Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,735, Asa Buel, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Buel, Asa n Buel,
W. 21,735
Mercy
CONTENTS

Notification sent to M c Buel 28 June 1820. Le Roy New York
15, 1791 New York
Asa Buel
of Le Roy in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hart of the Connecticut line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 11 of October 1811
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 of November and sent to Wyllis Buel Esq. Le Roy N. York
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1820  38.45
Semi-ann. all'ce ending
4 Mo \frac{25}{31}
$38.45
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued on the roll under the law of the p 19 May 1820.

Asa Buck. of LeRoy N.Y.
Pension Claimant
Private
yrs to 80 on roll
Starr Connec!
Rept
Committee

Genesee County } ss: on this seventh day of October in State of New York } the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Genesee in the said State of New York personally appears Asa Buel aged fifty nine years on the tenth day of January last resident in the town of Lekov in the said county of Genesee, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" That he the said Asa Buel on the first day of February in the year 1777 , enlisted into the service of the United States, in the company commanded by Captain Aaron Stevens , in the regiment commanded by Colonel Heeman Swift , of the Connecticut line on the continental establishment, at the town of Killingsworth in the State of Connecticut. That he enlisted for the term of three years , and that he continued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States, until the first day of February in the year 1780, when he received a regular written dis- charge which is herewith transmitted to the department of war, at Morristown in the State of New Jersey. That he was in the battles of Sermantown & Monmouth besides several skirmishes. That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assis- tance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services excepting his said dis- charge signed by J. Starr Col d Command g Asa Buel

charge against him in the department of war. at Morristown in the State of New Jersey. That he was in the battles of Germantown & Monmouth besides
several skirmishes. That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services excepting his said discharge signed by J. Starr Col d Command g Asa Buel
Known to & declared before me the day & year aforesaid
Richard Smith, Judge Gen. Com. Pleas.
I, Richard Smith one of the judges of the court of common Pleas in & for the said county of Genesee do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Asa Buel did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy. And I further certify that it appears to my satisfaction from the testimony of Philo Pierson William Sheldon a creditable & disinterested witness that the said Asa Buel is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the above mentioned act of congress. Dated Batavia
October 11. 1819. Richard Smith. Judge. Gen. Com. Pleas. in
State of New-York } Genesee County } f. J. Simon Cummings, Clerk of the County aforesaid. do

satisfaction from the testimony of Philo Pier- son & William Sheldon a creditable & disinterested witnesses that the said Asa Puel is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the afore- mentioned act of congress. Dated Balavia October 11. 1819. Richard Smith. Judge. Gen. Conn. Pleas. etc.
State of New-York Genesee County
I, Simeon Cummings, Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby Certify, that Richard Smith, is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, acting under the authority of this State, and that the signa- tures of "Richard Smith" Officially subscribed to the prece- -ding affidavit & Certificate, are in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said County, this 11 th day of October A.D. 1819.
Simeon Cummings By R. C. Mead Dep. Clk //

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Wm Brant
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N. 15.771 1 Nov 1815
Sent to Wm Brant LaRoy NY

State of New York County of Genesee
On this seven Twenty day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty, personally appeared in open court, being the court of common pleas of said county, and a common law court of record, established under and by authority of the laws of this state, Isaac Puel, aged sixty years on the tenth day of January last, resident of the town of Le Roy , in the said county of Genesee, who being first duly sworn ac- cording to law, doth on his oath de- clare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows. That he the said Isaac Puel on the first day of February 1777, en- listed into the service of the United States, for the term of three years, in the company commanded by captain Aaron Stevens, in the Seventh Regiment of the Connecticut line, commanded by Colonel Heman Swift , at the town of Killingworth in the State of Connecticut, that he continued in the service of the United States and in the said company and Regiment until the expiration of the said term of three years, to wit, till the first day of February 1780, when he received an honorable written discharge from the said service, at the town of Morris-town in the State of New- Jersey; That his said discharge was sent

by him to the War Department of the United States, attached to the declaration which he made of his said services, on his applying for a pension under the act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war". That his original declaration was dated the eleventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and that the number of his pension certificate which he has received is 15,771. — And the said Asa Buel doth further declare, that he is by occupation a farmer, that he is not able to labor more than one fourth of the time, that the house and land which he occupies belongs to his children which he holds as a tenant at will, That three of his children live with him, namely, Clarinda Buel, Jeremiah G. Buel & Heman A. Buel, the two first of whom, namely, Clarinda & Jeremiah G. are upwards of twenty one years of age and capable of supporting themselves, that the said Heman A will be twenty years of age on the thirtieth day of July next, and that he is capable of supporting himself. That his wife Mercy Buel who  was  day of May last was sixty one years of age the third. That she is able to labor the greatest part of the time though her health is failing and I do solemnly swear that I was

a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war;" passed the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time 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 and by me subscribed
Schedule
That he is in possession of land which belongs to his children as above stated That his two sons above named labor on and improve it, excepting what he the said Asa, is able to do himself, That from the produce of the said farm and the stock thereon, he always has since it belonged to his children, and still doth receive whatever is necessary for his support and that he has no interest, claim, or title in any other land whatsoever
Personal Property
Due from Joseph Parrish ————— $20.00 " " Fowd Lemun ————— 8.00 Cashed over $28.00

Amt Brof over _____ $28.00 due me from Joseph Krolton _____ 2.50 and that he has dealt with several mechanics, to a small amount where there has been no settlement, but that there is in no instance as he merely believes a balance due him.
Schedule of debt, which he owes
  To James Mc'Norton $20.00   " " Webb 9.00   " Job Pierce 21.00   " Daniel Mc'Kensie 8.00   " Thaddeus Hoy 11.00   " David Emmons 9.00 
Sworn to and declared  Asa Buel Subscribed in open Court this 17 th day of June 17 th 1820 Before me S. Cummings clk. of Gen. Com. Pleas
I Simon Cummings, Clerk of the County of Genesee, and of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly cop- ied from the record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule
is _____ Dollars _____ Cents of no value In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of said Court this 17 th day of June A.D. 1820.
S. Cummings Clerk of Gen. Com. Pleas

New York - 2,008
Mary Buel widow of Asa Buel,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18: Mar. '18 and who died on the 24: May 1827 of Genesee in the State of N. York who was a P.M. in the County commanded by Captain Stevens of the Regt. commanded by Starn in the Conn. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11: day of Mar. 39, and sent to Andrew J. Ingle Saybrook, Conn.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. - $240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 40.00
$280.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk Book A Vol. 2. Page 67.

State of New York } County of Genesee } ss. On this Sixteenth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & thirty nine personally appeared before Charles Danforth a Judge of Genesee County Courts, in the county and State aforesaid Mercy Buell a resident of LeRoy in said county aged Seventy Nine years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled, "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," That she is the widow of Asa Buell late of the said town of LeRoy deceased who was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army and obtained a pension for services rendered under the act of Congress passed in 1818, and for proof of service and of his discharge therefrom she refers to the records of the Pension office and the affidavit in his case there on file, That she has been informed and believes that the said Asa Buell enlisted under Captain Aaron Stevens and served for the term of three years That by reason of the infirmity of age and loss of memory she has forgotten the names of the other officers under whom he served, and the places at which the services were performed and therefore refers to the proof thereof on file in the office before mentioned. That the place of residence of the said Asa Buell at the time he enlisted in the service was Hillingworth in the county of Middlesex State of Connecticut, and continued to reside there several years after the close of the revolutionary war.
She further declares that she was married to the said Asa Buell in Haddam in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut on the thirtieth day of December Seventeen hundred & Eighty four and for proof of the same she refers to the accompanying depositions of witnesses who were present at the ceremony. Not being able to procure record evidence thereof although she has caused diligent search to be made for the same among the records of marriages in said town of Haddam - She also declares that her husband the aforesaid Asa Buell died on the 24 th day of May A. D. 1827, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time herein before stated, and that she is still

his widow, and that on account of bodily infirmity she is unable to appear before the court -
Sworn to and subscribed } on the day and year above } written before - }
Mercy Burrell
Charles Sanforthe - a judge } of Genesee County Courts }
Genesee County ss I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Mercy Burrell who has subscribed her name to the foregoing statement, and that she is a credible person and her statement entitled to credit, and that by reason of bodily infirmity she cannot attend the court.
Charles Sanforthe - a judge of Genesee County Courts
State of New York Genesee County ss
I Horace Ho. Super. Clerk of said County, Certify that Charles Sanforthe was a Judge of Genesee County Courts at the time of taking the foregoing Declaration and that I am well ac- quainted with his hand writing and do believe the signatures to the foregoing Certificates to be his hand writing -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 16 th February 1839 - M c Clusker Clerk

I Siba Buell of Hillingworth in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut depose and say that I am seventy five years of age, and formerly of Hillingworth aforesaid, and that he died at Le Roy in the County of Genesee & State of New York that I am sister to Asa Buell deceased, and that I saw him married to Mercy Porter at her father's house, in Haddam, in said Middlesex County on the thirtyeth day of December one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, by the Rev. Eleazer May Pastor of the Congregational Church of Christ in Haddam aforesaid, and that the said Mercy Buell now lives in the town of Le Roy in the County of Genesee and State of New York And further the deponent saith not. — Siba Buell
State of Connecticut } Middlesex County ss. } Hillingworth January 2 nd A.D. 1839
Personally appeared before me Siba Buell and made solemn oath that the above deposition by her subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth. — And I certify that the said Siba Buell is well known to me and that she is a credible witness. —
Elisha Halsey Justice of the Peace

8947 New York 4
Mercy Buell d o widow of Asa Buell Esq r . who was a private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Ending 23 d December 1843
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of March 1851 and sent to
George W. H. Allen Batavia N.Y.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 2 Page 261.

State of New York, Greene County, ss. I, Horace W. Phelps, County Judge, and Chancellor of said County do hereby certify that Jeremiah G. Russell has been duly appointed and qualified to act as Administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of Mercy Russell, late of the town of Helder, in said County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Official Seal this 7 th January 1851
Horace Phelps
Jeremiah G. Russell, one of the children & admrs. of Widow Mercy Russell, a deceased Pensioner. —
Declaration. —
G. M. H. Allen Agent Batavia Gen C. M.

State of New York } Genesee County } Be it known that before me, Judge of the said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Jeremiah G. Buell, and made oath in due form of law, that he resides in the town of Le Roy in the County of Genesee and State of New York, that he is a son of Mercy Buell, late of the said town of Le Roy, who was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum; that the said Mercy Buell died in the said town of Le Roy on the nineteenth day of December 1843. That she did not intermarry before her death after the decease of her first husband, Asa Buell, but continued a widow to the day of her death and further that she left this Deponent, Willie Buell, of Atlanta, DeKalb Co. Georgia, Herman A. Buell, of Knoxville, Erie Co. N. Y. Elizabeth Kirk, of Stafford, Genesee Co. N. Y. Lucretia Hatch and Glorinda Buell of Le Roy, children and heirs at law, all of whom are now more than twenty one years of age and further that this declarant has been duly appointed by the Surrogate of the County of Genesee Administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said Mercy Buell and that he makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining for the benefit of the children of the said Mercy Buell the pension that was due to her at the time of her death, and further say not. Subscribed and sworn before me this 25 th September 1850 before me by Jeremiah G. Buell who is well known to me and I certify that he is a man of truth and veracity. H. U. Soper, County Judge of Genesee County

State of New York Genesee County ss.
I, Merrill G. Soper, Clerk of the said County, do certify that Horace W. Soper was County Judge of the County of Genesee at the time of taking the within declaration and that his signature subscribed to the certificate of taking the same is his hand writing.
In Testimony whereof I have thereunto set my hand and Official Seal this 7 th January 1851. M. G. Soper Clerk.
State of New York, Genesee County Surrogate's Court. I, Horace W. Soper, County Judge and Surrogate of said County do certify that Jeremiah G. Russell has been duly appointed and qualified to act as Administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of Mercy Russell, late of the town of LeRoy, in said County.
In Testimony whereof I have thereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Official Seal this 7 th January 1851. H. W. Soper

June 20, 1935.
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Mr. Norris S. Barratt, Jr. 1300 Locust Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
BA-J/ady our Asa Buel or Buell W.21735
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Asa Buell, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.21735, based upon the military service of Asa Buel or Buell in that war.
Asa Buel or Buell was born January 10, 1760, place and the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, he enlisted February 1, 1777, served as private in Captain Aaron Stevens' Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Seventh Connecticut Regiment; was in the battles of Germantown and Monmouth and several skirmishes and discharged February 1, 1780 by Colonel J. Starr.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 11, 1819 while a resident of LeRoy, Genesee County, New York.
He died May 24, 1827 in LeRoy, New York.
Soldier married December 30, 1784, Mercy Porter, born May 3, 1759, place not stated. They were married in Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, at the home of her father, his name and the name of her mother not given. Soldier was then a resident of Killingworth, Connecticut.
Soldier's widow, Mercy Buel or Buell, was allowed pension on her application executed February 16, 1839
BUEL, ASA

while a resident of LeRoy, New York.
6/20/35 P. 2
She died December 19 or 23, on 12/ 1843 in LeRoy, New York.
The names of her children living in 1850 were: Jeremiah G. Buel or Buell living in LeRoy, New York; Willis Buel or Buell living in Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia; Heman A. Buel or Buell living in Newstead, Erie County, New York, he was born July 30, 1800; Clorinda Buel or Buell living in LeRoy, New York; Lucretia Hatch living in LeRoy, New York, and Elizabeth Fisk residing in Stafford, Genesee County, New York.
In 1839 Sibe Buel or Buell, aged seventy-five years, a sister of soldier, was a resident of Killingworth, Connecticut.
In 1839 Elizabeth Lane, aged seventy-three years, a sister of soldier's widow, Meroy, was living in Killing- worth, Connecticut. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
BUEL, AHA

Yas Buel of the 7 th Connecticut Regt in the Continental Army three years since for which he enlisted with Capt. Buel Discharged the service of the United States
has Service to Post is now
Camp New Britain P.
February 1-1760
J. Starr Col. Command

itch. C. Y.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21735
Mercy Bnell Widow of Isa Bnell Dis Rev Mr
Act March 31/48
Index: Vol. A , Page 106
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Oct. 1/93 Mil. Hist. Soc. R. H. 15 Wall St. New York. A 1910 Jan. 6. Hist. to Mr. E. W. Foster 1920 - mch. 5 Pierre E. Haynes adv. rel. obtaining mil record of aspa or Michael Buell who he des. as his see dec. mch 17
25 June 20. Hist. to Mrs. S. arratt, Jr. d. 10/7.

I Elizabeth Lane of Pillingworth in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, depose and say that I am seventy three years of age, and that I am sister to Mary Buell Widow of Asa Buell deceased and the said Mary Buell now lives in the town of Le Roy in the County of Genesee and State of New York, and that I saw my sister Mary married to the said Asa Buell by the Rev. Eleazar May according to my best recollection in the month of December in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, and that the said marriage took place at my fathers house in Haddam in said Middlesex County & State of Connecticut, and at that time the said Asa Buell lived in the town of Pillingworth aforesaid; and the Rev. Eleazar May was at that time Pastor of the Congregational Church of Christ in Haddam aforesaid. In further the deponent saith not.
Elizabeth Lane
State of Connecticut } Pillingworth January 2 nd A.D. 1839 Middlesex County ss. }
Personally appeared before me Elizabeth Lane and made solemn oath that the above deposition by her subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth. And I certify that the said Elizabeth Lane is well known to me and that she is a credible witness.
Elisha Pileay Justice of the Peace

4479
Mercy Build
NY
abt 7 July, 38
84-27
adm'd
2 yrs June
80 pp
no deduction
Am. S. Ingham Saybrook Conn.

State of Connecticut ss Middlesex County Clinton Feb 23 d AD 1839 I David Wright of Clinton in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, of lawful age, being first duly sworn according to law before me say, that by the request of Mary Buell of Seneca in the County of Seneca and State of New York, I made diligent search in the Church, Parish and Town Records of the Town of Haddam in said Middlesex County, for proof of the marriage of the said Mary Buell, with the late Asa Buell, now deceased, and found that there was not in either of said Records, any evidence of the same and further the Deponent saith not Sworn to and subscribed, David Wright the day and year above } written before me
Nathaniel Babcock
Justice of the Peace.
Middlesex County ss Clinton the 23 d day of February AD 1839 I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said David Wright, who last subscribed his name to the foregoing Deposition and that he is a person of truth and veracity, whose statements are entitled to full credit
Nathaniel Babcock
Justice of the Peace

I certify that Elizer Halsey Esq. and Nathaniel Bueler Esq. within named are and at all times have been, for more than two years last past Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex Connecticut, and that the within signatures of their names are in their own proper hands written respectively S amuel Halsey M. C.

Albany - N.Y. roll. Act 7 July 1838. Mercy Buell, widow of Mr Buell. Jm $80 per annum. To what time last paid?
Pease to 4 th Mar. 1841. Pension Office Col [Signature]
D. L. Hogan, Esq. 3 d Auditor Office

Mercy Buell, decd
NY
Act 3 March 1843
Aged 24 yrs Jan
$80 per annum, cont
4 March 1843, end y
23 December 1843 when
she died payable to
Jeremiah G. Buell,
Administrator, for
the benefit of
Willis Buell,
Heman A. Buell,
Clorinda Buell,
Jeremiah G. Buell,
Elizabeth Fish,
Lucretia Walsh
only surviving children
Albany Pat
Geo. W. M. Allen Batavia NY

Batavia Genesee Co. N.Y. January 7 th 1851
Hon James E Heath Comm r of Pensions Sir,
Please find herewith enclosed the declaration of Jeremiah G Buell, one of the children and heirs of Mary Buell, a deceased pensioner at the rate of $80. 00 per annum - She died on the 19 th Dec r 1843. Mr Buell has been appointed administrator. Her pension certificate is supposed to have been surrendered and he makes this application in order to procure the pension that was due her at the time of her decease.
I am Yours
Very Respectfully George W H Allen

Im at CB 7 July 38 4479
Mar 4
Haile
L. P. Schwan
Comm. of Pensions
Address - Hon Sam Lough Saybrook Conn

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Geo M. Moore
Claim No. Dec 29, 1909.
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Usa Buell or Bud
Service Conn _____ Rev.
Additional Service _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No O. H. L. M. or R as above except N. F. 21735

Dec 6 18771 Nov 2018
WM. ALDEN SMITH, CHAIRMAN M. C. HUGGETT, CLERK
United States Senate,
COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL BANKS.
or Buel Asa Buell, enlisted in 1877 for three years. He was placed on the pension roll of Genesee County, N. Y. in 1879 at the age of sixty seven, for service as a private in the Conn. Line. He was born in Killingworth, Conn., and died in Genesee County, N.Y. in 1877
Was in Captain Stevens Company from Killingworth.
Enlisted February 1-1877 for 3 yrs. Discharged Feb. 1-1880
Pensioner by act of 1888 - Resident of New York.
E.W. Foster
Room 464 Senate Office Bldg.

PIERRE E. HAYNES EAST AURORA, N. Y.
March, 1, 1930.
The Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen: Can you give me any information concerning the Revolutionary War Record of Asa( Ashauel ) Buell who enlisted in Connecticut in 1777 and served about three years. He afterward moved to LeRoy, Genesee County, N.Y. and is said to have received a pension at that address for his services. He probably died about 1830.
Yours very truly,
Pierre E. Haynes

Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BUILDING 1300 LOCUST STREET PHILADELPHIA
June 6, 1935.
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please send me a copy of the pension claim of Asa Buell , 1760-1827, Private, 7th Connecticut Regiment. Born at Killingworth, Conn., and died at Le Roy, N. Y. Served in the Revolutionary War.
Thanking you for your courtesy in the matter, I am
Very truly yours,
Norris S. Barratt, Jr. Norris S. Barratt, Jr. Secretary.

TO INSURE PROMPT ATTENTION ALL COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY.
JAMES IRVINE, Pres't & Treas. G. B. F. COOPER, V Pres't F. C. GAFFNEY, Sec.
NEW YORK EQUIPMENT CO.
15 WALL STREET,
NEW YORK, Aug. 22 1893
ALL QUOTATIONS SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE AND TO CHANGE IN PRICE WITHOUT NOTICE.
To the Honorable the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I should be very much obliged to you for the following information:
1) Is there a pension application on your files for a pension in the Revolutionary War made by one Asa Bull who enlisted from Killingworth Connecticut in 1777?
2) Can you inform me how I can secure a copy of the above paper if it exists?
3) Can I secure from your office a copy of the pension roll or sheet or page containing name of Asa Bull as above?
In case you can furnish me with any copies of the foregoing papers enclose 25¢ in stamps. I wish to secure this information to complete some family records (my grandmother was a Bull) and

TO INSURE PROMPT ATTENTION ALL COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY
JAMES IRVINE, Pres't & Treas. G. B. F. COOPER, V. Pres't. F. C. GAFFNEY, Sec.
NEW YORK EQUIPMENT CO
15 WALL STREET,
NEW YORK, Aug. 22-1893
ALL QUOTATIONS SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE AND TO CHANGE IN PRICE WITHOUT NOTICE.
Commissioner of Pensions No 2
if your office can supply any of the p data you will greatly oblige
Yours very respectfully Ralph Hatch
15 Wall Street New York City
25¢ in postage returned with stat of history J.S.

Rev. and 1812 Correspondence
1812/1818
March 5, 1930.
Mr. Pierre E. Haynes East Aurora New York.
Dear Sir:
I advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this bureau do not show a claim for pension on file on account of the services of Asa or Asahel Buell.
The pensioner described by you was Asa Buell.
It is suggested that information in regard to the military service of Asa or Asahel Buell might be obtained from the Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.
BUELL, ASA

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Asa Buel 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. W. File 21735
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1. 1777 6 Feb. 80 Aaron Stevens Herman Swift 7th Conn                                                   
Battles engaged in, Bennington, Saratoga Residence of soldier at enlistment, Killingworth Conn. Date of application for pension, Nov 11. 1819 Residence at date of application, Le Roy Genesee Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, born Jan. 10 1760. He died May 24, 1827 at Le Roy. Remarks: Sol. once Haddam Conn. Dec. 30, 1784 Mercy Porter b. May 3, 1759 & she was all d. from her appln. rev. Feb. 16, 1839, ill 49. She was a res. of Le Roy, N.Y. where she died Dec. 19, 1843 leaving ch. Jeroniah G. William, Herman F. & Clarinda Buel, Elizabeth Fink, & Lucretia Hatch
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
1820  Wife Mercy Porter, May 3, 1820  Clarinda, Deborah G. & Herman F. b. July 20, 1820.  Jan 10 1819  59  1760 4043b5m3-00 1-2  May 3. 1820  61  1759 BUEL, ASA  29-30 Sept 1820

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 189___
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Asa Buel , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb 1777 3 yrs. Pvt Aaron Stevens Henry Swift Conn.                              
Battles engaged in, Bernantown and Wormwood Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hillingsworth Conn. Date of application for pension, Oct 11/1819. Residence at date of application, Leroy New York Age at date of application, 59 years
Remarks: His pension was allowed. 25 cts. in postage returned herewith as no charge is made for furnishing this information. Very respectfully,
Rufus Hatch Esq 15 Wall St New York N.Y.
Commissioner.
BUEL ASA