in open Court this 20th  January 1834. A. Sloan ( signed ) Polydore Naylor ( signed )  Sworn to this 20th day  Jany  1834 in open Court . Joshua W Hooper ( signed ) clk  I am acquainted with Arch'd Sloan  & Polydore  Naylor  Esquires, personally  and by character. They are both men of good moral standing, and  well entitled to  credit and have no doubt their statement is  in  all respects true. C.C. Clay ( signed ) M.C. Washington  Feby 28th  1834
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[ The State of Alabama St Clair County ] 
at a Regular Orphan's Court began and hold in the Town of Ashville in the County and State aforesaid on the first Monday in January 1840  it being the 6th day of the month. Be it known before  James Rogan  Judge of the County Court in and for said County , personally appeared  Jane Buzbee  and made oath in due form of Law that she is the widow of Jacob Buzbee  a Revolutionary Pensioner, who departed this life on the  22nd day of August 1839 . Also personally appeared in Court, James Langard and made oath in due form of Law, that he has known  the above named Jane Buzbee  for the span of thirty five years and that she during that time and up to the 22nd day of Aug.  did live with and was the lawful wedded wife of  Jacob Buzbee  a Revolutionary Pensioner who departed this life on the  aforesaid 22nd day of August 1839 . Sworn and subscribed  the day and date above written. Jane Buzbee ( her mark )  James Langard ( signed ) James Rogan ( signed ) Judge of C.C. I, Joshua W. Hooper  clerk of the  County Court of St. Clair County certify that the facts as above stated was done in open Court  and that the evidence adduced was satisfactory to the Court . In testimony whereof I have hereunto  affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 6th day of January  A.D. 1840 Joshua W. Hooper ( signed . sealed ) Clerk C.C.
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[ State of Alabama St. Clair County ] Be it known that before me  J.W. Hooper a Justice of the Peace in and for the County  aforesaid personally appeared  Jane Buzbee the widow of Jacob Buzbee dec'd  and made oath indue form of law that the above  named Jacob Buzbee  departed this life on the 22nd  day of August  1839  ( of which fact proof has heretofore been made )  and that the said dec'd   to wit  Jacob Buzbee  is the identical person named in an original certificate in his possession at the time of his death  ( now in her possession  )  of which I certify  the following is a true copy. War Department  Revolutionary Claim . I certify  that in conformity  with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Jacob Buzbee or Busbee  of the State of Alabama  who was a private during the  revolutionary war is entitled to receive sixty  three Dollars and thirty three 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  September in every year. Given at the War Office of the United States  this 6th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty four . Lewis Cass ( signed / sealed ) Secretary of  War.  Examined and countersigned  J L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions  No. 26.110  Payments to be made at Mobile Alabama  by  First State Bank , agent for paying pensioners in the agency of Alabama  . Recorded in Pension office in Book E. Vol. 8 Page 43.  by J.T. Sprague  clerk , that he the said dec'd resided in the  County of St. Clair at the time of his death and had resided there for  the span of eighteen or nineteen years past and that previous  thereto  he resided in  Abbeville  District South Carolina. Sworn to  and subscribed before me this 6th day of January 1840 . Jane Buzbee ( her mark X ) J.W. Hooper ( signed ) J. Peace James Rogan ( signed ) Judge of C.C.
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[ State of Alabama County of St. Clair ]  1840 January 6th I, J.W. Hooper  a Magistrate in the County above named do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence viz. from personal knowledge that Jane Buzbee  who hat this day  appeared before ne to take the oath of identity is the widow of Jacob Buzbee deceased ( as before certified )  who is the identical person  named in the pension certificate, which she has exhibited before me  Number 26.110  and bearing date at the war office the 6th day of March 1834 and signed  Lew. Cass Secretary of War. Given under my hand  and at Ashville  St. Clair  County  Alabama  on the day and year above written.  JW Hooper ( signed ) J.P. I Joshua W. Hooper clerk of the Court of St. Clair County  certify that  J.W. Hooper  is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 6th day of January  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty. Joshua W. Hooper ( signed / sealed ) Clerk C.C.   FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO   Received Mobile  May 1 1840  from  John B Hogan  Pension agent  twenty nine dollars fifty nine cents being the pension due  Jane Busby  widow of Jacob Busby  from 4 March 1839 to 22nd  day of August 1839. John Simpson ( signed  duplicates )
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Know all men by these presents that Jane Buzbee of  St. Clair County Alabama  , the widow of Jacob Buzbee deceased, a Revolutionary  Pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint  John Simpson my true and lawful attorney  for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for  paying pensions in Mobile , State of Alabama  and the Pension due my late husband from the 4th day of March 1839 to the 22nd day of August  1839  . Witness my hand and seal  this 6th day of January 1840 . Sealed and delivered in presence of James Rogan ( signed  ) Judge C.C>   J W Hooper ( signed ) J.P.  Jane Buzbee ( her mark X ) sealed [ State of Alabama St. Clair County ] Be it known  that on the 6th day of January 1840  before the  subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County  personally appeared  Jane Buzbee above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my  hand  the day and year above mentioned. J W Hooper ( signed . sealed )  J. Peace [ State of Alabama Mobile County ] Be it known that on the first day of May 1840  before me  the subscriber  a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County  personally appeared  John Simpson the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney   and made oath that  the  same was not given him , by reason of any sale, transfer, or mortgage of the pension or arrears of pension ,, therein  authorized  to be received by him.  Sworn and subscribed the day and year last mentioned above  before me .  John Simpson ( signed  ) Chas. J Fox ( signed  ) Not. Pub. ( vertical margin notes ) ( Jane Buzbee widow of Jacob Buzbee  Pension  Claim )
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Jacob Burbee
Alabama
Adm 1. year & 7 months
40
20
3 33
$63 33
Hon C. C. Clay
H R 
Huntsville
Alabama
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
22d July 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, showing the service of Jacob Buzbee,
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Period when the service was rendered.         


Duration of the claimant's service  
 Year           Months          Days                
                         3 or 4
                         1.
                         2 near   

Rank of  the   Claimant    
Priv
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Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.   
    Months               
      3 or 4        Cap. Watson
                          Cap. Tyler
           1.             Cap. Frazier
           2 near   Gen Marion
                           [illegible] Frazier

Age at present,  and  place of abode when he entered  the service
73 years 
So Carolina
Orangeburg 
Dist

Proof by which the declaration is supported
Traditionary
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I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions 
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One year & 7 months Cavalry ___
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service. but not those who were occasionally employed with, the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops. Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years
 of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore. these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace. the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the 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 bis 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 mouths 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public 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 officer, under his seal of office. The notes from [a] to [j] 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.
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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, Paul
Buzbee or Berbee 
of the State of Alabama
who was a Private during the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive
Sixty three dollars and
Thirty-three cents per annum, during his natural life, com=
mencing 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
States, this 6 day of March
one thousand eight
hundred and thirty four
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and
Countersigned. }
J L Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Payments to be made
at Mobile Al
by Prest Br. State BR
Agent for paying Pension-
ers in  the Agency of A.CL
Recorded in the Pension office in Book C
Vol. 8
,Page  43 by J T Sprague
Clerk
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32149
Revy INVALID
our
File No. 32, 149
Jacob Buzbee
Pri Rev War 
Act: June 7th " 32"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 98
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Washington Feby 28th 1834
James L. Edwards Esqr

Sir
your note, accompanying
in the papers of Jacob Busbee States, as
only objection to the allowance of his claim to
pension, that Messr. Sloan & Naylor, who
testified as to the applicants character, an
certified to be persons of credibility. Knowing
gentlemen, I was able to certify as to which
I hope will be satisfactory
Please let me hear from you soon.
Very respectfully
your obt svt
C.C. Clay
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Supplemental Declaration
of
Jacob Buzbee
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No 46
Jane Buzbee
Widow of Jacob Buzbee
St Clair
Act 7 June 1832
4 Mch 1839 Aug 1839
$29. 59

Mobile, Alabama
1st. gr. 140
Box 11
C- 11