Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,136, Isaac Buck, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Buck, Isaac
S 34,136
CONTENTS

3656.
Massachusetts Roll
Isaac Buck, 4 Capt Jackson Private. Mass Line 1779 - War In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of Oct. 1818 and sent to the Hon. Isaac Parke Worcester. Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818  39.20 Semi-annual, all's ending 4 Mar 1819  48.00
Arrears 4 Mo 27/30 $ 87.20
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Hearbridge Worcester County continued
Notification sent Nov 3 rd 1820 to official responsible Worcester Mass

State of Massachusetts.
I Isaac Dack a citizen of the United States, now residing at in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid do on oath testify and declare, that in the war of the revolution in the month of December in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine, I entered and engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the end of the war, as a private against the common enemy without any interruption or absence, that I belonged to Captain Jackson's company of Artillery in Colonel Cross's Regiment under the command of General Knox, and that I left the service in the month of June 1783 at Westpoint when the army was disbanded, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country and support, being now of the age of sixty years - and I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States if any may be or hath been so allowed. - my discharge was lost from my pocket many years since and is not in existence. Isaac Dack

I Joseph Pratt of Millbury in the county of Worcester do testify and declare on oath, that I served in the revolutionary army with Isaac Druce the applicant within named, with the for the term of three years, and I believe that the facts stated in the within affidavit are true Joseph Pratt
Worcester ss. April 8 th 1818. Personally appeared Joseph Pratt abovenamed, & made oath to the truth of the above declaration. Before Isaac Goodwin, Jus. of peace.
Isaac Druce Herboring
Admitted
There does not appear to be any omission in this
Be it remembered that on the eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war made and passed on the 18 th of March A.D. 1818. Personally appeared before me Isaac Druce Esquire Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the within named Isaac Druce, and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he made oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribed the same in my presence, and on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appears to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
Isaac Parker. C.S.S.

Isaac Buck
3656
Sterling
Oct 18
LM.

Schedule of the Estate of Isaac Buck of Sterling in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of May 1 st 1820.
1 bow - 1 block - 1 table - 1 Looking Glass - 1 chest - 1 shovel - stumps - broom, glass & tin ware - 1 old axe & hoe - 1 old Plough - 1 old Wagon - 1 pot - 1 kettle - 1 pr of dogs - 3 old chairs - 5 knives and forks = $30.25.
The said Applicant is a farmer, but wholly unable to labour the present season on account of a wound in his shoulder in May last - I never expect to perform much labour hereafter. His wife named Patty Buck is aged 80 years - is barely able to do the work of her house. I have but one child at home - named Isaac Buck aged 14 years. I perform as much labour as other farmer's boys at his age but do nothing toward my support. This is the whole of my family.
Isaac Buck.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this eleventh day of July 1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, Isaac Buck aged sixty two years, resident in Sterling in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: The whole of the War - and particularly for 3 years in Col. Bradford's Reg t on the Mass. Line - afterwards in December 1779 I enlisted during the war in Col. Crane's Regiment of Ar- tillery as a private and a corporal in Capt. Johnson's Comp y and served till the peace when I was discharged at West Point. The date of my former application for a Pension was April 8. 1818 as appears by the my certificate dated Oct 15. 1818 No. 3651.
and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions 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 on the 18th day of March, 1818; and 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, and by me subscribed.
Isaac Buck
Sworn to and declared, on the eleventh day of July, 1820 before the said Court.
Attest, Abijah Bigelow
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied 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 thirty dollars and twenty five cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eleventh day of July 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.

for a statement of the military history of Isaac Buck 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. S. F. 34,136.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     — 3 yrs. Pri. — Bradford Mass.   Dec. 1779 Pri & Cpl. Jackson Crane "   discharged in June, 1783 at West Point.   The above noted is the only Isaac Buck of Mass. found on etc. etc.  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 8. 1818. Cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Sterling, Worcester Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, 60 yrs.
Remarks: In 1820 soldier referred to his wife, Patty, 60 yrs. old, and to Isaac, 14 yrs. old, his only child at home.

Oakdale, Mass., Aug. 10 th 1908.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:—
Kindly send me at your earliest convenience the abstract of Isaac Buck. Page 744, Vol. 2, Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the war of the Revolution

and oblige
Yours Truly.
Delia J. Buck Oakdale
Nov 20 1
Mass,

16 Brown St., Worcester, Mass., April 18, 1908.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: -
Will you please give me extract, page 744, Vol. 2, Mass. Soldiers and Sailors, in the War of the Revolu- tion, regarding Isaac Buck, who went from Bolton, Mass.? Thanking

you in advance for your kindness, I am,
Very Truly yours, (Miss) Ellen M. Buck.

From papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 34136, it appears that Isaac Buck served three years as a private in Colonel Bradford's Massachusetts Regiment, after which he enlisted in December, 1779 and served as a private and corporal in Captain Jackson's Company, Colonel Crane's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged in June, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1818, at which time he was living in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, aged sixty years.
In 1820, the soldier referred to his wife, Patty, as aged sixty years, and to Isaac, fourteen years old, his only child at home.
100 e Buck S. 7662. last in Christopher Candell S. 15269. all ad. in 19th century Eug. Richard Brewer

ck. sw. fr
34 136 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34 136
Isaac Buck
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Box: — Vol. 2 , Page 99
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Apr. 27, '08. Hist. to Miss Ellen M. Buck
Aug. 20, '08. Hist. to Delia J. Buck.
1929 - April 6 - Hist. to Cong. Richard Freeman to Mary B. Birtch - See cov. in Isaac Buck S. 28662 and

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Isaac Buck
Service Mass.
Additional Service Rev. War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190____
No claim, combination records _____, 190____
REMARKS:
No claim except Inv. # 34136

Record Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
April 24, 1908
Searched by L. D. Lamparter
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Isaac Buck
Service, Mass.
Rev. War
Remarks: No claim as above except Inv. # 34136

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Brick, Isaac GRADE Private LINE Crane's Continental Artillery (Massachusetts)
WARRANT NUMBER 3830 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 12, 1790 to Abt Boynton, assignee or a
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.