Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40770, Thomas Buchanan, Continental Pa.

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Continental                          Buchanan, Thomas                        S. 40770
   Pa

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13.5
Pennsylvania
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Thomas Buchanan
Newton in the state of Penn-ia
who was a Captain[illegible], in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thompson of the Pennsylvania  _ne, for the term of 3 years.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at. the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6th of April 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of July 1819 and sent to the Pensioner.
Shippensburg, PA
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Arrears to 4th of March 1819         $219.24
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819  120
                                                       [totaling]
10 mo 25/30  4/31                           $339.24
L. Oct 13, 1823
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th Marc, 1818.}
. Gibson, Com. Gen Sub
Washington City 25 April 1822
Continued notification sent to Colo: Geo

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                                                                Copy



                                                   Tho Buchanan


                                                          13.581









                                                                      Andrew Roden
                                                                      Carlisle
                                                                          Pa

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On the 12th day of August AD 1800 personally appeared in open court it being a court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Cumberland / the same being a court of Record in and for the said County and proceedings therein being according to the Course of Common law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of their proceedings / Thomas Buchanan aged aged Seventy two years resident in said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his solemn oath duly declares that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, he entered the service in the year 1776 as a Lieutenant in the first continental Regiment Commanded by Col Thompson he afterwards became a captain in said Regime which became the first Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col Hand and at the last by Col Joseph Chambers in which he remained until 1779 and that the date of his original declaration is 6th April 1818 and the number of his pension certificate 13581
And I do solemnly swear that I was a residence citizen of the United States on the 18th March 1843 and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled, "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" profed 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 nor have I any incom then that what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.

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Schedule
being under the [indiscernible] of surrendering, my real estate in the year 1801 all the real estate that I had was sold that was saleable I have still an interest in some mountain land unimproved, quantity unknown and which yields no income some of which has been sold for taxes and [I] have no other estate[,] real or personal[. I] have three sons and five daughters[,] all grown up[,] who live with me[.] (T)here is [are] one hundred and sixty one acres of the above in dispute with John Moore.
Tho[ma]s Buchanan[,] late (C)aptain [of the] 1st Penn[sylvani]a Reg[imen]t[.]
Sworn to and declared on the 12th day of August AD 1820 
Before me
Isa[iah?] Graham

Note. 5th [of] September 1820. It appears from the Records of the [] that the within named Thomas Buchanan[,] late Captain [of the] Penn[sylvani]a Reg[imen]t[,] did transfer all his property to William Lyon[,] and Samuel Postlehwaite as well[. Also,] real as [well as] personal [property] for the use of his creditors in the year 1801[,] but from some cause the said property never has been sold and is taxed in his name and is valued at $2[,]275 Dollars[.]
[At](t)est
Robert McCoy Proth[onotar]y
James Armstrong              Judges
Isaiah Graham

State of Pennsylvania
Cumberland County[,] Pa.
I[,] Robert McCoy[,] Prothonotary of the Court of Common please [Pleas] in and for said County of Cumberland do certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed together with the note made by the Judges and copied from the Recordes [records] of the said Court[.]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Carlisle on this 6th day of September 1820[.]
Robert McCoy Proth[onotar]y

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Cumberland County
State of Pennsylvania 

Be it remembered that on the sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, before one James Armstrong and the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cumberland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally appeared Thomas Buchanan of Newton township in the said county of Cumberland, and a resident Citizen of the United States, and being duly sworn according to law doth and did declare and say, that he entered into the Army of the United Colonies, raised for the defence of American liberty and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof, and was duly commissioned third Lieutenant of a company of riflemen under Captain James Chambers in the first Continental regiment commanded by Colonel William Thompson by commission under the hand of John Hancock, President of Congress, dated the twenty-fifth of June in the year of our Lord one thousand one hundred and seventy-five, that afterwards by commissions under the hand of John Hancock, President of Congress, he was successively and duly commissioned first and Seccond Lieutenant of a company of riflemen in the said first Continental Regiment, and that again by commission under the hand of John Jay President of Congress he was duly commissioned Captain of the company of riflemen in the said first Continental Regiment, when on the first said Continental Regiment under a new arrangement in the Army of the United Colonies being made the first regiment in the Pennsylvania Line he continued to serve in the Army of the United Colonies, afterwards the United States of America, in the said

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first regiment in the Pennsylvania line under his said Captains commission, untile in the month, as he verily believes, of November in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine; when at the instance and request of his first, Colonel, William Thompson, then General William Thompson, he resigned his captains commission upon the assurance from him the said General William Thompson, that he this deponent should have the command of a troop of hom [page edge] in an expedition to the Western parts of Pennsylvania which he the said General William Thompson was to command, but which did not take place until the death of the said General William Thompson.  That he served in the Army of the said United Coloney from the afore said twenty fifth day of June in the year of Our Lord one  thousand seven hundred and seventy nine under the [illegible] afore mentioned commissions, as, in respect of said commissions, by the records of Congress reference being thereunto [illegible] [illegible] appear.  And that he hath no pension heretofore allowed by the laws of the United States to his knowledge, and if any such exist, he doth hereby freely and entirely release the same to the United States.
Sworn and subscribed before me this fifth of April 1818
James Armstrong
Thos. Buchanan late Ca [page ends]
[illegible] Penna [page ends]

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I certify & believe that Genl Thomas Buchanan is in very reduced circumstances

Geo Gibson Com. Gen. Of Subs

Admd.


To the Pensioner, at
Shippensburg, Pa.

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May 13, 1932
BA-J/AWF
XXXXXXXXXXX
Thomas Buchanan
S.40770

Mr. John B Read
467 W. State Street
Newcornerstown, Ohio

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letters of recent date in which you request information in regard to Thomas Buchanan of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.
You will find enclosed the records of two soldiers of that name, which are the only ones that are found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.  All spellings of the surname searched.
Thomas Buchana
S. 40770
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 40770, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Thomas Buchanan.
He was commissioned, June 25, 1775, Third Lieutenant in Captain James Chambers' company in Colonel William Thompson's Pennsylvania regiment, was commissioned, January 16, 1777, First Lieutenant in Colonel Edward Hand's Pennsylvania regiment, was commissioned, October 1, 1777, Captain in Colonel Joseph Chamber's Pennsylvania regiment; he was in the bombardment of Boston, battles of White Plains, Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown and other skirmishes, and resigned his commission as captain sometime in November, 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1818, at which time he was living in Newton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and was seventy-one years of age.
2-
Thomas Buchanan referred in 1820 to three sons and five daughters, he did not state any names nor of the name of his wife given.
He died October 13, 1825.

Remainder of other letters Thomas Buchanan S.2105 [handwritten]

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[Note far left]
V. L. U.

40770
INVALID.
Rvy 

File No. 40770
Thomas Buchanan
Capt Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index:—-Vol. S, Page 69

{Arrangement of 1870}

[Note far right]
1909 Oct. 1, Hist. To
Mrs. Willard L. Norton
1915 Apr. 29 Hist. To
Mrs. J. N. Blake more
V. L. ?
1932-May 13-Hist to
John B. Read ?

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State of Pennsylvania
Cumberland County [indiscernible]
I[,] Barnet Aughinbaugh[,] Prothonotary of the County of Common Pleas in and for the (C)ounty of Cumberland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, (d)o by these presents certify that Thomas Buchanan presented his petition to the (C)ourt of (C)ommon Pleas of Cumberland County, Praying for the [] of the [] of Pennsylvania, on the 1st [of] September 1800[.] That the hearing of petitioners was performed until [the] 3[r]d [of] March 1801 shown to the court that he had in all things complied with the directions of the Order within mentioned[, and] was discharged (b)y the Court[.]

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I James Armstrong one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County aforesaid in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that it satisfactorily appears to me that the above & within mentioned Thomas Buchanan now residing in Newton township in said County of Cumberland served in the revolutionary war as set forth in his deposition hereto annexed against the Common enemy all which together with the affidavit and the commissions of said applicant Thomas Buchanan of first Lieutenant and Captain the former signed by [crossed out: John Jay] John Hancock and [crossed out John] the latter by John Jay I herewith transmit to the Secretary of War Witness my band and seal this 17th day of April A. D. 1819

James Armstrong 
[seal]

[overlaid paper as follows]

CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, } ss.

Wm. B. & J. Underwood, printers
_____________________________
I, Robert BcCoy, Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cumberland, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Do, by these Presents Certify that James Armstrong Esquire, before whom the foregoing Deposition &c was taken, and who hath there unto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name was, at the time of taking such Deposition & signing the above Certificate a judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for the said County, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts as such, due faith and credit is, and of right ought to be, given throughout the United States and elsewhere.  In Testimony whereof , I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Carlisle, in the said county, this twenty third day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen and of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America, the forty third

 ATTEST.
Robt. McCoy PROTHONOTARY

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Supplemental Deposition

State of Pennsylvania Ss.

On the 16 day of June 1819 before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in the Sate aforesaid personally appeared, General Thomas Buchanan aged Seventy two years resident in Newton township in the Said County & State, who being by me first duly Sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress Entitled “an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval Services of the United States, in the Revolutionary War”; that he the said Thomas Buchanan when a third Lieutenant in Captain James Chambers’ Company of Riflemen Commissioned by Col. Edward Hard; that he continued to serve in the said Corps, until the first day of October 1777, When he was appointed a Captain in Said Regiment, called the first Pennsylvania Regiment, in which he continued until November 1779, when he resigned; that he was in the following battles, to wit, The bombardment of Boston; battles of White Plains of Trenton, when the Hessians were captured, of Crawford or Brandywine, of Germantown, and in other Skirmishes and affairs, and that he is in reduced Circumstance & Stands in need of the assistance of his Country for Support And that he has no other evidence now in His power of his said services, excepting the Commissions of John Hancock and John Jay Presidents of Congress & herein before refferred[sp] to

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Sworn to & declared before
me the day & year aforesaid } James Armstrong

I the aforesaid James Armstrong Judge of the Court of Common peas in & and for the Court & State aforesaid, & the same judge before whom General Buchanan’s first deposition was asked, and to which they so amend, & I Certify that it appears to my Satisfaction, that the Said Thomas Buchanan did Serve in the Revolutionary War, as Stated in the preceding declaration, against the Common Enemy for the term of Nine months & upwards on the Continental Establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress.

James Armstrong

Thos. Buchanan 1819 June 16
[line cut off]

[following on overlaid paper]
CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, }SS.

Wm. B. & J. Underwood, printers.
_____________________________
I, Robert McCoy, Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Do, by these Presents Certify that James Armstrong Esquire, before whom the foregoing deposition and declaration was taken, and who hath thereunto, in his own proper handwriting, subscribed his name, was, at the time of taking such deposition & declaration & signing the above certificate & now is a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for the said County, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts as such, due faith and credit is, and of right ought to be, given throughout the United States and elsewhere. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Carlisle, in the said county, this 16th day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen and of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America, the forty third

ATTEST.

Robt  McCoy PROTHONOTARY

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[Seal]
I, B. Aughinbaugh Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that there are Judgments against Thomas Buchanan, Esqr. remaining unsatisfied on the records of the [court of ] common Pleas of Cumberland County obtained before the second day of March AD 1801, the time of the said Thomas Buchanan discharged under the Insolvent laws of This commonwealth amounting to four thousand dollars and upwards, Witness my hand and seal of office the 14th Nov. 1821

For: B. Aughinbaugh Prothy 

John Crisler

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Thomas Buchanan, of Penn. (Col. Geo. Gibson, Com[missary]. Gen[eral]. [of] Subs[istence].)
Age 72- 3 sons & 5 daughters, all grown up and live with applicant. In 1801, transferred his property for the benefit of his creditors—he has, however, Still an interest in Some mountain land, quantity unknown, yields no income—160 acres of it in dispute—The Judges of the C. C. P. Certify that the property was transferred, but was never sold, and that it is now taxed to the value of $2275–One of the persons appointed an Assignèe certifies that he would not act, believing that the whole estate would not compensate an Agent or Trustee for his trouble.—The Prothonotary certifies that there are unsatisfied judgments on the records of the Court of C.P. obtained before 1801, when the claimant became insolvent, to the amount of upwards of $4000.

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Near Shippens[bu]rg of 22d. Octr 1821 —

Sir/
From the time I was favored with your note of the 3d August By Mr. Andrew Biden, have been unwell and Geo. Lyon Esquire not at home so that I could not get this Certificate sooner- I hope this will clar[sp] any doubt respecting those Lands return’d in my name, they do not bring me one cent nor never can from the situation my affairs are in,
If necessity did not oblige me I shou’d not apply in this way—

I am Sir
With Respect your
Humble Servant
Thos. Buchanan

J D Edwards Esquire

[wax seal mark]

[upside down, address of letter]

J. D. Edwards Esquire
Com. Col. Gibson}
[sideways in between above and below lines]
Ansd Nov. 3. 1821
Washington

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Resignation filed in the court of summon Pleas of Cumberland county this Sixteenth day of October in the year of Lord one Thousand eight hundred and twenty One as follows,

I do hereby certify that I never did undertake to act as the assignee of General Thomas Buchanan and that under the impression that the whole Estate of General Buchanan assigned to his creditors would not Yield as much as would compensate an agent or Trustee for his Trouble and actual expenses in attempting to convert it in to money— I do hereby Positively decline having anything to do with the Same either as agent, Trustee or assignee;

George A Lyon
Carlisle 4th October 1821

State of Pennsylvania
Cumberland County SS.

That the foregoing certificate and resignation is truly copied from the Origanal[sp] and filed in Prothonotary’s office- certified under my hand and have also affixed the Seal of Said court this Sixteenth day of October in the year of Lord one Thousand and eight hundred and twenty One

Barney Aughinbaugh Prothory.

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Carlisle 14th Novr. 1821

Sir/

Genl. Thomas Buchan[sp] will transmit with this letter, a certificate of the Prothry. of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, showing the amount of Judgments obtained against him, before the time of his discharge and the Insolvent cases of this state— and was taken the liberty of stating, for your satisfaction, our knowledge of his circumstances —

The only estate in his name remaining considered of by his creditors, consists of some Mountain land, which are of little value, are unimproved and incapable of improvements, and therefore can yield no annual profits. If any of the judgment creditors should proceed to sell, the proceeds of labor would not near discharge the judgements creditors liens—Under these circumstances it would be impossible to procure a person to undertake the settlement of his affairs, and in fact if they were settled nothing could be saved for him-

The General is now far advanced in life, in the course of Nature has but a few years to live- He has for several years past been supported by his sons, who are in ?but ?inadequate

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circumstances, and he must continue to draw his support out of their scanty means, unless he obtains relief from the Government—He was an active officer during the ? part of the revolutionary war, and has ever since been warm friend of his country and its government—and is now, by misfortune, rendered in his circumstances and in great need of assistance from that Government which he assisted to establish—We hope his claim will not be sent in vain, but that his name will be continued on the Pension List—

We take this oportunity[sp] to assume ? Of our high consideration of your ? And remain with

Respect and esteem
Your obt. Servts.
And. Carothers
Geo. A. Lyons

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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED

To Thomas Buchanon Esquire.  Greeting. We, reposing special trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity Do by these presents constitute and appoint you, to  be a Captain and (??) of (blocked out) Pennsylvania Regiment in the Army of the United States (Blocked out) from the 5th day of October A.D. 1777.  You are to carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Captain by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging.  And we strictly charge and require all Officers and soldiers under your command to bo obedient to your orders as Captain.  And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States of Commander in Chief for the time being in the Army of the United States, or any other year Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This commission to continue inforce until revoked by this of a future Congress, the Committee of Congress before mentioned or a Committee of the States.

                              Witness this (faded) President of the Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia the tenth day of April 1777 and in the first year of our Independence.

Secretary of the Board of War      //s// John Jay

Entered in the War Office
and examined by the Board.
Attest: P. Lenth Secretary of the Board of War

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IN CONGRESS

The Delegates of the United States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia to Thomas Buchanon

    We, reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be a First Lieutenant in the First Regiment of the that commanded by Col Edward Hand in the Army of the United States, raised for the Defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof.  You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of First Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of Things thereunto belonging.  And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your orders as Lieutenant.  And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from time to time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance  of the Trust reposed in you.  This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress.  Dated at Morristown this seventeenth day of Jan A.D. 1777

                                  By Order of the Congress
                                   John Hancock President
ATTEST: Eli Thompson

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S-12. S Arch St.
Fremont.
Ohio.

Dept. of the Interior.
Bureau os Pensions.

I will be very much obliged if you will send me a Copy of the Pension record of Thomas Buchanan of Cumberland Co. Pa— I think our old record says he ranked as Capt.—

Very Sincerely Yours—
Troy Colby Norton—
Mrs. Willard I Norton
Sept. 22-1909

[stamp]
PENSION
A
U. {SEP 24 1909} S. 
OFFICE

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3-871.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

BRIEFED BY GEORGE M. MOORE
[Crossed out:]Claim No. Sept. 28 1909
Certificate No. ________
Claimant No. __________
Claimant ______________
Soldier Thomas Buchanan or
Thomas Buckman
Service Pa.     Rev.
Additional Service _______
__________
No ____claim, State records____, 190___
No claim, combination records ____190_

REMARKS
No OW. In. Widow
Ref as above except
OW. Ind F. No. 40770
_______________
________________

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0-8         Chief Division

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315 Wash Jeff St. Clinton Mo
April 20, 1915

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Will you please tell me what there is of record of Thomas Buchanan who served in Revolutionary War?
He was first lieutenant in a Penn. Reg. Was commissioned Jan 16, 1777: promoted to Capt- Lieutenant Oct 1, 1777, and to Captain Oct 23, 1777.
There is nothing in ... ???

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Wash D.C. to show date or manner
of his separation from service.
I'd like to have all there is of record and especially dates of birth and death, of himself and wife- with her name if possible,
Also.
What there is of record of George Buchanan, who also was from Penn. but do not know regiment (Please see Huntington, Bedford, and Blaire Counties first)

Yours truly,
Mr. J. N. Blakemore

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Information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Thomas Buchanan S. F. 40770

[Table]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. |
June 25 1775 |
Jany 16 1777 |
Oct. 1 1777 |

LENGTH OF SERVICE. |
Jany. 16. 1777 |
Oct. 1. 1777 |
Nov. 1779 |

RANK. | 
3rd Lieut. |
1st Lieut |
Capt. |


OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. |
CAPTAIN. |
James Chambers |
COLONEL |
William Thompson |
Edward Hand |
Joseph Chambers |

STATE. |
1st Penn. |
“  |
“  |

 Battles engaged in, Bombardment of Boston. White Plains. Trenton. Brandywine and Germantown other ?

Residence of soldiers at enlistment, not stated

Date of application for pension,  Apr. 6. 1818 His cl was al

Residence at date of application, Newton Twsp. Cumberland Co. Penn.

Age at date of application, 71 years. Died Oct. 13. 1823 *

Remarks:  Soldier had three sons and 5 daughters. [“1820” written above] No names Stated or other family data.

Referred to as General 1821

* from A. B.

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Newcomenstoreron

Director of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C., Information

My Dear Sir! -In tracing some of my relations of Revolutionary fame,
am seeking your good graces for information leading to one Thomas Buchanan, who is on the Master Roll 1776- 83, from Northumberland Co, Pennsylvania, Private, likewise gained a Rank of  official. As to other Thomas Buchanan's from Pennsylvania, am also anxious to learn as it may throw more light on the desired subject. Wish the Line of Enlistment, Place, County, Birth, Married or Not? Probably can be located in the Old Record Division. Also what was his wife's maiden name? Thank you more fully in the future. 
Reply soon as convenient-

John BoRead
467 W. Slate St.