Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1180, Simeon Buford, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Buford Simeon or Simon
S. 1180
CONTENTS
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22245
Kentucky
Simon Burg Paraded in the State of Kentucky who was a Cap Spr in the com. com. by Captain St. Clair of the regt somma. by Col Stevens in the Virginia line for 11 months private 8 " " Ensign
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky the rate of 116 Dollars 66 Cents per annum commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Oct 1833 and No. 6 Comphins Glasgow Arrears to the 14th of Sept 338291.65 Pension allowance ending 4 Mar 34858.33 834998
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Certificate sent in correction & new one up sent to Joseph Frickland Lexington Ky 15 Nov 1833 re letter of Dec 33 to Hon. William Allen Secy of Agt, W. I. Underwood, January 22, 1857.
Date of death not on OP
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State of Kentucky } ss. Barren County }
Be it known that before me Thomas J. Helm a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared before me Simeon Buford aged 76 years who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following Declaration by way of amendment to his Declaration heretofore made out. He states that inasmuch as proof is required of his service in the capacities of Captain and ensign, He would refer to paper marked A. which is the affidavit of James Levell dated 17th July 1833, which is all the testimony he can now procure within his knowledge. He would also state that he was Commissioned, as a Captain as stated in his former Declaration, by General La Fayette. He was also appointed Quarter Master by General La Fayette who commanded; and was also, according to his best recollection, Commissioned by the same General as ensign. He states further that said commissions are lost and it is out of the power of this applicant to produce them now. As to the proof, he would state that he was not aware that it was required, and was convinced to the contrary by a Brief marked D. herewith returned to the department. He refers said Brief to the Department for consideration; and he is advised that all the objections therein made are fully obviated, no proof being there required. He would respectfully represent that he is now very old, the powers of his mind, and particularly his memory, and the strength of his body being very much impaired. He is unable to leave his house & too infirm to attend personally to his business, & having to trust it to others, who have no personal knowledge of his service, he cannot obtain such evidence as may be required, even though there were now living witnesses, of which he now knows none. He prays that if a Pension cannot be granted for the whole of the service set forth, that he may be allowed for so much as is free from objection, and he will hereafter, if he is permitted, obviate any objections to his service not allowed, which it may be in its power to

remove. He desires the Department may indulge him with a speedy examination of his claim for he is desirous that he himself may have the satisfaction of hearing that it is not finally rejected by that Government which he assisted in sustaining in its infancy.
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid 17th day of July 1833. before me
Wm J. Albin D.P.M.C.
Barren County Kentn City SEC.
I Thomas J. Albin hereby certify that the abovenamed Simeon Buford is still too aged and infirm to appear before a Court of Records, being confined to his own house in the country. July 17th 1833.
Wm J. Albin D.P.M.C.
Barren County Kentn City SEC
I William Logan clerk of the court of Barren County do hereby certify that James McCarroll is a true copy of the above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 18th day of July 1833.
William Logan Clerk of the Court of Barren County
Simeon Buford Amendment

Simeon Buford
25001

State of Kentucky, Warren County Set
On this 26 th day of March 1832 personally appears before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid Simon Buford a resident of the said county of Warren and State aforesaid aged twenty six 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 7 th of June 1832.
That he volunteered in the minute men in the army of Virginia at Culpepper Courthouse in Virginia under Captain Abraham Buford (afterwards Colonel Abraham Buford) and was attached as he now believes to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Stevens - he thinks that a man by the name of John Gilleland was the Ensign of the company - that he was then marched to Williamsburg and compelled Lord Dunmore to go on board of a ship & prevented him from taking the powder & that it was in the early part of the summer of 1775 as well as he can now recollect that he enlisted or volunteered under Captain Abraham Buford and that he remained in service as well as he can now recollect until within a few days before the Christmas following, the precise time of entering & leaving this service he cannot now recollect, owing to the great loss of memory but that he served on that tour or campaign at least four months & was occasionally in skirmishes and British shipping at Burnside Bay was to be seen - That in the fall of 1776 he again entered the service under Captain William McLanahan and was again marched to Williamsburg and after remaining there some time was marched to Jamestown the precise time of entering & leaving the service on this campaign he cannot now recollect but is certain that he served at least three months while under Captain McLanahan - This applicant states that during the first tour or campaign he was on & after Lord Dunmore had

escaped on board the Roebuck he was at Hampton & was engaged in a battle with Lord Dunmore's Lenders and took one small vessel - That in the fall of 1777 he again entered the service under Captain William Chapman and was ordered to the North and after the Company had proceeded as far as Fredericktown or Frederick in the state of Maryland, they were ordered to return back to Virginia, the precise day of entering & leaving the service on this tour or Campaign he cannot now recollect but served at least three months - This applicant states that in all the beforementioned times or campaigns he entered the service as a private and acted as such throughout the whole - This applicant states that in the month of February 1781 commencement of the year 1781 he was again called into service in the Company commanded by Captain Elijah Kirtley and was appointed Ensign of said Company and marched to the head quarters of Marquis Lafayette and after remaining there some time, he was appointed Quarter master by Colonel James Barbour and while acting as Quarter master he was sent by Governor Atkinson to Orange Courthouse to remove the wag- gons which were there and prepared waggon to take them off out of the way of the British but a day or two before he arrived they had been removed to a place of safety and he was compelled to pay the expenses of the waggon, which he had prepared out of his own individual money and has never received any compensation for the same, that he then returned to head quarters and in a very short time after his arrival at head quarters the Captain (Elijah Kirtley) was taken sick and returned home and this applicant was appointed Captain in his place and con- tinued to act as Captain for the balance of the campaign - that he was at the battle of Hoback under Lafayette and was then Captain of the Com- pany (Kirtley being sick & having gone home) - That he was under Lafayette the whole time he was combatting Cornwallis previous to his capitulation at Yorktown - This applicant states that in the last Campaign stated, under Lafayette he served at least two months as Ensign at least two months as Quarter master and at least four months as Captain - This applicant

escaped on board the Roebuck he was at Hampton & was engaged in a battle with Lord Dunmore's Lenders and took one small vessel — That in the fall of 1777 he again entered the service under Captain William Chapman and was ordered to the North and after the Company had proceeded as far as Fredericktown or Frederick in the state of Maryland, they were ordered to return back to Virginia, the precise day of entering & leaving the service on this tour or campaign he cannot now recollect but served at least three months — This applicant states that in all the beforementioned tours or campaigns he entered the service as a private and acted as such throughout the whole — This applicant states that in the month of February 1781 commencement of the year 1781 he was again called into service in the Company commanded by Captain Elijah Kirtley and was appointed Ensign of said Company and marched to the head quarters of Marquis Lafayette and after remaining there some time, he was appointed Quarter master by Colonel James Barbour and while acting as Quarter master he was sent by Governor Nelson to Orange Courthouse to remove the mag- azines which were there and prepared wagons to take them off out of the way of the British but a day or two before he arrived they had been removed to a place of safety and he was compelled to pay the expenses of the wagons which he had prepared out of his own individual money and has never received any compensation for the same, that he then returned to head quarters and in a very short time after his arrival at head quarters the Captain (Elijah Kirtley) was taken sick and returned home and this applicant was appointed Captain in his place and con- tinued to act as Captain for the balance of the campaign — that he was at the battle of Red Bank under Lafayette and was then Captain of the Com- pany (Kirtley being sick & having gone home) — That he was under Lafayette the whole time he was combatting Cornwallis previous to his capture at Yorktown — This applicant states that in the last campaign stated, under Lafayette he served at least two months as Ensign at least two months as Quarter master and at least four months as Captain — This applicant

Cannot state the precise time he entered & left the service in the campaign last stated under Lafayette but is certain & positive that he served at least the length of time before stated as Ensign Quarters master & Captain. This applicant further states that when he first entered the service in 1775 as a minute man or private he was told by his officers and so understood it himself that he was in the service during the war & was to hold himself in readiness to march whenever called on and to whatever point directed. He has no documentary evidence nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure except what is given below who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
In answer to the questions prescribed by the War Department he saith
 1 } He was born in Culpepper County, Virginia and on the 19 th day of December 1757  2 } He has no record of his age  3 } He lived in Culpepper County Virginia during the whole period of his service and moved from thence to Kentucky about the year 1789 and settled in Barren county about 33 years past where he has resided ever since  4 } He volunteered every time he was called into the service  5 } He knew the following regular officers General Lafayette General Wayne General Nelson & Colonel Barbour. He remembers no Continental or Malitia regiments except the one which he thinks was commanded by Stevens  6 } He does not recollect ever to have received a written discharge but if he ever did it is now lost & he cannot recollect by whom it was signed  7 } He received a Captain's Commission from Governor Nelson but what has become of it he does not recollect nor does he recollect what has become of his other papers or commissions but presumes they are all lost as he thought they were of no value. He would name Charles Martin William D. Harlow John Samson James Levele Samuel Strother Simon Lewis Samuel Merrill Sr. Henry Crutcher George W. Trumbo William Webb Joel Haney & Claiborne Harlow 
Sworn to and subscribed this day & year aforesaid before me
W. J. H. H. H.
Simeon Bedford

State of Kentucky County of Barren } ss.
I Thomas J Helm a Justice of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that on this day the aforementioned Simeon Buford personally appeared before me and subscribed and made oath to the foregoing Declaration, that by reason of great bodily infirmity he is wholly unable to attend in Court for the purpose of making out his Declaration, and that it would be impracticable for him to do so. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of March 1833.
Th J Helm J.P.
Jacob Lock a clergyman residing in the County of Barren Ky. and William D. Harlow in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Simeon Buford who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration, that we believe him to be 76 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed this 26th day of March 1833, before me
Th J Helm J.P.
John Garrison W.D. Harlow
State of Kentucky County of Barren } ss.
Be it known that on this 26th day of March 1833 personally appeared in before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, John Garrison aged 70 years, who being first duly sworn deposes and saith, that he is well acquainted with Simeon Buford who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, and that he has a distinct recollection of seeing said Buford in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War; that he frequently saw him in the service in the summer before Cornwallis was taken, that he saw said Buford on the Appomattox River, where said Buford was killed on by affiant in a foot race, and farther saw him frequently in the camp before Cornwallis was taken. Affiant can not be particular in relation to said Buford's service.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me.
John Garrison
Th J Helm J.P.

State of Kentucky County of Barren } ss
I Thomas J. Helm a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Barren, after an investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories propo- sed by the War Department, do hereby declare and give it as my opinion that the aforesaid someone Buford was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And I further certify that it ap- pears to me from my own personal knowledge that Jacob Lock who has signed the preced- ing certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Barren Kentucky; and that John Jameson & William D. Harland who have also sworn and subscribed to the foregoing certificate are Resident in the County of Barren and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled credit, and that John Jameson who has subscribed and sworn to the fore- going affidavit is a credible person and to be de- pended upon. And I further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings as they purport to be before me in the matter of the Appli- cation of the said Buford for a Pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of March 1833.
T. J. Helm JP
State of Kentucky Barren County ss I William Logan Clerk of the Court of Barren County do hereby certify that Thomas J. Helm is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto af- fixed my seal of Office and subscribed my Name this 26th day of March 1833
W. Logan Clerk

No 24501
Simeon Buford Barren Co - Kentucky
B.
from 1775 private to Ensign 19 months Private 11 months $36.66 Ensign 8 " 80.- $116.66 100
116 66 116 66 58 33 291 65
as then The captain left his company in consequence of sickness & the applicant acted in his place. He can therefore only be allowed the pay of an Ensign which situation he held at the time he took charge of the company.
Wm Lacey on call
Wm L. Tompkins Barren Co - Glasgow Kentucky Ken

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjunct 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 barre (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.
Kentucky
A Statement, shewing the Service of Simson Buford Pownall
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Feb 1807 5 Private Capt Buford 76 years Witness J. L. Simmon &   Feb 76 3 Col Stevens Camp traditional evidence   Feb 77 3 Capt McClure Kentucky   87 2 Ensign Lieut Col Chap Should appear that he was commissioned as an Ensign Captain and prove his service in these capacities.   2 Quartermaster Capt Harts   4 Major Col Barber   Capt 2nd  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 } ss. County of }
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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 traditional 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 his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil 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 affix 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John Estlin

December 1, 1937
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Miss Nellie F. Ayres 1595 Forrest Avenue Memphis, Tennessee
RA-J/REL Am Simeon Buford-S.1180
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Simeon Buford, a Revolutionary War pensioner, who went from Virginia to Barren County, Kentucky.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.1180, based upon the military service in that war of Simeon Buford.
Simeon Buford was born in Gulpaper County, Virginia, September 19, 1757. The names of his parents are not shown. He was a brother of Captain (later Colonel) Abraham Buford.
While a resident of said Gulpaper County, Simeon Buford volunteered early in the summer of 1775, as a minute man in Captain Abraham Buford's Company, Colonel Stevens' Virginia Regiment and was told by his officers to hold himself in constant readiness to be called out whenever occasion demanded during the whole of the war; the first call was to go to Williamsburg to prevent Lord Dunmore from confiscating the powder stored there, and after Lord Dunmore escaped to the "Hoback", this soldier was at Hampton and was in an engagement with some of Lord Dunmore's tenders and captured one small boat, was, also, in skirmishes at Burrell's Ferry and old Jamestown; length of this service at least five months; in the fall of 1776, Simeon Buford volunteered and served at least three months in Captain William McClanahan's Virginia Company; early in 1781, he was appointed ensign in Captain Elijah Kirtley's Virginia Company under the Marquis de Lafayette and served at least two months as such officer; was then appointed quartermaster by Colonel James Barbour and served two months; then, Captain Kirtley having been compelled to return home on account of illness, he was appointed captain and received a commission from Governor Nelson, served four months as such officer and was in the battle of Hot Water.

In 1789, Simeon Buford moved from Virginia to Barren County, Kentucky, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed March 26, 1833.
There are no data as to wife or children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Simeon Buford (S.1180), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Simeon Buford Certificate No. 22345 Issued October 18, 1833 Rate, $116.66 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Know all men by these presents that I Simeon, alias Simon Buford of Barren County, Kentucky, Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph Ficklin my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Lexington Kentucky my pension from the 4th day of March 1831 to the 4th day of September 1833. Witness my hand and seal this 30th day of October 1833.
Sealed and delivered in presence of of Simeon Buford W. H. Ely
State of Kentucky, Barren County, S.S. Be it known that on the 30th day of October 1833, before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally Simeon, alias Simon Buford above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
W. H. Ely
State of Kentucky, Barren County, S.S. I William Logan Clerk of the Court of Barren County certify that Thomas J. Melin is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name this 30th day of October 1833.
W. Logan Clerk of the Court of Barren County
State of Kentucky Franklin County } S.S.
Be it known that on the 4th day of November 1833 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Joseph Ficklin the Attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney and made oath that the same was not given by reason of any sale transfer or mortgage of the Pension or arrears of Pension therein authorized to be received by him.
Sworn & Subscribed this day before me and year last above mentioned. Joseph Ficklin Attorney H. S. Readfield

State of Kentucky Barren County } ss.
Be it known that before me Thomas J. Holman a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Simeon, alias Simon Buford and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical person named in an original certificate in his 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, Simon Buford of the State of Kentucky, Kentucky, who was a private and Ensign in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive one hundred sixteen dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this eighteenth day of Oct one thousand eight hundred and thirty Three Examined and Countersigned } Lewis Cass Secretary of War.
Geo: Wm Crump acting Commissioner of Pensions
that he now resides in Barren County Kentucky, and has resided there for the space of thirty four years past; and that previous thereto he resided in Virginia
Simeon Buford
Sworn and Subscribed this 30th day of October 1833, before me }
T. J. Holman J.P.M.

Oct. 17 '96. Sold pensioned to Mr. Ch. B. Buford, Boston, Ill. #5967
Nov 11 '96 sold second to Dr. Thos. P. Grant Louisville Ky. Apr. 15. 1897 - History Mr. James M. Buford Rock Island, Ills.
July 27/97 Mr Watson Buford Missoula, Mont. 1909 Nov 26 Hist. to Mrs. J. A. Fletcher V.L.M. 1914 June 4 Hist. to hand P. L. 1916 Jan 15 Hist to Mrs. Frank C. Taylor
INVALID.
Rev. Mar
Apr. 4 Hist. to H. D. Helm Apr. 24 Hist. to Rev. C. Cunningham Apr. 30. Hist. to Mrs. Gertrude M. K. Shinnestman Mar. 16 - Hist. to Wm. J. Van Culin Dec 1 - Hist to Willie F. Ayres
File No. 1180  Buford  Simson Buford  Eng. Va. Line
Act: June 7 1882.
Index: Vol. 9 , Page 49
[Arranged of 1878.]
* W. N. H. Sept. 23, 1907.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Simeon Buford which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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 V. * Has he mentioned 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? No The exact period of service in each grade should be alleged in positive language. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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

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? two Citizens XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes 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? yes 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? _____ Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? _____ 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? _____ XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 2. 6. 7.
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 according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days. I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
†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 officer, 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 end 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.

State of Kentucky } sec. County of Barren }
Be it known that before me Thomas J. Hedrick a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally ap- peared James Levele aged 83 the 22nd  night  last who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the fol- lowing statement, that is to say: He knew Simeon Buford of the county and state aforesaid during the Revolutionary War, and was well acquainted with him. He has personal knowledge of said Buford's serving in said War; and he will now state, according to the best of his recollection, the services he knew said Buford performed, and the capacities in which he acted. Affiant has a distinct recollection of serving under said Buford, who was a captain of the company; and was in the Battle of Hot Water under the command of said Captain Buford. He states that said Buford was appointed Captain in the place of Captain Elijah Kirtly who was com- pelled by sickness to return home. Affiant further states that he was sick while in Cap. Buford's company and by his intercession, affiant obtained leave to return home, having served two months un- der said Buford during which time said Buford acted as Captain. Affiant left said Buford still acting in the capacity of Captain. He states that the above took place in the year 1781, about July, he thinks. He cannot re- member the Regiment, only from this circum- stance: He wore a belt to carry his hatchet, which had a brass buckle on it, which had inscribed on it "21 st Regiment", but he can't say that it was the 21 st Regiment, or what Regiment it was.
Sworn to and subscri- bed this 17th day of July 1833, before me
James Levele mark
Thos J. Hedrick

State of Kentucky } sec. Barren County }
I Thomas J. Helm a Justice of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that James Terrell who has signed and made oath before me to the foregoing affidavit is a credible and respectable person. Given under my hand this 18th day of July 1833.
Th J Helm Justice
State of Kentucky Barren County sec.
I William Logan Clerk of the court of Barren County do hereby certify that Thomas J. Helm is a Magistrate above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 18th day of July 1833.
Wm Logan Clerk of the Court of Barren County
A. Terrell Affiant

Washington Dec 25
1856
Sir
I am requested by Mr Geo W Trabue wife of a Daughter of Simon on Buford, late an Ensign in the Va Leon - General's Line in the war of the Revolution to enquire whether said Simon received commutation pay - & when it ceased to be - — and also if it does not appear on the records of yr office that there are areas

of Land or money due the upholders or heirs of sd Simon for his revolutionary services -
Be kind enough to answer these in- quiries as soon as convenient
Truly Ys
William Lloyd

Leicester Ky 16 th Nov
1833
Dear Sir,
I have been advised by the Pimpian agent to send the enclosed Certificate to you to have the name of Simon Buford changed to Simeon the proper name of this Gentleman who well known in this state & was as the bro. of the unfortunate Col. Simon Buford who sustained such a dreadful defeat in Ky. during the War of the Revolution.
I have known this Gentleman myself for nearly 50 years he has always spelt his name Simeon & known by that name among his Virginia acquaintances at the same time he is frequently called Simon. There is not the

slightest doubt about the proper name being Simeon. but still the agent wishes to have the error corrected on his list by your direction
Yrs respectfully
Joseph T. Hillman
Rev. J. F. Church Esq. Barnesford Pennsylvania Washington City
Rev

Glasgow July 17th 1833.
Hon. J. L. Edwards:
C. T.
The Pension claim of Simon Buford is again returned to your office with all the amendments now in his power to make, and a favourable reconsideration of the same is earnestly and respectfully solicited. That "satisfactory evidence" should be produced in support of a claim, is all that act of '32 requires, and it is presumed, that when the Department is satisfied of the genuineness of a claim, general rules intended for general operation will not be strictly applied to cases which do not present the general features contemplated by those Rules. Cap. Buford is one of the oldest and most respectable citizens of this County, and has been for years reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary War. The length of time, however, renders it impracticable for him to obtain farther positive testimony, than he now presents, of his actual services; and indeed it appears almost impossible, that if his fellow Soldiers were now all living, for them now particularly to specify "the time of the claimant entering the service, and the time and manner of his entering  leaving the same, as well as the Regiment, Company or line to which he belonged". It is feared that no farther testimony can be procured, other than Levells and Jamesons Affidavits. Col. Abraham Buford whose testimony he could have procured, has lately departed this life. On the Claimants first application Brief marked O. was returned with his papers, and he submits it for consideration whether every objection contained in that paper, have not been answered and removed? On his second application Brief marked B. was returned with the next and distinct objection for want of proof, and the objection to the Certificate and for want of precision as stated in the para-

graphs of Brief 13. marked with brackets. You are respectfully referred to the certificates, which, with all due deference, are conceived to be made out in pursuance of the printed form. Paper 13. shews from its own Tabular Statement that the claimant has served four of "3" "3" & "3" months as a Private, "2" months as ensign, "2" as Quarter Master, and "4" as Captain, which taken in connexion with Claimant's Declaration will shew that his statement is presented with as much precision as his frail memory would permit. It is believed that the case calls for a more favourable consideration than one depending upon ordinary circumstances. The Claimant is particularly anxious that his claim should be sustained to preclude the possibility of any presumption arising against the validity thereof, the slightest suspicion of which would be extremely unpleasant to him in his latter days.
Please communicate the result to, C. Tompkins .
July 18. 1833.
Glasgow Ky.
W. H. Brown Hon. J. C. Edwards from C. Tompkins

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
L. W. B.
I. 1180.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
April 15, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Simeon Buford, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on March 26, 1833, at which time he was 76 years of age and residing in Barren County, Ky., and his pension was allowed for nineteen months' actual service as a private and ensign in the Virginia troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Abraham Buford and Col. Stevens. He enlisted in Culpeper County, Virginia.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. James M. Buford,
Rock Island, Ills.

O. W. & N. Div. I 1180 L. W. B.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. O.,
November 11, 1896.
Sir:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Simeon Buford, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made application for pension March 26, 1833, at which time he was 76 years of age and residing in Barren county, Ky., and his pension was allowed for eleven months' actual service as a private and eight months' service as an ensign in the Virginia troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Abraham Buford and Col. Stevens. He enlisted at Culpeper Court House, Va.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Dr Thomas Page Grant, 815 third Ave., Louisville, Ky.

Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 13, 1937.
The Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I would thank you to give me any data contained in your files concerning Simeon Buford , a Revolutionary Pensioner. His wife was Margaret Kirtley , and they went from Virginia to Barren Co., Ky.
Thanking you in advance, I remain,
Yours very truly,
Miss Nellie F. Ayres, 1595 Forrest Ave., Memphis, Tenn
Nellie F. Ayres.

WILLIAM T. VAN GULIN 1819 N. THIRTEENTH STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Feb'y 2, 1926
Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen —————
Mr. Ernest Spofford, Librarian Historical Society of Penn a , 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pa., has advised me to write you concerning the Revolu- tionary War record of one of my an- cestors, Simeon Buford Sr. , sometimes spelled Beauford or Beaufort .
I understand from my sister's book, " Colonial Men and Times " by Lillie DuBey Van Gulin Harper , Philadelphia, 1916 that Simeon Buford, Senior , or Simeon Buford , was born in Culpepper County, Virginia , on ~~~ 1756, was a citizen of Virginia and Kentucky and died in Barren County , Kentucky on ~~~ 1840. He was a Private and Ensign, I believe, in Colonel Abraham Buford's Command . He enlisted at Culpepper County Court House, Virginia . I believe his name is borne on the pension roll of 1835 with a pension from

2/ From 1832 — Continental line. Also Ensign in the Virginia Troops, Revolutionary War.
Will you kindly verify these Statements for me and give me any other information (and authorities) at your command concerning his war record?
Shall appreciate greatly and thank you cordially in advance —
I beg to remain
Respectfully yours Wm T. Van Pelt

Lexington Ky. 3-26-24
Commissioner of Pensions, Dear Sir,
I am a direct descendant of Dimey Buford who was born in Virginia but died in Warren Co Ky. in 1840. He married Margaret Kiely.
He received pension from the government

Virginia M c Rea who received a pension - I am a granddaughter of Jas. Philip M c Rea and Harriet Shields who moved Alexandria to Wash. D.C. about 1844. I think -
Thanking you in advance for any information you may be able to give me - especially of Simon Buford
Sincerely
Mrs. Gertrude M c K. Gruner 124 & 14 th Springton Missouri
Simon Buford married Margaret Risby.
Received pension prior to 1840

Lepizier St. 3-26-24
Commissioner J. P. Resome, Dear Sir,
I am a direct descendant of Dennis Buford who was born in Virginia but died in Warren Co Ky. in 1840. He married Margaret Kiely.
He received pension from the government

In service in the Revolutionary war, prior to 1840.
Please give me any information you can to his record and descendants.
I wish the information to use in gaining admission to the Daughters of the Revolution.
Also, please tell me of any

Virginia M c Rea who received a pension - I am a granddaughter of Jas. Philip M c Rea and Harriet Shields who moved Alexandria to Wash. D.C. about 1844. I think -
Thanking you in advance for any information you may be able to give me - especially of Simon Buford
Sincerely
Mrs. Gertrude M c K. Gruner
124 & 14 th Lexington Missouri
Simon Buford married Margaret Risby.
Received pension June 8 1840

J. H. ALLEN, PRESIDENT F. L. MINER, VICE PRES. GEO. W. GUTH, 2ND VICE PRES. B. D. VAN METER, SECRETARY
B. F. KAUFFMAN, TREASURER F. W. SARGENT, COUNSEL A. R. INGLEMAN, DIRECTOR DR. W. E. BAKER, MEDICAL DIRECTOR
HAWKEYE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
914 GRAND AVENUE PHONE MARKET 242 LOCK BOX 1324
DES MOINES, IOWA
MARCH TWENTY-ONE 1922
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly advise me if your records show a pension to have been granted to Simeon Buford (or Beferd) for Revolutionary service?
My information is that he enlisted from Culpeper Court House, Culpeper County, Virginia and saw service for six or more months; he applied for a pension on March 26, 1833, and presumably received same. I believe his name appears on the Pension Rolls of 1835.
After his name, on a report from Virginia State records, there appear the notations "Pen. Ky. 70", "Secretary of War Report, 1835". I assume the first to refer to Pension records, especially as I understand he was residing in Barren County, Kentucky, at the time he applied for the pension.
Thanking you in advance for any information you may have in this connection,
Yours very truly, Rosa E. Cunningham Rosa E. Cunningham Box 1324, Des Moines, Iowa

Ret Sec 1 Newark, N.J., March 24th., 1916.
#52 Lincoln Ave.
Mr. E. C. Tieman, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions - Dept. Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
My great-grandfather, Simeon Buford, was an Ensign in the Virginia Line in the Revolutionary War. He was living in Barren County, Ky. shortly after 1830 and received a pension from the Government for such services.
I will be glad if you will give me the benefit of your office records as it refers to this particular pensioner. I desire this information in connection with application which I propose making for membership in the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Yours truly,
J. D. Delano

MEMORIAL CONTINENTAL HALL
Washington D.C. June 1 st 1914.
Com. of Pensions Dear Sir! -
Please send record of service of Simon Buford - Revolutionary Pensioner who served in Va. troops - Pensioned under act of 1832 - at which time he was a resident of Barren Co. Ky. and very much obliged -
Very Sincerely Yours -
Mrs Mand T.B. Goll. Mem. Cont. Hall

Sac _____ Div. _____ MAIL DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov 1 , 190 9
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
No. of claim, _____
Name of soldier, Simeon Buford.
died in Warren county, Ky. Clamart
P. O. address of soldier , _____
Company 2 years actual service Served as private & ensign
Regiment in Va. & Continental Lines.
State where enlisted, Virginia (?)
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Return attached letter with reply.
V. Warner.
Commissioner.

Belcher Grocer Company
WHOLESALE GROCERS
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, RETURN THIS LETTER.
Please send record of Capt. Thomas Buford, who commanded an independent company from Bedford Co., Va. at Point Pleasant.
Please send me the war record Col. Simeon Buford of Va. - also Major Wm Byram of Va. -
Most Cordially Mrs J N Belcher
1313 Keiser Ave
Col. Simeon Buford
He did not know to whom the pension Columbia was paid. But knew that pension was granted Mo. for over two years actual service of private and ensign in Va. and Continental Lines.
He was born in Culpeper County, Va. died " Warren " Ky.

C
Missoula, Montana
June 14 - 1897
B
Comm. of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Sir -
Will you kindly send me a certified copy of the records of the services of Amieus Buford during the revolutionary war -
He was born in Sulphers Co Virginia in 1756 -
Served as a private and as an ensign in the Yorktown campaign, his name is known on the Pension rolls of 1855 with a pension from 1852 - for six months or more service continental line, from Barren County - Kentucky -
Yours truly
John Watsun Buford

The Kentucky Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Office of the Registrar.
Louisville, Oct. 29th /96 189
To The Honorable , The Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.,
Sir:
B
Will you be kind enough to send me a transcript of the Record of Simeon Buford, of Barren County, KY., An Ensign in Virginia Line during the Revolution, and was a pensioner under the Act of 1835
Yours, very respectfully,
Thomas Page Grant Registrar,
address,
Thomas Page Grant, M.D.,
# 815 Third Ave.,
Louisville, Ky.,

OW Missoula - Montana
July 19 th 1897 OLD WAR & NAVY JUL 30 1897 FILES,
Hon H. Clay Evans Comm. Pensions
B
Sir:-
Will you kindly send me a certified copy of the Revolutionary war record of Amnon Buford .
He enlisted in Culpepper Co Virginia, made application for a pension in March 1833, which was granted -
If his application for a pension shows the date of his birth, will you kindly advise me of the same -
Very respectfully
J. Walton Buford.

P. L. Mitchell, President
F. C. Denkmann, Vice Pres't.
J. M. Buford, Cashier.
Rock Island Savings Bank Capital $100,000.00
Rock Island Ills Mar 22 nd 1897
Engr - St. Louis & NY
To The Hon Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
B
Dear Sir. Simeon Buford served as a private and as ensign in the Yorktown Campaign. His name is borne on the pension roll of 1835 with a pension from 1832. for six months or more service Continental line from Barren Co Ky.
Will you please send me a certificate of this fact.
Yours Respectfully
James M Buford Rock Island Ills
B

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Geo M. Moore
Claim No. Nov 19, 1909
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Simeon Buford
Service Va. _____ Rev
Additional Service. _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190____
No claim, combination records _____, 190____
REMARKS:
60 M. S. W or R. as above except J.F. 11 80

March 16, 1926
William T. Van Culin 1919 N. Thirteenth St., Philadelphia, Penn.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 1180 it appears that Simeon Buford was born December 19, 1757 in Culpeper County, Virginia.
While a resident of Culpeper County, Virginia he enlisted in the summer of 1775 and served five months as a private in Captain Abraham Buford's (soldier's brother) Company, Colonel Stevens' Virginia Regiment; was in skirmishes at Burrell's Ferry and at Old Jamestown.
He enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain William McClanahan's Virginia Company; was in a battle with Lord Dunmore's tenders and took one small vessel.
He enlisted in the fall of 1777 and served three months as a private in Captain William Chapman's Virginia Company.
Early in 1781 he was appointed Ensign in Captain Elijah

Kirtley's Company and served two months, was appointed Quartermaster in said company by Colonel James Barbour and served two months when he was appointed Captain to succeed Captain Kirtley, and served four months; was at the battle of Hotwater and the Siege of Yorktown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 26, 1833 while a resident of Barren County, Kentucky. It is not stated that he ever married.
The above noted is the only soldier named Simeon Buford found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

mmh
April 30, 1924
Mrs. Gertrude McK. Gwinner 124 North Seventeenth Lexington, Mo.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 1180 it appears that Simeon Buford was born December 19, 1757 in Culpeper County, Virginia.
While a resident of said county he enlisted in the summer of 1775 and served five months as a private in Captain Abraham Buford's Company (soldier's brother), Colonel Stevens' Virginia Regiment; was in skirmishes at Burrells Ferry and at Old Jamestown.
He enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain William McClanahan's Virginia Company; was in a battle with Lord Dunmore's tenders and took one small vessel.
He enlisted in the fall of 1777 and served three months as a private in Captain William Chapman's Virginia Company.
Early in 1781 he was appointed Ensign in Captain

Elijah Kirtley's Company and served two months, was appointed Quartermaster in said Company by Colonel James Barbour and served two months when he was appointed Captain to succeed Captain Kirtley, and served four months; was at the battle of Hotwater and the Siege of Yorktown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 28, 1833 while a resident of Barren County, Kentucky. It is not stated that he ever married.
The above noted is the only soldier named Simeon Buford found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Simson Buford Ser. File 1180
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Summer 1775 5 mos. Pvt. * Abraham Buford Stevens Va   Fall of 1776 3 mos. " William M c Clanahan   Fall of 1777 3 mos. " William Chapman   Early in 1781 3 mos. Ensign Elijah Kirtley   1781 2 mos. Quartermaster James Barbour   1781 4 mos. Capt. (Succeeded Capt Kirtley)  
(Sk. Barrels Ferry Old Jamestown) Battle with Lord Dunmore's Tenders and took one small vessel. Battles engaged in, Hatfield. Siege of Yorktown.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Culpeper Co. Va Date of application for pension, Mar. 26, 1833. His Ch was at Residence at date of application, Barren Co. Ky. Age at date of application, born in Culpeper Co. Va Dec. 19, 1757 Remarks: * Soldier's brother -  no other data as to family