Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,023, Elias Buckman, Vt.

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Vt    Buckman, Elias     S15.023

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2940
New Hampshire
Elias Buckman
of Hanover in the State of N Hamp
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Nelson of the Regt commanded
by Col [illegible] in the Vermont
line for 8 mos

                                                    aw
                                                   Aug 5.08

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hamp
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Dec
1832 and

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Elias Buckman-

No 2- 8 months

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832
State of New-Hampshire
County of Grafton } 88.

On this 24th day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate Elias Buckman a resident of Hanover in the County of Grafton and State of New-Hampshire, aged 68 years, who being first 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, passd June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year ___ with ___ and served in the ___ regiment of the ___ line, under the following named officers:
On or about the first of June 1781 while a resident of Claremont in the state of New Hampshire he was drafted for and immediately afterwards served eight months at Corinth now in the State of Vermont under the command of Captain Nelson of

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Elias Buckman
Hanover
N.H.

Hon. H. Hubbard
[illegible]

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[typed] BRIEF in the case of [handwritten] Elias Buckman of Hanover [typed] in the state of [handwritten] N. Hamp
[typed] (Act 7 June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? [handwritten] Court
[typed] 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? [handwritten] 68 years
[typed] 4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
[handwritten] June 15 In 1781 | 8 months | Private | Capt. Nelson Col. Waits
[typed] 5. In what battles was he engaged? [handwritten] none stated
[typed] 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? [handwritten] Claremont [illegible]
[typed] 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? [handwritten] Living witness
[typed] 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? [handwritten] Correct
[typed] Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[handwritten] D. Addison
[typed] Examining Clerk

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[printed document with fill ins]

P.

15023
INVALID.
File No.  15.023
Elias Buckman
Priv. Rev.War

Act:  June 7" 1832
Index:-Vol. 1,  Page  52

[Arrangement of 1870]

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Solomon Dow's Affidavit

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I Solomon Dow of Hanover New Hampshire depose and say that I was a private in Captain Nelsons company of Col. Waits Regiment and served at Cornish in the state of Vermont in the summer of 1781 for the space of six months which service I commenced in the month of May or June of that year and confidently believe that Elias Buckman was at the same time a member of said company.  Solomon Dow
State of New Hampshire}
Grafton August 24, 1832 }
Sworn and subscribed, before me Timothy Kenrick Justice of Peace
I certify that the above deponent is a credible person
Timothy Kenrick Justice of Peace
I, Benjamin B. French, a clerk of the superior Court of Judicature for the State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Timothy Kenrick is a Justice of the Peace, and that the above signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 29th day of August 1832
B. B. French
[seal]

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Elias Buckman
Hanover 
N. H.

Private
8 months
adm^d

$26.66

Hon. H Hubbard
[illegible]

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answer in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Elias Buckman [handwritten] which require further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the application resides? Yes [handwritten]

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes [handwritten]

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes [handwritten]

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in langue so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount to pension he is entitled? Yes [handwritten]

VI. Has he given the name of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with regulations? Yes [handwritten]

VII. Has he made a relinquimment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes [handwritten]

VIII. Has the court given their opinion? Yes [handwritten]

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes [handwritten]

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes [handwritten]

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? [checkmark]

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [checkmark]

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? [checkmark]

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes [handwritten] Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes [handwritten]

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes [handwritten]

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes [handwritten]

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 

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EXPLANATORY NOTES,

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 

"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but can according to the best of his recollection he served no less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For_______year_____months and ________days, I served as a _______. For _______months and _______days, I served as a ________; and for each such service I claim a pension."

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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grad of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase for about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 


QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants 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 office, under his seal of office. 

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the endo 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.