Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,149, Daniel Buell, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Buell, Daniel
S. 22,149
CONTENTS

8579
Vermont Daniel Buell
of Rutland Co in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Comp'y. commanded by Captain Robinson. of the Reg't. commanded by Col Webb in the Ch. Genl. army for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of April 1833 and sent to R Temple Esq. Rutland
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. $160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " — 40.00
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claims, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Willens arry Clerk Book D Vol. 3 Page 52
order to resume pay to him Justin Sherman 26 March 1833
Dead
Letter to Pen Agt. 30 th Jan'y 1840 do Hon N. Slade 20 Feb 1840

Daniel Buck's Deduction
1851/2
On Rolls of Webb, Nest
24. mo pri
80 3/4

State of Vermont Rutland County ss
On the 8 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Probate Court for the district of Fairhaven in the County of Rutland State of Vermont now sitting Daniel Buel a resident of Buel in the County of Rutland State of Vermont aged seventy one 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 bounties passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated. That on the 18 th day of March 1777 he enlisted in the Revolutionary army in Capt Walbridge Company. Matthew Buel the Father of this applicant was the Lieut. Col. Blodgett's Lieut. - Ensign Andrews - who remained but two or three months and left it, and never returned. That he enlisted for three years at Somers then the County of Hartford now in the County of Tolland. State of Connecticut That after he had been in the service about one year & a half, he was transferred from Capt Walbridge company to Capt Robinson company, in which company Buel was Ensign - Charles Webb of Hartford was the Col. Sherman Lieut Col. - That his Regiment was attached to Genl Huntington's Brigade That in June after his enlistment he marched with his Regiment from Stamford to Paskill where he remained there until the British took Fort Montgomery, when he marched to Piskill where he remained a few days and then marched

up the North River as he now thinks to a place called Rhinebeck, nearly opposite Sopas, which place was burnt while he was staying at Rhinebeck. That soon after they returned down the River received orders to join Genl. Washington in Pennsylvania, and accordingly crossed the River at Kings Ferry marched through New Jersey & joined Genl. Washington being at Chant Hill in the State of Pennsylvania, where he remained a few days & then marched to Valley Forge where they reached about the first of December 1777 where they built huts & remained until Spring, That he was in the Battle of Monmouth, that the 27 th day of June 1778. That Genl. Greene commanded the right wing, & the applicant was in his division That after the Battle he marched to New Brunswick & had a day of rejoicing & then marched directly to Kings Ferry on the North River, & from thence to White Plains where he remained until late in the season, and marched to Winter quarters in Reading Pennsylvania. That he spent the next season on the North River at White Plains, Puckkill, West Point and Highland. That the next season he lay the most of the time at Plank's Point & built a Fort at that place. He recollects that Genl. Parsons Brigsby built a Fort the same season about half a mile South of the one at Plank's Point. That he served out the term of his enlistment & was discharged in the Winter of 1780 by Capt. Robinson. That he has lost his discharge not having seen it for several years.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency any state Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
DANIEL BUELL
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after hearing

The interrogatories prescribed by the War-department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and that Apelles Austin of Orwell who has signed a certificate acknowledging this application is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
I Selah H. Merrill Clerk of the Court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Bull for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 8 th day of September A.D. 1832.
S. H. Merrill

Daniel Buell Buttars 6 th Vt.
Count rolls
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the 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 Daniel Buell
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     18 March 1777 3 Private Capt Walbridge Capt Robinson Col Webb Monmouth From Stamford to Perth hence — through New Jersey to Penns y 71 years Hartford 6' 6" in By living W. Trefel  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops. Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of A. B.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[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 do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

26- 30 March
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Pension Business
The Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Orwell, Rutland County. March 28 th 1835
To the Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir. As my Pension has been suspended. I since from the suggestion from the Pension department that it is necessary in order to enable me to obtain further allowance that I should state to the department the principal facts on which I claim my pension. I have written to you a letter of this date containing the information embraced in this. But in the hurry to finish the letter so as to send by this days Mail I forgot to subscribe my name to it. which circumstance did not occur to me till after the Mail had gone out. so I judged it best to make out another statement. which is as follows. In the year 1777 in the month of March. I think the 18 th at the age of 16.
I enlisted for three years under my Father Matthew Buell. in Capt. Walbridge's company in Col. Webb's Regt. and Genl. Huntington's Brigade. of the Connecticut line of Troops. my Place of Residence when I enlisted was in the Town of Somers. County of Hartford. State of Connecticut. After enlisting our first place of Rendezvous was Stamford in said State. From thence we march d . to Peekskill. N. York. in the neighbourhood of which place we continued through the summer. and in the fall. we left that section. and joined Genl. Washington's army at a place call d . Chestnut Hill in the State of Pennsylvania. - and at the close of the campaign we retired to Valley Forge for Winter Quarters. where we lay through the Winter - I was with the army and in the Battle of Monmouth which took place in June '78. In said Battle I was in Genl. Greene's division on the Right of the army. After the Battle of Monmouth we were principally in the neighbourhood of White Plains. through the campaign of '78. - We quartered through the Winter of '78 & '79 at or near Reading. Connecticut. near the line of the State of N. York. - When the Spring opened we march d to Hudson River at a place opposite West Point. where we lay

the principal part of the Season and was employ d in building a Fort. and other services - we were not engaged during this season in any Battle of consequence. We quartered until I was discharged the Winter following at the same place where we did the Winter previous - I was discharged in Jan y . 1780. I enlisted for three years, which would not have expired until March but through some mistake in the muster Rolls, they had set down my enlistment in Jan y . and in consequence. I was discharged two months before my time had actually expired - but being anxious to get home I was very willing they should remain under the mistake, and therefore took my discharge without saying any thing about it - I then Return d home having serv d . 2 years and 10 months -
The Hon. Almon Warner Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Fairhaven in the County of Rutland wrote my declaration, and I made oath to the same before him - Mr. Temple had no concern in obtaining my Pension certificate, to my knowledge, other than sending it from Washington after it was obtained for which I gave him $5.00 - He refused to let me have the certificate for a less sum, which I thought an exorbitant price, inasmuch as I did not employ him to fetch it, and all his trouble was merely the weight of the paper - I have lived in the Town of Orwell afore d . 42 years, previous thereto I lived in Newport N. Hampshire -
The amount of my pension is $80.00 annually, which I have Rec d . in semiannual payments up to Sept r . 4. 1834 through the agency of different individuals of my neighborhood from the Banks at Burlington Vt. - The foregoing statement I believe to be correct, though I have not stated all the circumstances so particularly as I did in my declaration, supposing that it would not be required - If I have not been sufficiently explicit - I will supply any defect on being advised - I hope this will prove satisfactory -
In great respect your Ob t . Servant
Dan l . Buell
Daniel Buell

I Mary Buel of Bennington county of Rutland and State of Vermont of the age of Ninety four years being duly sworn do before testify and say that Early in the Spring of the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven my husband Mathew Buel then residing in the Town of Somers, county of of Hartford State of Connecticut received a Lieutenant's commission in the Army of the Revolution with orders to enlist a company of soldiers. - My son Daniel enlisted in his father's company. Captain Walbridge commanded the company - My husband and son Daniel joined the army in the Spring of the same year. My husband the s d Mathew Buel was discharged in June of the next year 1778, in consequence of ill health but my son Daniel did not get discharged till the winter of seventeen hundred and Eighty, and further your deponent saith not.
her mark Mary X Buel
State of Vermont } Rutland county ss } Bennington August 28. 1852. Then personally appeared Mary Buel and made oath that the foregoing deposition by her subscribed is true before me. Roxwell Bottom Jr Justice Peace
I hereby certify certify that the above named Mary Buel has always since my acquaintance with her which is more than 20 years sustained a good character. She cannot write but requested me to write her name and she made her mark
Roxwell Bottom Jr Justice Peace

State of Vermont Rutland County ss
I Robert Rippoint, Clerk of the County Court for the County for the County of Rutland do certify that Roswell Bathum is a justice of the peace for said County and that the within signature is his hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Rutland this 20 th day of September A.D. 1832
R Rippoint

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Daniel Bull 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. 22, 149
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mar. 18, 1777 2 yrs. 10 mos Pvt. Walbridge* Robinson Charles Webb Conn.  
* Soldier's father, Matthew Bull, was Lieut. in Capt. Walbridge's co.
Battles engaged in, Monmouth, Residence of soldier at enlistment, Somers, Hartford Co., Conn. Date of application for pension, Sept. 8, 1832.  Ch. ch. Residence at date of application, Oswell, Rutland Co., Vt. Age at date of application, 71 yrs. Remarks: Mary Bull, soldier's mother, was 94 yrs of age in 1832.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Resolution
22149 INVALID.
1912, Mar. 18 - Hist. W Mrs. John B. Olson (Sister in cl. Stephen Brack b. 24, 998)
File No. 22,149
Daniel Buell
Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 57
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Affidavit of Matthew Buel & Mary Buel.
Sister of Dan t Buel.

Newport June 27 th 1831
We Matthew Buell & Mary Buell being of lawful age testify and say that Daniel Buell of Bristol County of Rutland and State of Vermont enlisted into the continental service of the United States sometime in the month of March in the year eighteen hundred & seventy-seven and was discharged from said service in the Month of January seventeen hundred & eighty, said Daniel Buell enlisted under Capt. --- Weilbridge whose Company belonged to Col. Webb Regiment of the Connecticut line of the Continental Army.
Matthew Buell
Mary Buell
State of New Hampshire Sullivan ss. 27 th June 1831 Then the above named Matthew Buell and Mary Buell made oath that the above deposition by them subscribed is true - & I hereby certify that I am and for a long time have been personally acquainted with the above named deponents and that their charactens for truth are unimpeachable Hubbard Newton Jus. Peace

I Roswell Bottenue of Rutland County of Rutland and State of Vermont of lawful age, being duly sworn do upon testify and say that I have been acquainted with W m Daniel Buell for about forty years, during which time he has resided in Rutland aforesaid and still resides there, he has always since my acquaintance with him sustained a good character and is considered a man of strict truth and veracity - I verily believe and it is uniformly believed in the Town of Rutland that W m Buell served several years as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army - and further your affiant saith not.
Roswell Bottenue
State of Vermont } Rutland County ss } Rutland August 27. 1832. then personally appeared Roswell Bottenue the signer of the foregoing deposition and made oath to the truth of the same of the same before me Roswell Bottenue Jr. Justice Peace
State of Vermont } Rutland County ss } I Robert Peipoint Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland Certify that Roswell Bottenue Jr. is a Justice of the peace for said County and that the above signature is his hand writing
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Rutland this 20 th day of Sept. A.D. 1832 R. Peipoint

I, Apollo Austin of Orange County of Rutland and State of Vermont, of lawful age, do depose, testify and say, that I have been acquainted with Mr. Daniel Buell for about forty years, during which time he has resided in said Orange and still resides there, he has during my acquaintance with him sustained a good character and considered a man of strict truth and veracity. I believe and it is uniformly believed in the town of Orange that Mr. Buell served several years as a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, and further your deponent saith not
Apollo Austin
State of Vermont
Rutland County ss } Orange August 27 th 1832 then
personally appeared Apollo Austin signer of the foregoing deposition and made oath to the truth of the same before me
Roswell Patten Jr. Justice Peace
State of Vermont Rutland County ss
Robert Rippon Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland City that Roswell Patten Jr. is a Justice of the peace for said County and that the above signature is his hand writing
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Rutland this 20 th day of Sept. A.D. 1832 R. Rippon

Station Bunkers for
10 March 25 to March
To the Hon. J. G. Edwards born in Pioneers of Peking Washington D. C.
at Buell

Orwell March 20 th 1835
To the Hon. J. L. Edwards. Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir -
Being one of those Pensioners whose subsidiary has been suspended in consequence as I am inform d of many frauds having been disclosed which have been practiced by a certain Individual of this vicinity, and understanding that a Statement from me of the principal facts on which I claim a Pension is considered necessary to ascertain whether any fraud or wrong exists in my case, which ought to operate against my receiving any further Pension I hasten to lay before you in this letter such facts as you require - which are as follows. viz. In the year 1777 I think on the 18 th day of March at the age of sixteen years I enlisted for three years under my Father, Lieut e Mathew Buell, in Capt. Walbridge's Company, Col. Webb's Reg t and Genl. Huntington's Brig de of the Connecticut line of troops My place of Residence when I enlisted was in the Town of Somers, County of Hartford, State of Connecticut. Our place of Rendezvous was in Stamford 6 th from which place we march d to Peekskill N. York, in the neigh- =bourhood of which place we continued through the summer. In the Fall we left and joined Genl. Washing- =ton's army at a place call d Chermont Hill in Pennsylvania and at the close of the Campaign we took up our winter quarters at Valley Forge in the same State - I went with the main army and in the Battle of Monmouth which took place in June 1778, in which Battle I was in Genl. Green's division on the right of the Army After the Battle of Monmouth we were principally at White Plains through the Campaign of '78 - We quartered through the winter of '78 & 9 near Reading in the State of Connecticut not far from the line of the State of N. York. When the Spring opened we march d .

to Hudson River at a place opposite of West Point where we lay the principal part of the season and were employ d in building a Fort at that place and in other services - We were not engaged in any Battle of consequence during this season - We continued until I was discharged the winter following at the same place where we lay the winter previous - I was discharged in January 1780. - I enlisted for three years, which would not have expired until March, but through some mistake in the muster Rolls, they had set down my enlistment in Jan'y - and in consequence I was discharged two months before my real time had expired, but being anxious to return home I was willing they should continue under the mistake -
I have lived in the Town of Orwelle County of Rutland State of Vermont forty two years and previous thereto I lived in Newport N. Hampshire -
the amount of my Pension is eighty dollars annually and have Rec d the same in semi-annual payments up to Sept r 4. 1834. - The Hon Almon Warner Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Fairhaven, in the County of Rutland wrote my declaration, and I made oath to the same before him - Mr. Robert Temple had no concern, to my knowledge, in procuring my Pension certificate other than bringing it home from Washington for which I was compelled to give him $5.00. and he refused to let me have it for less - I have Rec d my payments, through the agency of different individuals of my neighbourhood from the Bankers at Burlington Vt.
The foregoing facts I verily believe to be true, though not so particularly stated as they were in my declaration. If this is not sufficiently explicit, I will endeavour to supply any defects that may have occur d on being advised. But I apprehend that I have inserted enough -
Yours Respectfully
Daniel Buel

Montpelier Jany 28 - 1840
Sir
I have not yet received the papers for obtaining the arrears of pension due Daniel Buel. They were first received 12 Dec. last but returned for correction; before again received the three months had elapsed since one of the papers to wit Ralph Buel had been given & I do not feel authorized to pay it. As considerable trouble will be occasioned to the heirs they living at a distance to again procure these papers I have taken the liberty of addressing you for instructions in regard to it. and I would also ask you to inform me in writing the arrears of pension due the widow or heirs of a deceased pensioner whether the day last paid & the day of the death are both to be included. as in the present case the 4 th of March & 26 August I have heretofore entitled the 5 th & began the 5 th to count the time some contend I am incorrect; will you have the goodness to inform me what is the correct answer to pensioners Respectfully Yours &c. A. C. Parker
I enclose you the papers for obtaining the arrears of pension due Daniel Buel. They were first received 12 Dec. last but returned for correction; before again received the three months had elapsed since one of the papers to wit Ralph Buel had been given & I do not feel authorized to pay it. As considerable trouble will be occasioned to the heirs they living at a distance to again procure these papers I have taken the liberty of addressing you for instructions in regard to it. and I would also ask you to inform me in writing the arrears of pension due the widow or heirs of a deceased pensioner whether the day last paid & the day of the death are both to be included. as in the present case the 4 th of March & 26 August I have heretofore entitled the 5 th & began the 5 th to count the time some contend I am incorrect; will you have the goodness to inform me what is the correct answer to pensioners Respectfully Yours &c. A. C. Parker

House of Reps
Jan. 31. 1840
Dear Sir
After reading the accompanying letter, will you have the goodness to return it, together with such directions as will enable me, with the least possible delay, to put my friend in the way of getting the amount due on account of the balance of pension
Very respectfully William Slade
J. L. Edwards Esq