Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 29770, Daniel Bush, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bush, Daniel
S 29770
CONTENTS

June 16. 1842 Recd of B
No. 451 Massachusetts Daniel Bush
Berkshire in the State of Mass- who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain King — of the Regt — commanded by Col. Simonds in the Mass — for 16 Mts.
Incribed on the Roll of Mass — the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Sep. 1833 — and to H. M. Bishop Son of
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $133.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Mo. 34 26.66 $159.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G. O. Oates Clerk Book E, Vol. 2, Page 9.

Original Claim.
Declaration in order to be placed on the Pension List under the act of the 18 th of March 1818.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire ss.
On this thirteenth day of October 1830, personally appearing in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Oyer and for said County of Berkshire, Daniel Bush resident in said County aged 77 years on the 7 th of Dec- 1830, who being first duly sworn according to law to the best of his knowledge, make the following de- claration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress on the 18 th of March 1818, & the 1 st of May 1820, that he the said Bush enlisted for the term of nine months, sometime in the month of November in the year 1776, at the White Plains in the State of New York in the Company commanded by Captain Jacob Noble in the Regt. commanded by Col. Simons as a Heilman in the line of the State of New York & Massachusetts on the Continental establishment that he con- tinued to serve in said corps until the expiration of his said enlistment when he was discharged from the same at or near Horse Neck in the State of New York & returned to his home in said Sheffield in the month of August. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension except the present, that his claim is not on the roll of any State except Massachusetts, that the following are reasons for not making earlier application for a pension, viz, I have hoped to get along without any assistance from my Country, but having no property & depending only upon my daily labor & growing old & infirm I cannot support myself without assistance from my Friends or the public

I have had my house Three Saw Mills consumed by fire & by these last calamities have become destitute & embarrassed. And in pursuance of the act of 1 st of May 1820. I do solemnly swear, That I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818. That I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. 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 income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed. That since the 18 th of March 1818. the following changes have been made in my property. I have conveyed two parcels of land to Norman McIntyre & James M. Buckman by deed a copy whereof is hereto annexed which is all the land I have owned during the time aforesaid in any part of the world to my knowledge nor have I any other property by which I can be supported.
(Sign) Daniel Bush Providence on this Thirtieth day of October 1830. Before the said Just. Chas Lee Mitchell.

The following is a Schedule of Property belonging to Capt. Daniel Bush Oct. 30. 1850.
   1. Bed & bedding worth $15.00   3. Pannels - 33   5 or 6 Earthen Pannels - 75   3. Pewter plates 1. 00   1. Iron Pewter 25   2. Wooden Do - 33   Small pair of Stanchions - 50   3 or 4 old chairs 1. 00   4. Earthen plates - 25   6 brass forks - 50   1 kitchen round table 2. 00   1. Iron pot - 50   1. Dish kettle - 25   1. Tea kettle - 25.   3. Tea pots - 50   6 Tea cups & Saucers - 33   6 Table Spoons - 25   4 Tea Spoons - 12   1 pair andirons - 50   2 old Chests - 40   1 old looking glass - - 33.   $25.34  
Signed Daniel Bush - Copy Wm. Chat Seogrick Clerk.

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Daniel Wash Mass
From 16 months
14. 16 06
18 June 1833
P 418
 106 6 0  26 6 0   133 12 0 
Henry H. Bishop Lenox. Mass

BRIEF in the case of Daniel Bush County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? it don't appear  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79 years  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.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol 1776 Genl Fellows   enl 1 priv Capt King   Enlisted 3 15 — Noble   Feb 1777 9 — same Col. Simmons   — 2 Capt Sandford not mentioned   — 2 15 Capt Spoor  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? at White Plains at Berrington  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sheffield Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional & 5 witnesses  1 Only certified to be credible who testifies to the first tour  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not properly attached 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M. Claggett Examining Clerk.

November 5, 1937
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Daniel Bush, S.29770 RA-J/MCS GM
Miss Louise R. Bush 21 Pleasant Street Monticello, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to the Revolutionary War soldier, Daniel Bush, of Sheffield, Massachusetts, who was mentioned in papers of pension claim, Abijah Bush, S.10477.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.29770, based upon the Revolutionary War service of the only Daniel Bush of Massachusetts that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Daniel Bush was born December 7, 1753, in Westfield, Hampshire (later Hampden) County, Massachusetts, and when he was about five years of age he moved with his parents (their names not given) to Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
While living in Sheffield, Daniel Bush enlisted and served as private with the Massachusetts troops as follows: from July, 1776, one month in Captain John King's company; from August, 1776, three and one half months in Captain Enoch Noble's company and was in the battle of White Plains; from November, 1776, nine months in Captain Enoch Noble's company in Colonel Simons' regiment; immediately afterward he enlisted and served two and one half months in Captain John Spoor's company and was in the battle of Bennington.
Daniel Bush was allowed pension on his application executed December  January 22, 1838, at which time he was living in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
He died June 16, 1840.

In 1824 Daniel Bush referred to his wife, name not given, and to Merobah?, Obediah and Samuel Bush, relationship to soldier not shown. There are no further data relative to soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Act of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1863.
1529
RECEIVED
of Daniel Bush
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Wages: _____
Re-enlisted: _____

29770 Recy INVALID.
File No. 29,770.
Daniel Bush
Rev Rec Nav
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index: Vol. 9, Page 98
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1922 Feb. 16 kist to Mass General B. Gibson. Em 1937 Nov. 5. kist to Miss Louise P. Bush. Co

21. 510 Daniel Bush
Mr L Gah Lett on War 1829
London Office
July 14 1829

Sir
I have the honor to return the papers of David Brock which I received from the Dept during the last winter
Respectfully &
G. N. Briggs
Mr. S. C. Gass Secy of War

17616
Daniel Park
H. M. Bishop Esq. Leavitt Mass

REIF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Daniel Bush which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? ys II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? ys 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? ys 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? ys VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? ys VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? ys VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? ys IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? ys 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? ys

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? Yes
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? 5 principals Only certain to be credible
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? to 1 Only
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes
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
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
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 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 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.
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 authenticates 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 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Daniel Bush
Here claim
Massachusetts
See letter to Secretary of 10 th April 1832
Papers sent out of the Office

(a) The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session.
(b) All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the act of Congress,
1st. Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the state which create them;
2d. Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several states, to be courts of record;
3d. Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings;
4th. Which have the power of fine and imprisonment;
And courts which proceed according to the course of the civil and canon law, having neither of those attributes, are not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and possess a seal. The court should, in every instance, state on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of record, and state why it is such.—[ Opinion of the Attorney General of the U. S. ]
(c) If the claimant was an officer, he must here state what rank he held, and insert the word "entered" in lieu of "enlisted."
(d) If the claimant served in the Navy, he must here insert the name of the ship or vessel in which he sailed, and give the name of the captain or commander.
(e) If the declarant shall have served under more engagements than one, he should set forth the company, regiment, and line, or ship, vessel, or corps, in which he may have served, as, also, the time of entering, and the time and manner of leaving each service.
(f) Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, and subscribe the same. The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the number and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their support, in order that the Department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to the pension. It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words of the 3d section of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, "In such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country," comprehend those only who are incapable of supporting themselves without the aid of the Government, except by private or public charity.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Peachtree
Charles Seagriff Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County do certify that John Whiting Esquire is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such Justice under the authori- ty of Commonwealth, & that full faith & credit are & ought to be given to his acts & attestations done in that capacity -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this 24. day of November A.D. 1828.
Chas Seagriff
50c

To the Hon. the Senate, & House of Rep- resentatives of the United States, or the Hon. the Secre- tary of War of the United States.
I Andrew Loomis of Granville in the county of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Mass- achusetts, do testify & say that for fifty years I have known Daniel Bush of Sheffield in the county of Berkshire, & that the s d Bush in August in the year 1776 joined the revolutionary army near New York, & remained with it three months or more. Upon my return home, the s d Bush told me he should enlist into the army, & that the s d Bush did not return home within nine months or more, from the time I left him, & that I understood that the s d Bush enlisted into the company commanded by Captain Isaac Poble.
And further the Deponent saith not. Andrew Loomis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss. Great Barrington Oct. 24 th 1828.
Then the s d Andrew Loomis personally appeared & made solemn oath that the foregoing Depo- sition by him subscribed contains the truth.
Before me John Whiting Lieut. of the Peace

James Badger Esq. to Hon. Saml. H. Strong, Secy. Depository in favor of Capt. D. M. Smith Hillsfield.
Daniel Bush Berk
Apr. 16 - 1832 Ref. to Mr. T. Puring
June 7. 1832. from dist. to him

To the Hon. the Senate & House of Representatives of the United States, & the Hon. Secretary of War of the United States.
I James Baldwin of Connecticut the county of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby testify that I am now aged sixty three years & upwards. Do testify that in the month of August in the year one thousand seven hundred seventy five, I enlisted as a soldier in a company commanded by Capt. Isaac Noble of Sheffield in said county in the war of the revolution. I also testify that Capt. Daniel Root of said Sheffield, then a young man, with whom I have always since been acquainted up to this time, enlisted as a soldier in the same company with me.
The said Daniel Root, my said father mentioned under the command of said Capt. Noble through Danbury, Fairfield &c. to the American Army near New York where the said Daniel Root, my said father served in said army until the latter part of November or beginning of December in the same year - at which time I returned home, but as I understand & firmly believe the said Daniel Root enlisted anew or continued in service as a soldier in the American Army for a further period of nine months or more in the company of said Capt. Noble. And I have always understood & firmly believe that said Root continued in the service accordingly - And I am satisfied that I saw him in the Army in the Northern campaigns a few days before the taking of Fort Gangaine & his Army in Eastern Seventeen hundred seventy seven.
James Baldwin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Berkshire ss. October 18 th 1828, Then the J. James Baldwin Esquire personally appeared & made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth.
Before John H. Hildreth, Just. Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Sukshir S. Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County do certify that John Whiting Esq is one of the
Justices of the Peace within said County, duly Commissioned & qual- ified as such & acting under the authority of said Commonwealth & that full faith & credit are & ought to be given to his acts and testimonies done in that capacity
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 24 th day of November A.D. 1828.
Charles Sedgwick MR
505

I Samuel Shears of Sheffield in the county of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Esquire, Do testify that from my infancy I have always been well acquainted with Capt. Daniel Bush of said Sheffield.
I will remember his being a soldier in Capt. Snodgrass Company in the Army of the revolution, & that said Bush marched from said Sheffield into said Company in the summer of the year nineteen hundred & twenty six, in the month of August as I believe, - I remember he was absent in the Army about one year before he visited home, which was in the summer of the year following, in August as I believe - I was young at the time, being a little over ten years old, but I remember the facts respecting said Bush well from the fact of my father being in the Army during part of the same period, & my anxious feeling for him & the other Soldiers who went from Sheffield, one of whom I know was J. Bush. Samuel Shears
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire ss. October 18. 1828, Then the P. Samuel Shears, Esquire, personally appeared & made to know that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth.
Before John Whiting Just. Peace,

I James Baldwin of the regiment in the county of Berkshire of Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Esquire, aged seventy three years or upwards, do testify & say that in the month of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy six, I enlisted as a soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Enoch Noble of Sheffield, in said county of Berkshire of the Militia as I believe, during the revolutionary war. I also testify that Capt. Daniel Bush of Sheffield was then a young man, with whom I have always since been well acquainted up to this time, enlisted as a soldier in the same company with me. I also testify that the said Daniel Bush, myself & others marched under the command of said Capt. Noble through Danbury Fairfield & the state of Connecticut, to the American army near New York. After doing duty for a short time at Fairfield we marched through Norwalk & Horse-neck thence to Kingsbridge in the state of New York thence to a place called Valentines Hill, where we built a fort. It was there, for the first time, we saw Genl. Washington. After this I was knowing that the said Daniel Bush, marched with the said company to the White Plains in said state of New York - he was in the battle at the White Plains - our company belonged to Col. Simonds regiment, according to the Deponent's best recollection, I do not recollect his Christian name - this was in October 1776 & Genl. Washington commanded - After this battle our company remained in service, at different places, till we were discharged at a place called North Castle in the month of December following - I know that said Bush did duty in said company till that time. After this I returned home; but I have always understood & verily believe, that the said Daniel Bush en- listed anew or continued in service as a soldier in the same company for a further period of nine months, it was so reported at the time & I have no doubt he continued in the service accordingly as he did not return home with me & others who were discharged. I am satisfied that I saw the said Bush at the northern campaign at the taking of Burgoyne, in the service there. And further the Deponent saith not. S. James Baldwin

I, Silas Kellogg of Sheffield in the county of Berkshire & commonwealth of Massachusetts, Esquire, do testify & say, that I was in the northern campaign in the year 1777 at the taking of Burgoyne. I was then & still am well acquainted with Capt. Daniel Bush of said Sheffield & I was knowing that the said Bush served in the same campaign as a soldier in a company there, commanded by Capt. John Spoor of said Sheffield. I saw the said Bush there several times; but how long he remained there I cannot say, as I belonged to another company.
And further the Deponent saith not.
Silas Kellogg
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. At a Court of Probate held at Great Barrington in & for the County of Berkshire on the fifteenth day of August AD 1832
Personally appeared in open court the aforesaid James Baldwin & Silas Kellogg persons to said court well known and made oath to the truth of the foregoing depositions by them respectively subscribed.
W. P. Walker Judge of Probate
Berkshire ss. At a Court of Probate held at Lenox in & for said County on the second day of July AD 1832. The above named James Baldwin & Silas Kellogg are persons well known to me & I certify that they are credible persons. Witness my hand the said W. P. Walker Judge of Probate

Derrick Spur of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age, deposes and says. That he, the deponent was one of the alarm men who were ordered to PEEKSKILL and the Highlands during the Revolutionary War, that he served in the Militia under Capt King of Mount Washington, until the Company was dismissed, that he was at PEEKSKILL, Haverstraw Bay and the High- lands upon the Hudson, during the same year that Esopus was burnt - that he well recollects that Daniel Bush of said Sheffield, was a Soldier in said Company during said Campaign, but that, on account of his suffer- ing he, the deponent, cannot recollect how long he was in said Company together, neither can he remem- ber in what year the Service was performed, nor does he recollect the names of any of the General officers - Derrick his Spur mark. Signed in presence of E. F. Cusign
Berkshire ss: Sheffield 7. Aug. 1832. Then personally ap- peared the said Derrick Spur and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition, by him signed - and I Certify that said Deponent has been long known to me and that he is an honest, upright, man of irre- proachable character - Edward H. Cusign Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss.
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Edward F. Mason Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of August
A. D. 1832.
Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate

I, Samuel Shears of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that from my infancy I have always been well acquainted with Captain Daniel Bush of said Sheffield - I do remember his being a soldier in Captain Brock's Company in the army of the Revolution, & that said Bush marched from said Sheffield with said Company in the summer of the year Seventeen hundred & seventy six, in the month of August, I believe. I remember he was absent in the army about one year before he visited home, which was in the summer of the year following, in August I believe. I was young at the time, being little over ten years old. But I remember the facts respecting said Bush well, from the fact of my father being in the army during the same period, & my anxious feelings for him & the other soldiers who went from Sheffield, one of whom I knew was said Bush. Samuel Shears
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss. Great Barrington August 15 th 1832,
Then the said Samuel Shears, who is well known to me, personally appeared and made oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed, contains the truth.
Before me John Whiting Just. Peace.
Berkshire ss. June 29 th 1833, I also certify that the said Samuel Shears is a gentleman of truth & veracity.
John Whiting Just. Peace.

I, Andrew Loomis of Egremont in the county of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify & say that, I have been well acquainted with Capt. Daniel Bush of Sheffield in said county of Berkshire for more than fifty years. I know that in August 1776 he joined the American Army with me & others in a company commanded by Capt. Enoch Noble of Sheffield aforesaid. I know he was in the service in that company in the state of Connecticut & the state of New York with myself & James Baldwin, Esquire, & others until December of the same year. I know he was in the battle at the White Plains. When the said James Baldwin myself & others were discharged, we returned home; but I always understood & verily believe that the said Daniel Bush engaged for a further period in said company & remained with the Army for a further period of nine months as I supposed, as he did not return home with us.
And further the Deponent saith not.
Andrew Loomis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss. Great Barrington August 17 th 1832, Then the said Andrew Loomis, to me well known, personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the truth.
Before John Whiting, Just. Peace.
Berkshire ss. June 29. 1833, I also certify that the said Andrew Loomis is a man of truth & veracity.
John Whiting, Just. Peace,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss.
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that John Whiting Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was  was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of August A. D. 1832.
Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire, ss.
ON this fifteenth day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting, Daniel Bush a resident of the town of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy Eight 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

I, Daniel Bush of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify that I was born at Westfield then in the County of Hampshire, now County of Hampden of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 7 th day of December 1753, I am now in the 79 th year of my age - When I was about five years old, my parents removed with me to said Sheffield where I have resided ever since.
In the summer of 1776, I think it was in July, but I have now no means of ascertaining the exact date, I with others of the Militia in Sheffield, and the neighbouring towns were called out to defend the country from the British on the North River. I with others marched to Peekskill, and I was there placed under the command of Captain John King of Mount Washington, who commanded a company of Militia. The Militia did duty there & threw up some breastwork. There was no fighting, but there was some firing from British Vessels in the River, & the Militia. I did duty there about one month & then returned to Sheffield. In August 1776, I with others enlisted in the Militia, & belonged to a company commanded by Captain Enoch Noble of said Sheffield. We marched through Danbury, Fairfield &c. to the American Army near New York, where I served in the army until the latter part of November or beginning of December in the same year, having served in this campaign 3\frac{1}{2} months according to my belief. I also testify that at the end of this campaign I enlisted again in the company of Captain Enoch Noble for a further term of nine months, & during that time I was on duty near Kings Bridge, White Plains & Horsemech. I was discharged at the end of said nine months which I think was in the fore part of August 1777, & I was in the battle of the White Plains. I do not recollect whether I had a written discharge, but if I had one it is now lost or destroyed. I think our company belonged to Col. Simonds Regiment. Immediately after my arrival at home, I enlisted in the Militia, in the alarm at Bennington in the state of Vermont. I arrived there with one Aaron Hubbard & others from Sheffield, & we arrived in the beginning of the battle of Bennington & I fought in the battle till it ended. All was confusion when I arrived on the ground I joined the ranks

of the Americans of fought without being under the command of any particular company officers. After the Battle of Bennington, I marched as one of the guards in taking prisoners to Springfield on Connecticut River. From thence I returned home for a short period to recruit my stock of clothing when I again volunteered in the Militia, I marched to Fort Edward on the North River, where I served at that & other places on said River, under Captain John Spoor & Major Field through the Northern Campaign. I served till after the surrender of Burgoyne & belonged to Brigadier General Fellows Brigade, I was stationed on the east side of the north River. We were not in the hardest of the fighting, but had frequent skirmishing with the enemy. From the time I started for Bennington, till I arrived at home from the surrender of Burgoyne, was about two months & a half making my whole service in the Militia, as well as it can now be ascertained, by me, in the
  1 st Campaign, a period of service  1 month    2 d Campaign, a period of service  3 1/2 months    3 d Campaign, a period of service  9 months    4 th Campaign, a period of service  2 1/2 months    making in the whole  16 months, according to my best belief  
And the said Daniel Bush hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Witness my hand at North Bennington in said county of Bennington this 15 th day of August A.D. 1832.  For proof of service refer to the deposition of David Jones, Saml. Baldwin, Andrew Lewis, Richard Hovey, Esqrs. & others, & to the papers annexed. Daniel Bush
Sworn and subscribed the day & year
Before W. P. Walker J. Probate

Daniel Bush Application for pension Shippensburg Pa.
17416
H. W. Bishop Senior Clerk

Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
We James Bradford a Clergyman, residing in the town of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire , and Jeremiah Shears , a Magistrate, residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Capt. Daniel Bush who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight 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.
James Bradford. Jeremiah Shears
Residence of Capt. Bush 17th 1832-
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
R. F. Barnard Jus of the Peace
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 James Bradford who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that Jeremiah Shears who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Daniel Bush for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Henry W. Bishop. Register.

Freedom Office Nov 1830
20.519 Dan. Bratt applicat. for a Pension Oct. 1830.
Property valued at $25.34 c
Rejected Nov. 16. 1830
Property $25.34. S. Strong.

To the Hon. the Senate & House of Representatives of the United States or the Hon. the Secretary of War of the United States
I Andrew Loonis of Gyrrent in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify & say that for fifty years I have known David Bush of Shef- field in said county of Berkshire, & that the said Bush in August in the year 1776 joined the Revolutionary army near New York & remained with it three months or more & upon my return home, the said Bush told me he should enlist into the army & that the said Bush did not return home within nine months or more from the time I left him, & that I understood that the said Bush enlisted into the company com- manded by Capt Enoch Noble; & I further testi- fy that at this time viz: Oct 29. 1830, the said Bush has, by various misfortunes, become poor, & is unable to support himself without assistance from his country.
Andrew Loonis

To the Hon. the Senate & House of Representatives of the United States, or the Hon. the Secretary of War of the United States
I Samuel Shears of Sheffield in the county of Berk- shire of Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esq do testify that from my infancy I have always been well acquainted with Captain Danl Bush of said Sheffield. I well remember his being a soldier in Capt. Enoch Nobles Company in the army of the Revolution, & that said Bush marched from said Sheffield, with said company in the summer of the year seventeen hundred & seventy six in the Month of August as I believe. I remember he was absent in the army about one year before he returned home, which was in the summer of the year following in August as I believe. I was young at the time being little over ten years old, but I remember the facts respecting Bush well from the fact of my father being in the army during part of the same period & my ardent feelings for him & the other soldiers who went who went from Sheffield one of whom I knew was said Bush. I do further testify that the said Bush has within within a few years been reduced to poverty & is unable to pay his debts - & that within a few years he has conveyed what little property he had, bona fide, for the payment of his debts, contrary to for his support. I consider him poor from misfortune, & that in his old age he is unable to support himself without assistance of his country. I consider that the law of bounties for the relief of Revolutionary soldiers ought to be applied for the support of such men as him.
Samuel Shears

To all People to whom these presents shall come,
GREETING.
K NOW YE, That I, Daniel Bush of Sheffield in the county of Berkshire of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
For and in consideration of the sum of Three hundred Dollars current money of the Commonwealth aforesaid, to me in hand paid, before the ensealing hereof, by William H. Linton of Salisbury in the state of Vermont Esquire, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged
do hereby acknowledge and am fully satisfied, contented and paid. Have given, granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents do freely, clearly, and absolutely give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, convey and confirm unto the said William H. Linton of his Heirs and Assigns forever, all that certain tract or parcel of land situate in said Sheffield in the West part thereof containing fifteen acres bounded as follows Beginning at a Hemlock tree, thence east fifteen degrees thirty minutes South forty one rods to a line of land formerly belonging to Daniel Bush thence North 24° 30' East thirty eight rods to a stone, it being the north east corner of said land thence North 24° 30' West thirty rods to a hemlock tree by Shenock brook, thence up said brook to the place of beginning
Also one other tract or parcel of land lying in said Sheffield & bounded as follows viz: North on the high way, East on land belonging to the Estate of Albert A. Root Esq. South on land formerly conveyed to my present wife by Obadiah Bush part by Chester Stevens land, containing twenty acres be the same more or less
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD , the before granted premises, with the appurtenances and privileges thereto belonging, to them the said William H. Linton & his Heirs and Assigns, to their and their own proper use, benefit and behoof forever. And the said Daniel Bush for himself & his Heirs, Executors and Administrators, do covenant, promise and grant unto, and with the said William H. Linton & his Heirs and Assigns forever; that before and until the ensealing hereof, he is the true, sole, proper and lawful owner and possessor of the before granted premises, with the appurtenances. And have in me good right, full power and lawful authority to give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, convey and confirm the same as aforesaid; and that free and clear, and freely and clearly executed, acquitted and discharged of and from all former and other gifts, grants, bargains, sales, leases, mortgages, wills, entails, jointures, dowries, thirds, executions and incumbrances whatsoever.
AND FURTHERMORE , the said Daniel Bush for myself & my Heirs, Executors and Administrators, do hereby covenant, promise and engage, the before granted premises, with the appurtenances, unto the said William H. Linton & his Heirs and Assigns forever, to warrant, secure and defend, against the lawful claims or demands of any person or persons whatsoever. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty four
Signed, sealed and delivered, in presence of O. S. Hall Samuel Shaw
Daniel Bush

Forfeiture of Great Barrington Dec 14, 1824 Rec d & Recorded in Book No 59 Page 193. By Mary Hopkins Reg d
Daniel Root
To Mr. Henry J. H. Chapman
Dear
See 1424
See Dec 14 & 24
1898
I certify that I have compared this with the original deed & that the same is a true copy. —
Mr. Geo. Sedgwick Dear Sir,
In consideration of one dollar to me in hand paid, the receipt whereof, I do hereby acknowledge thereby agree to do release & quit claim to the within granted all my right to same in the within grant hereby. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this fourth day of Dec A.D. 1824. J. L. Hall Samuel Shaw
Washington Dec 14. P.M. 1824 The Commission of Special Agents that is as heretofore by the letter of the 10th inst. was in force as before before James Monroe

Herman McEntire of Sheffield in the county of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts, farmer, do testify that on the fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty four, I, together with one Seneca M. Bucknam, purchased of Capt. Daniel Bush of said Sheffield two pieces of land situate in said Sheffield - one piece containing fifteen acres, the other piece containing twenty acres, more or less, being all the land of which the said Bush was the owner. The price for said land was three hundred dollars, which I then thought & still think was a fair price for said land - And I testify that the above was all the estate which the said Daniel Bush owned to my knowledge at that time or since. At the time we purchased the said Bush owed divers persons of money to individuals which we paid at the request of said Bush - the said Bush also was indebted to us which was offset in paying for said land - In these ways we paid the said Bush the full value of said land. I testify that said Bush has not now, nor has he for several years past owned any land, or horses, or cattle, or any other personal estate whatever excepting one bed, & a few chairs, & other furniture, for himself & wife to keep house, all which household furniture & property owned by him of every kind will not amount to more than fifty dollars. The said Bush is in the seventy- seventh year of his age, infirm, & poor, and in my judgment stands much in need of support from his country.
Herman McEntire

I, Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Berkshire of Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify, that it appears to the satis- faction of the Court, that the said Daniel Bush did serve in the Revolutionary War, in the preceding Declaration, against the Common Enemy for the term of nine months, under one engagement on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath & schedule hereto annexed are true copies from the records of the said court, & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value is not more than Twenty five  thirty five dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court this thirtieth day of October 1820.
Chas Sedgwick Clerk.

Oct. 26 1937.
MISS LOUISE R. BUSH 21 PLEASANT STREET MONTICELLO, N. Y.
Look in this & see if a Daniel is mentioned
Dear Administrator: Washington D.C.
Attention of A. H. Miller Ex. Asst.
I am greatly obliged for information sent me regarding Abijah Bush; fact as I do not find mentioned my ancestor's (great-grandfather) name among his children, and as Abijah Jr. was born at near time of Abijah (1759) - I think they were brothers Cousins.
Would it be so much to ask data regarding the Abijah Bush

MISS LOUISE R. BUSH 21 PLEASANT STREET MONTICELLO, N. Y.
mentioned! - whose date of birth (?) 1932 - would be right for my ancestor. I believe. I have had that name sug- gested before - as my great grandfather's father, but thought about the m d .
Yours truly,
(Miss) Louise R. Bush

608 Chalmers St., Champaign, Illinois.
January 21, 1922.
Rev. mk
Pension Department, Washington, D.C.
Dear sirs;
I wish you would send me a copy of the war record of Captain Daniel Bush who fought at the battle of Bunker Hill. I think Captain Bush was a resident of Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
I should like this information at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely yours,
Miss Genevra Bush Gibson
608 Chalmers St.,
Champaign, Illinois.

S. 29770
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., 2-16 , 1922
In reply to your request of _____ received _____ for a statement of the military history of Daniel Bush a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ① Nov. 1776 9 mos. Pvt. Enoch Noble Simens Mass.   ④ Dec. after 2 1/2 mos. Jno. Spoor ✓   ① July 1776 1 mo. Jno. Keing ✓ Mass   ② Aug. 1776 3 1/2 mos. Enoch Noble ✓ "  
Battles engaged in, White Plains , Bernington . Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Mass. Date of application for pension, Oct. 30 1830 at Pension was allowed Residence at date of application, Berkshire Co., Mass. { Co. Mass Age at date of application, b. Dec. 7, 1753 in Westfield Hampshire (later Hampden) Remarks: No fam. data
The above noted is the only D.B. of Mass. found etc.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
under Oct 16 32