Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S.32149, Jacob Buzbee, S.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
S. 6.
Burbee, Jacob
S. 32149
CONTENTS
This Envelope Includes FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

Alabama 26. 110.
Jacob Buzbee of St. Clair in the State of Ill who was a Cpl in the Company commanded by Captain Wilson of the Regt commanded by Col Morris in the So Carolina line for
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Entered on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of March and sent to Mrs. Wm C. C. Clay W.R.
Trans to the 14th of Sept 1834 190.00 Pension allowance ending 1 Sept " 31.66 2/3 $ 221.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. D. Hays Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 43
let. 14 Feb 1840 Wm C. C. Clay
32 23 43

Alabama 26. 110. Jacob Buzbee of St. Clair in the State of Ill who was a S d in the Compy commanded by Captain Watson of the Regt commanded by Col. Marion in the So Carolina line for
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Entered on the Roll of Alabama — at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of March and sent to 1834 Rev C. C. Clay W.R.
Due to the 4th of Sept 1834 190.00 Pension allowance ending Sept " 31. 66 2/3 p 221.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded By J. D. Ferguson Clerk, Book C — Vol. 84 Page 43 —
let. 14, Feb 1840 Rev C. C. Clay.
32 29 43

The State of Alabama St Clair County Court of said county;
January term of the county
On this 28th day of January in the year of Our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open court before James Hogan Judge of the county court of St. Clair county now sitting, Jacob Buzbee a resident of the county and State aforesaid aged about Seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, took on his Oath, made the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he is a native of South Carolina and that between the age of fourteen and fifteen he was driving stock for his Father on the head waters of Edisto River in the District of Orangeburgh in South Carolina, when he was made prisoner by one Brit Nelly a Tory Major, and detained as such for the space of three weeks, when he made his escape. Being reflected with the small boy he reached the house of a Whig, the Lady furnished him with provisions and sent for a Captain William Watson a Whig Officer, who came and kept a scouting party around him until he recovered, and with whom, as soon as well, for the first time, he joined, and took an active part against (as a volunteer soldier) the Tories and British, and continued with Captain W. Watson for three months keeping the Tories somewhat in awe, defeating a party of them under Capt. Williams near Goose Gully in Orangeburgh dist. He then left Watson and joined Captain Tyler who was killed in a skirmish with the Tories at Griggs ford on Broad river, then he joined under Captain Jacob Frazier whose company acted in concert with Tyler and continued with Frazier a month until called off to meet the British at Stone, being taken sick He did not reach in time for the action. Upon his recovery he joined General Francis Marion and with him they attacked and defeated a parcel of British cavalry, commanded by one Campbell at Goose Creek in a short time thereafter we attacked one William Cunningham a Tory Captain on the same Goose Creek and defeated him with great loss on his side, this fight took place in the night, Having left Marion he rejoined Frazier after staying two months

with Marion. After rejoining Frazier we had one other skirmish with the Tories between Bates and Little Rivers & there followed another long party to the Blue Ridge, but did not come up with them, thence returning to the old schooling ground. We went to the this declarant served under said Frazier at the Battle of the Eutaw Spring. When we won field under the immediate command of Col. Washington who commanded the American Horse. After this Battle he remained with Frazier for four months and during that time often visited General Lincoln who was stationed on Beach Island in the Savannah River. We then left Frazier and joined Col. James Turner with whom he remained four months, then being disabled by his horse dashing him against a tree & breaking his leg which caused both it and his thigh to punch away, he was compelled to abandon the service. He further declares that the time of his actual service under the above named commissioned officers including the months herein specified were in all. That himself with others who are to receive Eight dollars per month, were to have received that amount in what was then called Indents. That when Captain Frazier returned after the war he made out for this declarant his account, and estimated the time of service to be 19 months. That said account was sent to the proper authority for the Indents. That Col. Walter had through mistake drawn them out of office, that he informed this declarant he Walter had sent them back, but that the indents never reached the office, so that he this affiant never got any thing for his services. He declares his name is not on the pension roll of any state or the agency thereof, and relinquishes every claim to any pension except the present. He further declares he does not know of any living witness by whom he can establish any facts relative to his service as a Volunteer Militia Soldier believing all to be dead or removed beyond his reach. That he has written frequently to

South Carolina and tried to find some aiding testimony but has been able to obtain no satisfactory information.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Court - Test Joshua W. Hooper Cth
This Jacob X Burge Mark
I James L. Lewis an ordained clergyman residing in the Town of Ashville St. Clair County and State of Alabama do hereby certify, that I have been well acquainted with Jacob Burge who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that I believe him to be about the age of Seventy years or upwards, and that he is believed in the neighborhood to have been a Militia Soldier in the Revolution. January 20 1834. - J. L. Lewis
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states, and the court further states & certifies that it appears to them that James L. Lewis who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of St. Clair State of Alabama & is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to Credit.
James Hogan J. C. C.

17th
State of Ill s I Joshua W. Hooper clerk of the County St. Clair County Court of St. Clair County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Burzbee for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have set my hand seal of Office this 20 th day of January 1834.
Joshua W. Hooper Clerk
State of Alabama St. Clair County 3 rd January term 1834.
Appeared in open court Archibald Sloan and Polydore Taylor & certifies that they have been some years acquainted with Jacob Burzbee and believe him to be a man of honor and that they believe him to have been a volunteer soldier of the revolutionary war in the Militia of South Carolina and that he is reported as such in the neighborhood and that they concur in that opinion. Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 20 th January 1834.
Sworn to this 20 th Jan y . 1834 in open court
A. Sloan Polydore Taylor
Joshua W. Hooper Clk
I am acquainted with Arch d Sloan & Polydore Taylor Esquires, personally, and by character. They are both men of good moral standing, and well entitled to credit - and have no doubt their statement is, in all respects, true.
Washington Feby. 28 th 1834.
C. C. Clay M.C.

The State of Alabama 3 St Clair County At a Regular Orphan Court began and held in the Town of Ashville in the County and State aforesaid, on the first Monday in January 1840 it being the 6 th day of the month.
Be it known, that before James Rogan Judge of the County Court in and for said County, personally appeared Jane Bugbee and made oath in due form of Law that she is the widow of Jacob Bugbee a Revolutionary Pensioner, who departed this life on the 22 nd day of August 1839
Also personally appeared in Court, James Langard and made oath in due form of Law, that he has known the above named Jane Bugbee for the space of thirty five Years and that she during that time and up to the 22 nd day of Augt. did live with and was the lawfull wedded wife of Jacob Bugbee a Revolutionary Pensioner, who departed this life on the aforesaid 22 nd day of August 1839
Sworn and Subscribed to the day and date above written
James Rogan
Judge of C.C.
Jane X Bugbee marks
James Langard
I, Joshua W. Hooper Clerk of the County Court of St Clair County, certify that the facts as above stated was done in open Court, and that the evidence adduced was satisfactory to the Court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 6 th day of January A.D. 1840
Joshua W. Hooper Clerk 66

State of Alabama S.S.
Mobile County } Be it known that before me J. W. Hooper a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared. Mary Bugbee, the widow of Jacob Bugbee Decd. and made oath in due form of law that the above named Jacob Bugbee, departed this life on the 22 nd day of August 1837. (of which fact proof has heretofore been made) and that in the said Decd. to wit Jacob Bugbee, is the identical person named in an original Certificate in his possession at the time of his death. (now in her possession) of which I certify the following is a true Copy
War. Department Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832 Jacob Bugbee or Berbe of the State of Alabama who was a private during the revolutionary war is entitled to receive sixty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4 th of March 1831 and payable semiannually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in every year
Given at the War office of the United States this 6 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned J. P. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions No 26.110 Payments to be made at Mobile Alabama by First Natl State Bank. Agent for paying pensions in the agency of Alabama Recorded in Pension office in Book E. Vol 8 Page 43. by J. T. Sprague Clerk, that he the said Decd. resided in the County of S. Clair at the time of his death and had resided there for the space of Eighteen or nineteen years past and that previous thereto he resided in Abbeville District South Carolina
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6 th day of January 1840
J. W. Hooper J. P.
James Hogan. Judge of C. C.
Mary her Bugbee mark

State of Alabama
County of St Clair } 1840 January 6 th
I J. M. Hooper a magistrate in the County above named do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence viz from personal knowledge, that Anne Rughes who hath this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity, is the widow of Jacob Rughes Deceased, (as before Certified) who is the identical person named in the pension Certificate, which she has exhibited before me Number 26.110 and bearing date at the War office the 6 th day of March 1834 and signed Lew. Cass Secretary of War. Given under my hand and at Asheville St Clair County Alabama on the day and Year above written
J. M. Hooper J. P.
I Joshua M. Hooper Clerk of the Court of St Clair County certify that J. M. Hooper is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of office and subscribed my name this 6 th day of January in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty
Joshua M. Hooper Clerk C.C.
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
Received Note in May 1- 1840 from John R Hogan for sum of Twenty nine dollars fifty nine Cents, being the Pension due Anne Rughes widow of Jacob Rughes from 4 March 1839 to 22 nd day of August 1839.
Signed duplicates John Simpson
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I know all men by these presents that Jane Buzbee of St Clair County Alabama, the widow of Jacob Buzbee Deceased, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint John Simpemy true and lawfull Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Agents of the United States for paying pensions in Mobile State of Alabama the Pension due my late Deceased Husband from the 4 th day of March 1839 to the 22 nd day of August 1839. Witness my hand and Seal this 6 th day of January 1840 Sealed and delivered in presence of James Hogan, Judge of C.C. Jane Buzbee J.W. Hooper S. Price mark
State of Alabama Hobson County } S.S.
Be it known that on the 6 th day of January 1840. before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County personally appeared Jane Hughes above named and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand the day and year above mentioned
State of Alabama } We it knows that on the first day of Mobile County } of May 1860 before me the Subscribers a Justice of the
and for the said County, personally appeared William Chapman the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him, by reason of any sale transfer or mortgage, of the premises, or arrears of pension, therein authorized to be received by him, John Simps
Sworn and Subscribed this day one year last past Mankato above before me
Chas. J. Dork Not. Pub.
Dear Brother Milton of North Branch of Clinton, Columbia

Jacob Burbee Alabama
Reduction
Adm 1 year 8 1/2 months
 144.  20  3 33    $ 163 33  ✓ 
Hon. C. C. Clay H.R. Huntsville Alabama
Less one year 10 mo 10 days

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
22 d July 1833.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Isaac Bugbee .
   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.     3 or 4 priv Capt. Watson 73 years   " Capt. Tyles So Carolina Traditionary   1 " Capt. Frasier Orangeburg   3 near Gen. Marion Dis d 6/7   " F. Frasier  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
3 1 2 4 4 1.7 mo Ca
One year 8 7/8 Months Cavalry

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)                      , who has 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 inquiry 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, deponeth 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 fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [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.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Jacob Buzbee a native of the State of Melama who was a Private during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Sixty-three — dollars and Thirty two 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 10 — day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty- four
Lewis Cass Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Payments to be made at Mobile, AL by Geo. B. State BIR Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of AL
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 8, Page 43 by J. V. Sprague Clerk.

32 149 Rev INVALID.  am
File No. 32, 149
Jacob Hughes Rev Mr.
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 98
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Washington - Feby 28 th 1834.
James L. Edward Esqr.
Sir,
Your note, accompanying the papers of Jacob Busker, states, as the only objection to the allowance of his claim to pension, that "sup d " Sloan & Naylor, who testified as to the applicant's character, are entitled to be persons of credibility! Knowing gentlemen, I was able to certify as to it - which I hope will be satisfactory. as let me hear from you soon.
Very respectfully your obed. Servt.
C. C. Clay

Supplemental Declaration of Jacob Buzbee.

M o 46
Jane Buzzbee - Widow of Jacob Buzzbee 1 st claim
Act 7 June 1832
4 mch 1839. 6 aug t 1839
$ 29. 59.
Mobile, Alabama
1 st gr. 140
Box - 11
C - 11